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HF 742Died when the session ended · March 5, 2025

Establishing requirements relating to heat response in work areas and providing penalties

Sponsored by Rep. Ken Croken (D)

Topics:Jobs & workers

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Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedMarch 5, 2025
  2. Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
  3. Next: House committeeFunnel: by February 20, 2026
  4. Next: Passes the House
  5. Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
  6. Next: Passes the Senate
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill establishes requirements relating to heat response in work areas. The bill requires an employer to provide a shaded area to an employee whose working conditions regularly involve outside work with direct exposure to the sun. The bill provides requirements for shaded areas, including requirements for the location of such areas and the time at which such access must be provided. The bill requires an employer to provide drinking water at no cost to an employee whose working conditions involve regular exposure to a heat index of degrees Fahrenheit or higher.

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The bill provides requirements for the quantity, time, and location at which drinking water must be provided. The bill requires an employer to implement high-heat procedures when the heat index reaches or exceeds degrees Fahrenheit in an area where an employee is performing work. The bill provides requirements for such procedures including minimum rest periods and cooling and control measures. The bill is enforced by the director of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing. An employer that violates the provisions of the bill shall be subject to a civil penalty of up to $500 per violation. The bill provides procedures for collection of such penalties.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text

Iowa Code it changes

Creates§91F.1§91F.2§91F.3§91F.4§91F.5§91F.6

Amends§10A.202§10A.204

Read from the bill as introduced. Each links to every bill touching that chapter of the Iowa Code. How the Code works

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