A resolution designating the week of September 21, 2026, as the "Ray Gaesser Memorial Farm Safety Week" to recognize the life and legacy of Ray Gaesser, who passed away in a tragic farming accident, and promote farm safety in the honor of Ray Gaesser.
Designates a week in Ray Gaesser’s memory to recognize his legacy and promote farm safety.
Agreed to in the Senate on Sept. 28, 2026. A resolution like this does not go to the other chamber or the President.
- INTRODUCEDINTROSEP 28, 2026
- COMMITTEECOMM.SKIPPED
- AGREED TOAGREEDSEP 28
What the bill would do, and why it matters
Farm work can involve serious risks of injury and death. The Senate designates a week in Ray Gaesser’s memory to recognize his legacy and promote farm safety education and awareness.
- NON-BINDING A simple resolution carries no force of law. It expresses the chamber's opinion or sets internal rules — it does not bind agencies, the President, or anyone outside Congress.
- COMMEMORATIVE This measure honors, congratulates or commemorates, or marks an observance such as an awareness day or month. It creates no legal obligations.
- DATA NOTE No Congressional Research Service summary was available.
- Designates a farm safety week
The Senate designates the week of September 21, 2026, as Ray Gaesser Memorial Farm Safety Week. It honors Gaesser’s life and legacy and recognizes the importance of safety education and awareness to prevent farm-related accidents.
- Recognizes farming families
The resolution recognizes the sacrifices farming families make to feed, fuel, and clothe people in the United States and around the world.
The resolution cites the dangers of farm work, including an estimate that 160 agricultural workers are injured each day and that nearly 400 die each year in severe farm-related accidents. It says safety education and awareness can help prevent these accidents.
Written from the bill text.
The path it took, step by step
- IntroducedSEP 28, 2026SENATESEP 28, 2026By Sen. Ernst with 1 original cosponsor
- Committee—COMMITTEE—Went to the floor without a committee report
- SAME DAYAgreed to in the SenateSEP 28, 2026SENATE FLOORSEP 28, 2026Unanimous consent
- SEP 282026SEP 28, 2026AGREED TOSENATESubmitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
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Support from one state
Plus the sponsor, a Republican. Every cosponsor is from one party.
Plus the sponsor, a Republican. Every cosponsor is from one party.
Sen. Ernst’s record: sponsored 100 bills this Congress. 14 passed the Senate; 2 became law.
- Chuck GrassleyR-IAORIGINAL
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