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SB1204 • 2025

An Act providing for regulations for employers to protect employees from heat-related injury or heat-related illness caused by heat stress; imposing duties on the Department of Labor and Industry and the Secretary of Labor and Industry; establishing the Heat Protection Enforcement Fund; and imposing penalties.

An Act providing for regulations for employers to protect employees from heat-related injury or heat-related illness caused by heat stress; imposing duties on the Department of Labor and Industry and the Secretary of Labor and Industry; establishing the Heat Protection Enforcement Fund; and imposing penalties.

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Sponsor
KEARNEY
Last action
2026-03-02
Official status
Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY, March 2, 2026
Effective date
Not listed

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-02 Pennsylvania General Assembly

    Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY, March 2, 2026

Official Summary Text

An Act providing for regulations for employers to protect employees from heat-related injury or heat-related illness caused by heat stress; imposing duties on the Department of Labor and Industry and the Secretary of Labor and Industry; establishing the Heat Protection Enforcement Fund; and imposing penalties.