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 | District | Party Sort descending | Vote | |
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Rep. Norma Torres | 35 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Yvette D. Clarke | 9 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Debbie Dingell | 6 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Filemon Vela | 34 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Conor Lamb | 17 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Paul Tonko | 20 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Kaialiʻi Kahele | 2 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Katherine Clark | 5 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Kathy Manning | 6 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Marc Veasey | 33 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Elissa Slotkin | 7 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Brendan Boyle | 2 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Val Demings | 10 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Stephanie Murphy | 7 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Pete Aguilar | 33 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Rashida Tlaib | 12 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. David Cicilline | 1 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Ted Deutch | 22 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Juan Vargas | 52 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Albio Sires | 8 | Democrat | Yes |