Arizona -Representative Introduces Bill to the abolition of OSHA – Work Environment and Safety

Arizona -Representative introduces Bill to the abolition of osha

The new Bill Sparks debate on workplace safety and government supervision.

• By Stasia Demarco
• February 4, 2025

American representative Andy Biggs of Arizona has introduced a new bill aimed at abolishing OSHA. The bill entitled “Nullify Occupational Safety and Health Administration Act” or “Nosha Act” was referred to the Committee for Education and Workforce for further review.

The proposed legislation seeks to abolish the Law on Business Safety and Health of 1970, which established OSHA as a federal agency dedicated to securing workplace safety and health standards. If the bill would effectively dismantle the agency.

In this new bill from 2025, Bigg’s language is introduced equivalent to a bill he proposed in 2021.

“Osha’s existence is another example of the federal government creating agencies to tackle issues more appropriately handled by state governments and private employers,” congressman Andy Biggs said in a 2021 Press release.

“Arizona and any other state have the constitutional right to establish and implement their own health and safety measures and are more than able to do so. It is time for us to fight against the inflated federal government and eliminate agencies that should never have been established in the first place. I will not let OSHA push Arizona around with their bureaucratic rules and encourage my colleagues to support my efforts to eliminate this constitutional federal agency, ”Biggs said.

Supporters of the bill claim that the federal government’s commitment to regulating the safety of the workplace must be reduced, while critics warn that removing Osha could weaken the protection of American workers. The result of the progress of the bill is closely monitored as it moves through Congress.