Democrats Back Bill To Tighten Oversight Of State Plans, Mirroring Last Year's Effort

A cluster of House Democrats are pushing a bill that would make it easier for OSHA to assert concurrent jurisdiction over a state plan but also provide a formal window of opportunity for states to correct program gaps identified by federal OSHA before the agency steps in, as it has considered doing recently with Hawaii. A source said the bill, which has six Democratic cosponsors, provides an interim step where states can make immediate improvements to avert OSHA asserting concurrent jurisdiction. OSHA reform legislation includes similar provisions, but the broader reform bill is unlikely to mo