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. Dan Kildee | 8 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Brian Higgins | 26 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Jim Costa | 21 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Cheri Bustos | 17 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. David Trone | 6 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Mike Doyle | 18 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Ro Khanna | 17 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Adam Smith | 9 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. J. Luis Correa | 46 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Cori Bush | 1 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Lori Trahan | 3 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Jim Cooper | 5 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Kweisi Mfume | 7 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Deborah Ross | 2 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez | 7 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Zoe Lofgren | 18 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Ritchie Torres | 15 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Lloyd Doggett | 37 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Gerald E. Connolly | 11 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Sylvia Garcia | 29 | Democrat | Yes |