republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-1092.md

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Bill	Protection of employees; standards for heat illness prevention, report.	Protection of employees; standards for heat illness prevention; Safety and Health Codes Board. Requires the Safety and Health Codes Board (the Board) to adopt regulations designed to protect workers from heat illness, as defined in the bill, during indoor and outdoor work. The bill provides that such regulations shall be enforced by the Board's existing authority. The bill directs the Board, in consultation with the Department of Labor and Industry, to develop and adopt regulations that require employers to implement heat illness prevention plans and to convene an advisory panel to assist in developing such regulations. This bill is identical to SB 288.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 1092	Virginia HB 1092 (2026)	bill		enacted	Phil M. Hernandez	7	47	11	2026-01-14	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/8c8f4141-81b7-46ab-9536-c275682fd189	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1092	aaeed858cb794741a5dd4e962d8469d7008abac3516b5f5730c7b8099aebe47b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1092 (2026) — Protection of employees; standards for heat illness prevention, report.

Protection of employees; standards for heat illness prevention; Safety and Health Codes Board. Requires the Safety and Health Codes Board (the Board) to adopt regulations designed to protect workers from heat illness, as defined in the bill, during indoor and outdoor work. The bill provides that such regulations shall be enforced by the Board's existing authority. The bill directs the Board, in consultation with the Department of Labor and Industry, to develop and adopt regulations that require employers to implement heat illness prevention plans and to convene an advisory panel to assist in developing such regulations. This bill is identical to SB 288.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Commerce and Labor Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Conference Report (committee substitute) — source
4. Conference Report Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. Labor and Commerce Substitute (committee substitute) — source
6. Subcommittee #2 Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
7. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Insist & Request R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 61–35 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute — 13–7 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 10–4 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 0–98 (fail) · lower
• Passage R — 21–19 (pass) · upper
• Adopt Conference Committee Report R — 21–18 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — 8–6 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 61–35 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Phil M. Hernandez — primary (person)
• Adele Y. McClure — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
• Jeion A. Ward — cosponsor (person)
• Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
• Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
• Margaret A. Franklin — cosponsor (person)
• Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
• Stacey Annie Carroll — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2026-01-14 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105193D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-14 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2026-01-27 Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2026-02-02 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1092)
• 2026-02-12 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-02-12 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N) substitution
• 2026-02-12 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (13-Y 7-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-13 Committee substitute printed 26107897D-H1 substitution
• 2026-02-15 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-16 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-16 committee substitute agreed to substitution
• 2026-02-16 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-02-17 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1092)
• 2026-02-17 Read third time and passed House (62-Y 35-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-02-18 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2026-03-02 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-03 Committee substitute printed 26108993D-S1 substitution
• 2026-03-03 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1092)
• 2026-03-06 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-09 Rules suspended
• 2026-03-09 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-09 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
• 2026-03-10 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-10 Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to
• 2026-03-10 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-03-10 Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-11 Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 98-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-12 Senate insisted on substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) substitution
• 2026-03-12 Senate requested conference committee referral-committee
• 2026-03-12 House acceded to request
• 2026-03-12 Conferees appointed by House
• 2026-03-12 House Conferees: Hernandez, Ward, Ballard
• 2026-03-12 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2026-03-12 Senate Conferees: Aird, Surovell, McDougle
• 2026-03-13 Conference Report released
• 2026-03-13 Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A) committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-14 Conference report agreed to by House (61-Y 35-N 0-A) committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1092)
• 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1092ER) passage
• 2026-03-30 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-02 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1092)
• 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 731 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8c8f4141-81b7-46ab-9536-c275682fd189. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).