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. Mary Gay Scanlon | 5 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Scott Perry | 10 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Dwight Evans | 3 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Chrissy Houlahan | 6 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Brendan Boyle | 2 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Lloyd Smucker | 11 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Mike Doyle | 18 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Mike Kelly | 16 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Daniel Meuser | 9 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Madeleine Dean | 4 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Fred Keller | 12 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. John Joyce | 13 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Matt Cartwright | 8 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Guy Reschenthaler | 14 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Glenn Thompson | 15 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Susan Wild | 7 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick | 1 | Republican | Yes | ||
Rep. Conor Lamb | 17 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. David Cicilline | 1 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Jim Langevin | 2 | Democrat | Yes |