Pennsylvania · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 1204: 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.

In committee Last action March 2, 2026: Referred to Labor & Industry

Plain-language summary

SB 1204 is a bill introduced in the Pennsylvania Senate on March 2, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: 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. Primary sponsor: Tim Kearney (Democratic). It lists 16 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 2, 2026): Referred to Labor & Industry.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Tim Kearney (Democratic). 16 co-sponsors.