Workplace violence is a serious and growing safety and health problem that has reached epidemic levels—it is now the third-leading cause of job deaths and responsible for more than 30,000 serious lost-time injuries each year.
Nurses, medical assistants, emergency responders and social workers suffer 72% of all workplace assaults. Women workers are at particular risk, suffering 2 out of every 3 serious workplace violence injuries. This legislation would create a workplace violence prevention standard to protect workers in health care and social services from injury and death. This bill passed the House on April 16, 2021.
Vote result: Passed
YEAs: 254
NAYs: 166
Legislator | State Sort descending | District | Party | Vote | |
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Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez | 7 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Yvette D. Clarke | 9 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Jamaal Bowman | 16 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Antonio Delgado | 19 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney | 18 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Brian Higgins | 26 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney | 12 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Elise Stefanik | 21 | Republican | Yes | ||
Rep. Joe Morelle | 25 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis | 11 | Republican | Yes | ||
Rep. Lee Zeldin | 1 | Republican | Yes | ||
Rep. Andrew Garbarino | 2 | Republican | Yes | ||
Rep. Mondaire Jones | 17 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Ritchie Torres | 15 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Grace Meng | 6 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Joyce Beatty | 3 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Marcy Kaptur | 9 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Brad Wenstrup | 2 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Troy Balderson | 12 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Robert E. Latta | 5 | Republican | No |