2023-2024 Regular Session • US Congress Legislature
SB2645: Preventing HEAT Illness and Deaths Act of 2024 Preventing Health Emergencies And Temperature-related Illness and Deaths Act of 2024
Legislative Summary
A bill to reduce the health risks of heat by establishing the National Integrated Heat Health Information System within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Integrated Heat Health Information System Interagency Committee to improve extreme heat preparedness, planning, and response, requiring a study, and establishing financial assistance programs to address heat effects, and for other purposes.
Bill History
7/27/2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Senate
7/31/2024
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Senate
12/17/2024
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cantwell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Senate
12/17/2024
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 720.
Senate
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(7/27/2023)
Chamber
Senate
Sponsors
Democrat: 10
Independent: 1
Primary Sponsor
Edward Markey
Democrat