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. Ann Kirkpatrick | 2 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Salud Carbajal | 24 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Scott Peters | 50 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Young Kim | 40 | Republican | Yes | ||
Rep. Ken Calvert | 41 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Karen Bass | 37 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Jim Costa | 21 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Alan Lowenthal | 47 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Linda T. Sánchez | 38 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Nanette Barragán | 44 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. J. Luis Correa | 46 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Michelle Steel | 45 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Ro Khanna | 17 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Sara Jacobs | 51 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Zoe Lofgren | 18 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Jackie Speier | 14 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Ted Lieu | 36 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Jimmy Panetta | 19 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Darrell Issa | 48 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. David Valadao | 22 | Republican | No |