Heat Workforce Standards Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Messmer
Introduced
Summary
Blocks OSHA's proposed heat injury and illness prevention standard. The bill would bar the Secretary of Labor from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing the proposed standard titled 'Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings' published August 30, 2024, or any substantially similar or revised measure. It includes no funding, eligibility rules, programs, sunset, or transitional provisions. The bill's sole operative effect is to prevent promulgation, adoption, or enforcement of that heat-prevention standard.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Blocks OSHA workplace heat rule
If enacted, the bill would bar the Secretary of Labor from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing OSHA's proposed heat-prevention standard published Aug. 30, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 70698). It would also bar any revised or substantially similar heat-prevention standard. Workers covered by OSHA would not receive the protections the rule would have required. Employers would not have to follow those protections. The change would take effect if the bill is enacted and contains no funding, exceptions, or a sunset date.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Messmer
IN • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6]
WI • R
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Hageman
WY • R
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Webster (FL)
FL • R
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Rep. Baumgartner, Michael [R-WA-5]
WA • R
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Wittman
VA • R
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Rep. Miller, Mary E. [R-IL-15]
IL • R
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Rep. Finstad, Brad [R-MN-1]
MN • R
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9]
AZ • R
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Rep. Harris, Andy [R-MD-1]
MD • R
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5]
NC • R
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Rep. Cline, Ben [R-VA-6]
VA • R
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Onder
MO • R
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21]
TX • R
Sponsored 11/20/2025
McGuire
VA • R
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Biggs (SC)
SC • R
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Fedorchak
ND • R
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3]
NE • R
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7]
NC • R
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Rep. Harrigan, Pat [R-NC-10]
NC • R
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Jack
GA • R
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
SC • R
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Rep. Kiggans, Jennifer A. [R-VA-2]
VA • R
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Rep. Gooden, Lance [R-TX-5]
TX • R
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Haridopolos
FL • R
Sponsored 11/21/2025
Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4]
AR • R
Sponsored 11/21/2025
Rep. Clyde, Andrew S. [R-GA-9]
GA • R
Sponsored 12/2/2025
Timmons
SC • R
Sponsored 12/10/2025
Rep. Owens, Burgess [R-UT-4]
UT • R
Sponsored 12/16/2025
Rep. Fine, Randy [R-FL-6]
FL • R
Sponsored 1/6/2026
DesJarlais
TN • R
Sponsored 1/21/2026
Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19]
FL • R
Sponsored 1/30/2026
Rutherford
FL • R
Sponsored 2/3/2026
Rep. Yakym, Rudy [R-IN-2]
IN • R
Sponsored 3/24/2026
Rep. Moore, Barry [R-AL-1]
AL • R
Sponsored 3/24/2026
Rep. Cloud, Michael [R-TX-27]
TX • R
Sponsored 4/6/2026
Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15]
PA • R
Sponsored 4/9/2026
Rep. Williams, Roger [R-TX-25]
TX • R
Sponsored 4/14/2026
Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2]
FL • R
Sponsored 4/27/2026
Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
VA • R
Sponsored 4/27/2026
Rep. Patronis, Jimmy [R-FL-1]
FL • R
Sponsored 4/28/2026
Del. Moylan, James C. [R-GU-At Large]
GU • R
Sponsored 4/29/2026
Simpson
ID • R
Sponsored 5/12/2026
McDowell
NC • R
Sponsored 5/13/2026
Fulcher
ID • R
Sponsored 5/14/2026
Rep. De La Cruz, Monica [R-TX-15]
TX • R
Sponsored 5/14/2026
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