
Arizona U.S. Representative Andy Biggs has introduced a new bill to eliminate OSHA. The “NOSHA Act,” also known as the “Nullify Occupational Safety and Health Administration Act,” was sent to the Committee on Education and Workforce for additional consideration.
The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, which created OSHA as a federal agency tasked with upholding workplace safety and health regulations, is intended to be repealed under the proposed law. The bill would essentially abolish the agency if it were approved.
In this new bill from 2025, Biggs is introducing language similar to a bill he proposed in 2021.
“OSHA’s existence is yet another example of the federal government creating agencies to address issues that state governments and private employers more appropriately handle,” said Congressman Andy Biggs in a 2021 press release.
“Arizona, and every other state, has the constitutional right to establish and implement their own health and safety measures and is more than capable of doing so. It’s time that we fight back against the bloated federal government and eliminate agencies that never should have been established in the first place. I will not let OSHA push Arizona around with their bureaucratic regulations and urge my colleagues to support my effort to eliminate this unconstitutional federal agency,” Biggs said.
The bill’s proponents contend that less federal control over workplace safety is necessary, while its detractors caution that doing away with OSHA would make worker safeguards in the United States less robust. As the bill passes through Congress, its progress will be keenly monitored.