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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 HB 1092. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2026 SB 288 Virginia SB 288 (2026)
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Virginia SB 288 (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 HB 1092.

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. Finance and Appropriations Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  6. Labor and Commerce Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  7. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute — 105 (pass) · upper
  • Accede Conference Committee R — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Passage R — 2118 (pass) · upper
  • Concur House Substitute R — 040 (fail) · upper
  • H VOTE: — 6134 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed R — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute — 156 (pass) · lower
  • H VOTE: — 6233 (pass) · lower
  • Adopt Conference Committee Report R — 2118 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — 86 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Lashrecse D. Aird — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105398D filing, introduction
  • 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
  • 2026-02-02 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB288)
  • 2026-02-02 Senate committee offered
  • 2026-02-02 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 6-N 1-A) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-03 Committee substitute printed 26106889D-S1 substitution
  • 2026-02-10 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 5-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-11 Committee substitute printed 26107621D-S2 substitution
  • 2026-02-11 Rules suspended
  • 2026-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
  • 2026-02-11 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
  • 2026-02-12 Read second time reading-2
  • 2026-02-12 Committee substitute rejected (Voice Vote)
  • 2026-02-12 Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote) substitution
  • 2026-02-12 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote) substitution
  • 2026-02-13 Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
  • 2026-02-16 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB288)
  • 2026-02-18 Placed on Calendar
  • 2026-02-18 Read first time reading-1
  • 2026-02-18 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
  • 2026-02-24 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (15-Y 6-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-25 Committee substitute printed 26108468D-H1 substitution
  • 2026-02-25 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB288)
  • 2026-02-26 Read second time reading-2
  • 2026-02-27 Read third time reading-3
  • 2026-02-27 committee substitute agreed to substitution
  • 2026-02-27 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
  • 2026-02-27 Passed House with substitute (61-Y 34-N 0-A) passage
  • 2026-03-03 House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A)
  • 2026-03-04 House insisted on substitute substitution
  • 2026-03-04 House requested conference committee referral-committee
  • 2026-03-06 Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
  • 2026-03-06 Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 2026-03-06 Senate Conferees: Aird, Surovell, McDougle
  • 2026-03-12 Conferees appointed by House
  • 2026-03-12 House Conferees: Hernandez, Ward, Oates
  • 2026-03-13 Conference Report released
  • 2026-03-13 Conference report agreed to by House (62-Y 33-N 0-A) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-03-13 Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-03-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB288)
  • 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB288ER) 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 (SB288)
  • 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 732 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c8c457e6-776b-4904-a1f8-0cfa259cc64d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).