# 119-s-2298: Asunción Valdivia Heat Illness, Injury, and Fatality Prevention Act of 2025

119-s-2298, Asunción Valdivia Heat Illness, Injury, and Fatality Prevention Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] (D-CA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-10).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-2298
- Congress: 119
- Title: Asunción Valdivia Heat Illness, Injury, and Fatality Prevention Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-07-16
- Sponsor: Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 27
- Policy area: Labor and Employment
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-10

## 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. - 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.

## Cosponsors (27)

- Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] (D-NV), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] (D-MA), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Alsobrooks, Angela D. [D-MD] (D-MD), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] (D-WI), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE] (D-DE), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] (D-NJ), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA] (D-PA), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] (D-AZ), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] (D-NY), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] (D-NM), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] (D-HI), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ] (D-AZ), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] (D-OR), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] (D-WA), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] (D-RI), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] (I-VT), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] (D-HI), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] (D-CA), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] (D-MD), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] (D-MA), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] (D-RI), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] (D-OR), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Kim, Andy [D-NJ] (D-NJ), 2025-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO] (D-CO), 2026-06-02T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New heat rules for workers and employers: mixed, medium. 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 f…
- Rulemaking, recordkeeping, and funding rules: mixed, medium. 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…
- Enforcement, review, and whistleblower rules: mixed, low. 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 we…

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## Sources
- [119-s-2298 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2298)

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- [119-s-1503: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1503)
- [119-s-852: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-852)
- [119-s-2150: Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2150)
- [119-s-2523: John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2523)
- [119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3990)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2298 (as of 2026-10-10).