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 Sort ascending | State | District | Party | Vote | |
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Rep. Scott Franklin | 18 | Republican | Not Voting | ||
Rep. Lois Frankel | 22 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Virginia Foxx | 5 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Bill Foster | 11 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry | 1 | Republican | Yes | ||
Rep. Lizzie Fletcher | 7 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Chuck Fleischmann | 3 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick | 1 | Republican | Yes | ||
Rep. Scott Fitzgerald | 5 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Michelle Fischbach | 7 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez | 3 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. A. Drew Ferguson | 3 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Randy Feenstra | 4 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Pat Fallon | 4 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Dwight Evans | 3 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Ron Estes | 4 | Republican | No | ||
Rep. Adriano Espaillat | 13 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Anna G. Eshoo | 16 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Veronica Escobar | 16 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Tom Emmer | 6 | Republican | No |