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 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rep. Scott Fitzgerald | 5 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Bryan Steil | 1 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Gwen Moore | 4 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Ron Kind | 3 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Mike Gallagher | 8 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Tom Tiffany | 7 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Alex Mooney | 2 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Carol Miller | 1 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. David McKinley | 1 | Republican | Yes | ||
Rep. Liz Cheney | At Large | Republican | No |