H.R. 2193: Asunción Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act of 2022

117th Congress · introduced 2021-03-26 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 393.

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Where it came from: introduced 2021-03-26 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 393. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Asunción Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act of 2022

Plain summary

Asunción Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act of 2022 This bill directs the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to promulgate a standard that requires employers to implement certain measures for protecting workers from heat stress and related illnesses or injuries. Heat stress refers to the load of heat that a person experiences due to sources of heat or heat retention (including metabolic heat, environmental factors, and clothing or personal protective equipment) or the presence of heat in a work setting. Further, if an employer cannot reduce exposure to heat stress below hazardous levels through engineering controls (e.g., heat shields and insulation) or personal protective equipment (e.g., heat reflective clothing), the employer must implement a program that mitigates such exposure through access to appropriate hydration and cool-down spaces, acclimatization policies, and periodic paid rest breaks. Additionally, the bill establishes requirements concerning judicial review, implementation, enforcement, recordkeeping, and whistle-blower protections related to the standard. The bill also requires the Department of Labor to include questions about heat-related illness and injury in the National Agricultural Workers Survey (an employment-based, random-sample survey of U.S. crop workers that collects demographic, employment, and health information).

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Official text

Asunción Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act of 2022

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27] · 116 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2193, Asunción Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act of 2022 (2022-09-27)

Cosponsors on this site

Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Alma S. Adams (D-NC), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Darren Soto (D-FL), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Norma J. Torres (D-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Ritchie Torres (D-NY), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Jahana Hayes (D-CT) and 56 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27] reported raising $1.4 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hr2193.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hr>

Record fed-us-cong117-hr2193 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117