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type: "Bill"
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title: "Protection of employees; standards for heat illness prevention, report."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 1092"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1092 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Phil M. Hernandez"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 47
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vote_count: 11
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first_action: "2026-01-14"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c8f4141-81b7-46ab-9536-c275682fd189"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1092"
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source_hash: "aaeed858cb794741a5dd4e962d8469d7008abac3516b5f5730c7b8099aebe47b"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 1092 (2026) — Protection of employees; standards for heat illness prevention, report.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1087394.PDF)
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2. **Commerce and Labor Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1190047.PDF)
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3. **Conference Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1210568.HTML)
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4. **Conference Report Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1210564.PDF)
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5. **Labor and Commerce Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1145880.PDF)
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6. **Subcommittee #2 Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1145792.PDF)
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7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1214321.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Insist & Request R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **61–35** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute — **13–7** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — **10–4** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **0–98** (fail) · lower
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- Passage R — **21–19** (pass) · upper
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- Adopt Conference Committee Report R — **21–18** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **5–2** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — **8–6** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **61–35** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Phil M. Hernandez — primary (person)
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- Adele Y. McClure — cosponsor (person)
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- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeion A. Ward — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
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- Margaret A. Franklin — cosponsor (person)
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- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
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- Stacey Annie Carroll — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-14** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105193D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-14** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-27** Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-02** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1092)
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- **2026-02-12** House subcommittee offered
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- **2026-02-12** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-12** Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (13-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-13** Committee substitute printed 26107897D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-15** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-16** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
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- **2026-02-16** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-02-17** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1092)
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- **2026-02-17** Read third time and passed House (62-Y 35-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-18** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-02** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-03** Committee substitute printed 26108993D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2026-03-03** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1092)
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- **2026-03-06** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-09** Rules suspended
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- **2026-03-09** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-09** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-03-10** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-10** Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to
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- **2026-03-10** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-03-10** Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-11** Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 98-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-12** Senate insisted on substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `substitution`
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- **2026-03-12** Senate requested conference committee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-12** House acceded to request
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- **2026-03-12** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2026-03-12** House Conferees: Hernandez, Ward, Ballard
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- **2026-03-12** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2026-03-12** Senate Conferees: Aird, Surovell, McDougle
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- **2026-03-13** Conference Report released
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- **2026-03-13** Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-14** Conference report agreed to by House (61-Y 35-N 0-A) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1092)
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- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1092ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-02** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1092)
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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 731 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c8f4141-81b7-46ab-9536-c275682fd189`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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