H.R. 6213

Summary

H.R. 6213, the Heat Workforce Standards Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Nov 20, 2025 by Rep. Mark Messmer (R) with 68 co-sponsors. It last saw action on Jul 21, 2026: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 15.

Record

Text

H.R. 6213 has 68 co-sponsors.

119 HR 6213 IH: Heat Workforce Standards Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-11-20
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 6213  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   November 20, 2025   Mr. Messmer  (for himself,  Mr. Grothman ,  Ms.
  Hageman ,  Mr. Webster of
  Florida ,  Mr. Baumgartner ,
  Mr. Wittman ,  Mrs. Miller of Illinois ,  Mr. Finstad ,  Mr.
  Gosar ,  Mr. Harris of
  Maryland ,  Ms. Foxx ,
  Mr. Cline ,  Mr. Onder ,  Mr. Roy ,
  Mr. McGuire ,  Mrs. Biggs of South Carolina ,  Mrs. Fedorchak ,  Mr.
  Smith of Nebraska ,  Mr.
  Rouzer ,  Mr. Harrigan ,
  Mr. Jack ,  Mr. Wilson of South Carolina ,  Mrs.
  Kiggans of Virginia , and  Mr.
  Gooden ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
  Committee on Education and
 Workforce    A BILL
To prohibit the Secretary of Labor from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing a proposed standard with respect to heat injury and illness prevention.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Heat Workforce Standards Act of 2025  .
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.

Tracker

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To prohibit the Secretary of Labor from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing a proposed standard with respect to heat injury and illness prevention.

Sponsors

Rep. Mark Messmer (R) sponsors H.R. 6213, and 68 members have co-sponsored it, 23 of them from the day it was introduced.

Mark Messmer

Rep. · R–IN-8 · Sponsor

Introduced Nov 20, 2025

Michael Baumgartner

Rep. · R–WA-5 · Co-sponsor

Joined Nov 20, 2025 · Original

Sheri Biggs

Rep. · R–SC-3 · Co-sponsor

Joined Nov 20, 2025 · Original

Ben Cline

Rep. · R–VA-6 · Co-sponsor

Joined Nov 20, 2025 · Original

Julie Fedorchak

Rep. · R–ND-0 · Co-sponsor

Joined Nov 20, 2025 · Original

Brad Finstad

Rep. · R–MN-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Nov 20, 2025 · Original

Virginia Foxx

Rep. · R–NC-5 · Co-sponsor

Joined Nov 20, 2025 · Original

Lance Gooden

Rep. · R–TX-5 · Co-sponsor

Joined Nov 20, 2025 · Original

Paul Gosar

Rep. · R–AZ-9 · Co-sponsor

Joined Nov 20, 2025 · Original

Glenn Grothman

Rep. · R–WI-6 · Co-sponsor

Joined Nov 20, 2025 · Original

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Committees

H.R. 6213 went before 1 committee: Education and Workforce.

Education and Workforce

Education and Workforce

Markup By · Jul 21, 2026 · 824 Bills

Actions

H.R. 6213 has taken 4 actions since Nov 20, 2025, the latest on Jul 21, 2026.

Votes

H.R. 6213 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 6213 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Heat Workforce Standards Act of 2025 — Display Title
• Heat Workforce Standards Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To prohibit the Secretary of Labor from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing a proposed standard with respect to heat injury and illness prevention. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

8 clients hired 8 firms and 38 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 6213 in 21 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Immigration, Budget/Appropriations, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Health Issues, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Small Business, Science/Technology, Education.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 38.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 6213 under Labor and Employment, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 2 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 6213’s is Labor and Employment.

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 6213 carries 2 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Lighting, heating, cooling to Worker safety and health.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 6213, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 196 (Thursday, November 20, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. MESSMER:H.R. 6213.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution[Page H4877]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com