Relating to Heat Illness Prevention

Last updated: May 19, 2021

Details about this bill
Category: Wage and Labor
Status: Defeated
Sponsor: Representative Thom Harnett, House 83
Session: 130
Bill #: LD 1461

Position:

Opposed.

UPDATE: The Committee voted the bill Ought Not to Pass. It is dead.

Summary:

Representative Hartnett of Gardiner would require an employer who requires an employee to work in a high-heat environment for more than 15 minutes for every hour of the employee's work day to provide annual heat illness prevention training to the employer's employees and supervisors.