S. 4427

Summary

S. 4427, the Heat Workforce Standards Act of 2026, was introduced in the Senate on Apr 29, 2026 by Sen. Bill Cassidy (R) with 11 co-sponsors. It was referred to Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions, and last saw action on Apr 29, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Record

Text

S. 4427 has 11 co-sponsors.

119 S4427 IS: Heat Workforce Standards Act of 2026
 U.S. Senate
 2026-04-29
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 II  119th CONGRESS  2d Session  S. 4427  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   April 29, 2026   Mr. Cassidy  (for himself,  Mr. Risch ,  Mr. Tuberville ,  Mr. Crapo ,  Mr. Budd ,  Mr. Daines ,  Mr. Sheehy ,  Mr. Cornyn , and  Mr. Tillis ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions    A BILL
To prohibit the Secretary of Labor from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing a proposed standard with respect to heat injury and illness prevention, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Heat Workforce Standards Act of 2026  .
2.
Findings
Congress finds that—
(1)
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) is overly prescriptive, burdensome to businesses, and confusing for workers;
(2)
utilizing prescriptive requirements on employers to effectuate the aims of this proposed standard, including high-heat triggers, stringent protocols around rest breaks, strict acclimatization protocols, and highly detailed written safety plans, make the proposed standard unworkable; and
(3)
creating a proposed standard to regulate indoor heat and outdoor heat with prescriptive and specific requirements, which covers all industries and geographies without regard for unique considerations, will cause confusion and undermine worker safety.
3.
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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A bill to prohibit the Secretary of Labor from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing a proposed standard with respect to heat injury and illness prevention, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R) sponsors S. 4427, and 11 members have co-sponsored it, 8 of them from the day it was introduced.

Bill Cassidy

Sen. · R–LA · Sponsor

Introduced Apr 29, 2026

Ted Budd

Sen. · R–NC · Co-sponsor

Joined Apr 29, 2026 · Original

John Cornyn

Sen. · R–TX · Co-sponsor

Joined Apr 29, 2026 · Original

Mike Crapo

Sen. · R–ID · Co-sponsor

Joined Apr 29, 2026 · Original

Steve Daines

Sen. · R–MT · Co-sponsor

Joined Apr 29, 2026 · Original

James Risch

Sen. · R–ID · Co-sponsor

Joined Apr 29, 2026 · Original

Tim Sheehy

Sen. · R–MT · Co-sponsor

Joined Apr 29, 2026 · Original

Thom Tillis

Sen. · R–NC · Co-sponsor

Joined Apr 29, 2026 · Original

Tommy Tuberville

Sen. · R–AL · Co-sponsor

Joined Apr 29, 2026 · Original

Marsha Blackburn

Sen. · R–TN · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 15, 2026

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Committees

S. 4427 went before 1 committee: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Referred To · Apr 29, 2026 · 747 Bills

Actions

S. 4427 has taken 2 actions since Apr 29, 2026.

Votes

S. 4427 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

S. 4427 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Heat Workforce Standards Act of 2026 — Display Title
• Heat Workforce Standards Act of 2026 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• A bill to prohibit the Secretary of Labor from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing a proposed standard with respect to heat injury and illness prevention, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

3 clients hired 3 firms and 20 registered lobbyists who named S. 4427 in 3 quarterly filings, 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 Clean Air and Water (quality), Energy/Nuclear, Environment/Superfund, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Defense, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities.

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.

Filings

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

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 4427 under Labor and Employment, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 4427’s is Labor and Employment.

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com