SB 1358 Virginia Senate · 2021 Regular Session

Employment health and safety standards; heat illness prevention.

Summary
Employment health and safety standards; heatillness prevention. Requires the Safety and Health Codes Boardto adopt regulations establishing standards designed to protect employeesfrom heat illness, defined in the bill. The measure authorizes anemployee to bring an action based on a violation of such standardsin which injunctive relief and monetary damages may be sought.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
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Introduced Jan 12, 2021 Last action Jan 25, 2021
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Jan 12, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
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Jan 12, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101769D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Photo of Ghazala Hashmi
Ghazala Hashmi
DDemocratic
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