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Virginia House of DelegatesHB 1980

Employment health and safety standards; heat illness prevention.

Passed 51–48Party-lineClose

What it does: Employment health and safety standards; heat illness prevention. Requires the Safety and Health Codes Board to adopt regulations establishing reasonable standards designed to protect employees from heat illness and establish a list of high-hazard industries, as defined in the bill. The bill authorizes a person aggrieved by a violation of its provisions or the regulations promulgated thereunder to seek to obtain injunctive relief, to recover statutory damages of $1000, or both, in an action commenced within one year of the cause of action. (official summary)

Question before the chamber: Read third time and passed House

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The tally

Yes 51 · No 48 · Not voting 1

Bar: green = yes, brown = no, striped = not voting.

Votes by party
PartyYesNoNot voting
Democrats5100
Republicans0481

Most Democrats voted yes; most Republicans voted no.

The full roll (100)

Yes 51

No 48

Not voting 1

  • Former memberR

“Not voting” is a recorded non-vote, not a reason for the absence. Parties come from public rosters; how we count.