# Virginia SB1103: Employment health and safety standards; heat illness prevention.

Virginia SB1103, Employment health and safety standards; heat illness prevention., is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Ghazala F. Hashmi (Democratic); status failed, last action 2025-02-05 (Left in Finance and Appropriations) (as of 2026-10-17).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB1103-2025
- As of: 2026-10-17
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Virginia SB1103
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Employment health and safety standards; heat illness prevention.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-07
- Last action: 2025-02-05, Left in Finance and Appropriations
- Sponsor: Ghazala F. Hashmi (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Finance and Appropriations
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 1 (9 yes, 6 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Employment health and safety standards; heat illness prevention. Requires the Safety and Health Codes Board to adopt regulations establishing reasonable standards designed to protect employees from heat illness and establish a list of high-hazard industries, as defined in the bill. The bill authorizes a person aggrieved by a violation of its provisions or the regulations promulgated thereunder to seek to obtain injunctive relief, to recover statutory damages of $1000, or both, in an action commenced within one year of the cause of action. The bill requires the Safety and Health Codes Board, in consultation with the Department of Labor and Industry, to develop a list of high-hazard industries by January 1, 2026, and to develop and adopt regulations requiring employers in high-hazard industries to implement standards for heat illness prevention by May 1, 2026. This bill was incorporated into SB 917.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Ghazala F. Hashmi (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-01-20 | Senate | Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations | pass | 9 | 6 |   |

## Actions (5)

- 2025-02-05: Left in Finance and Appropriations (Senate)
- 2025-02-04: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1103) (Senate)
- 2025-01-20: Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N) (Senate)
- 2025-01-07: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor (Senate)
- 2025-01-07: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103195D (Senate)

## Bill text

- Amendment, 2025-01-28: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1032164.HTML)
- Amendment, 2025-01-21: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1024036.HTML)
- Introduced, 2025-01-07: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1017879.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1017878.PDF)

## Related bills

- HR671: Commending JR's Auto Care. (adopted)
- SB941: Robbery; use of air or gas operated weapon, etc., penalty. (failed)
- HB1746: Public safety officer; definition. (failed)
- HB1600: Budget Bill. (failed)
- SB1449: Data centers; site assessment for high energy use facility. (failed)
- HB1609: Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Commission to consider coverage for infertility treatment. (to governor)

## Sources
- [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1032164.HTML)
- [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1024036.HTML)
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1017879.HTML)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1017878.PDF)

## Related
- [HR671: Commending JR's Auto Care.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HR671-2025)
- [SB941: Robbery; use of air or gas operated weapon, etc., penalty.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB941-2025)
- [HB1746: Public safety officer; definition.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1746-2025)
- [HB1600: Budget Bill.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1600-2025)
- [SB1449: Data centers; site assessment for high energy use facility.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB1449-2025)
- [HB1609: Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Commission to consider coverage for i…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1609-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB1103-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).