Workplace Safety: Protection for Public Employees
A house committee must act next: committee consideration.
While the bill has a Republican cosponsor, it faces a difficult path because it would increase costs for state and local governments.
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Millions of unionized state and local government workers, such as teachers, sanitation crews, corrections officers, and municipal staff, would gain a federal legal right to workplace safety protections that many currently lack. Public-sector unions have long pushed for OSHA coverage since roughly half the states offer no equivalent public-employee safety program.
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Introduced in House
The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.
A House bill that would extend OSHA protections to public sector employees now has 50 co-sponsors. The bipartisan Public Service Worker Protection Act (H.R. 3139) aims to close the gap in worker protections for public servants who power state and local governments and teach children.
The Public Service Worker Protection Act (PSWPA) seeks to significantly expand the scope of the OSH Act by extending its protections to public employees at the federal, state, and local levels. The bill would amend the definition of 'employer' to include the United States and its subdivisions.
Representatives Chris Deluzio and Brian Fitzpatrick introduced the Public Service Worker Protection Act to extend OSHA safeguards to public service employees nationwide. Currently, 23 states exclude state and local government workers from OSHA protections, leaving roughly 8 million workers at risk.
No votes recorded for this bill yet.
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Public Service Worker Protection Act
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