U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB6213: Heat Workforce Standards Act of 2025
Status: In committee, July 21, 2026
To prohibit the Secretary of Labor from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing a proposed standard with respect to heat injury and illness prevention.
What the bill says
To prohibit the Secretary of Labor from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing a proposed standard with respect to heat injury and illness prevention.
From the introduced text, November 20, 2025:
A BILL To prohibit the Secretary of Labor from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing a proposed standard with respect to heat injury and illness prevention. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Heat Workforce Standards Act of 2025 . SECTION 2. Prohibition against finalizing, implementing, or enforcing a proposed standard with respect to heat injury and illness prevention The Secretary of Labor may not finalize, implement, or enforce the proposed standard titled Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings published by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in the Federal Register on August 30, 2024 (89 Fed. Reg. 70698), or any substantially similar standard.
Sponsors
- Mark Messmer (R, HD-008) · primary sponsor
- Glenn Grothman (R, HD-006)
- Hageman, Harriet (R, HD-000)
- Daniel Webster (R, HD-011)
- Michael Baumgartner (R, HD-005)
- Robert Wittman (R, HD-001)
- Mary Miller (R, HD-015)
- Brad Finstad (R, HD-001)
- Paul Gosar (R, HD-AZ-9)
- Andy Harris (R, HD-001)
- Virginia Foxx (R, HD-005)
- Ben Cline (R, HD-006)
Latest actions
- : Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 15.
- : Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- : Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
- : Introduced in House
Subjects: Worker safety and health, Lighting, heating, cooling, Labor and Employment
Common questions
- What is HB6213?
- HB6213 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Heat Workforce Standards Act of 2025.
- What does HB6213 do?
- In its own words: To prohibit the Secretary of Labor from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing a proposed standard with respect to heat injury and illness prevention.
- What is the status of HB6213?
- In committee as of July 21, 2026. Latest action: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 15. (July 21, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB6213?
- Mark Messmer (R, HD-008), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB6213?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6213
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