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119-s-2298119th CongressWALLET

Asunción Valdivia Heat Illness, Injury, and Fatality Prevention Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Senator Padilla, Alex [D-CA]

Introduced

Summary

Creates a federal heat-safety standard that requires employers to prevent heat illness and death. The bill directs the Secretary of Labor to set science-based exposure limits and employer duties such as providing water, paid rest breaks, shade, training, medical removal protections, and recordkeeping.

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  • Workers and families: Workers gain guaranteed protections at heat-exposed jobs, including free drinking water, periodic paid rest breaks, access to shade or cool-down spaces, acclimatization rules, language-accessible training, and medical removal with pay.
  • Employers: Employers must adopt a written heat-illness prevention plan developed with employee input, provide engineering or administrative controls and employer-funded cooling gear when needed, and follow new recordkeeping and reporting rules.
  • States and enforcement: The framework allows reliance on state Occupational Safety and Health plans that have been in effect at least 1 year, updates temporary labor camp standards, requires an interim rule within 1 year, and enforces violations under OSHA-like authority with a 4-year citation window and whistleblower protections.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 3 mixed.

New heat rules for workers and employers

If enacted, employers whose workers face hazardous heat would need a written heat-illness plan. Employers would provide cool drinking water, paid rest breaks, shade or cool-down spaces, and employer-paid cooling gear when needed. The bill would require paid training and pay during medical removal for heat-related illness. The Labor Department would also update temporary labor camp housing rules to meet these heat-safety goals.

Rulemaking, recordkeeping, and funding rules

If enacted, the Labor Secretary must issue an interim heat-protection rule within one year. That interim rule would take effect when issued and act like an OSHA standard until a final rule replaces it. The bill lets the Secretary rely on State heat plans that have run at least one year when judging feasibility. The Labor and Health secretaries could set new recordkeeping and reporting rules, and violations tied to this Act would be treated as separate violations. Congress could fund the Act each year, but no dollar amount is set.

Enforcement, review, and whistleblower rules

If enacted, workers would have 180 days to file whistleblower complaints about heat-safety retaliation. If Labor does not act in time, workers could sue in federal court. The bill would limit enforcement citations to within four years of a violation. The Labor Review Commission would give strong weight to reasonable interpretations by the Labor Secretary when reviewing disputes under this Act.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Padilla, Alex [D-CA]

CA • D

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]

    NV • D

    Sponsored 7/16/2025

  • Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]

    MA • D

    Sponsored 7/16/2025

  • Sen. Alsobrooks, Angela D. [D-MD]

    MD • D

    Sponsored 7/16/2025

  • Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]

    WI • D

    Sponsored 7/16/2025

  • Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]

    CT • D

    Sponsored 7/16/2025

  • Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE]

    DE • D

    Sponsored 7/16/2025

  • Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]

    NJ • D

    Sponsored 7/16/2025

  • Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA]

    PA • D

    Sponsored 7/16/2025

  • Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ]

    AZ • D

    Sponsored 7/16/2025

  • Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 7/16/2025

  • Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]

    NM • D

    Sponsored 7/16/2025

  • Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]

    HI • D

    Sponsored 7/16/2025

  • Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ]

    AZ • D

    Sponsored 7/16/2025

  • Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM]

    NM • D

    Sponsored 7/16/2025

  • Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]

    OR • D

    Sponsored 7/16/2025

  • Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]

    WA • D

    Sponsored 7/16/2025

  • Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]

    RI • D

    Sponsored 7/16/2025

  • Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]

    VT • I

    Sponsored 7/16/2025

  • Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]

    HI • D

    Sponsored 7/16/2025

  • Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 7/16/2025

  • Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]

    MD • D

    Sponsored 7/16/2025

  • Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]

    MA • D

    Sponsored 7/16/2025

  • Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT]

    VT • D

    Sponsored 7/16/2025

  • Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]

    RI • D

    Sponsored 7/16/2025

  • Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]

    OR • D

    Sponsored 7/16/2025

  • Sen. Kim, Andy [D-NJ]

    NJ • D

    Sponsored 7/29/2025

  • Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO]

    CO • D

    Sponsored 6/2/2026

Roll Call Votes

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