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 ascending | District | Party | Vote | |
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Rep. Thomas Suozzi | 3 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez | 7 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Jerrold Nadler | 12 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries | 8 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney | 18 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney | 12 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Elise Stefanik | 21 | Republican | Yes | ||
Rep. Chris Jacobs | 27 | Republican | Yes | ||
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis | 11 | Republican | Yes | ||
Rep. Joe Morelle | 25 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Lee Zeldin | 1 | Republican | Yes | ||
Rep. Ritchie Torres | 15 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Adriano Espaillat | 13 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Grace Meng | 6 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Paul Tonko | 20 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Gregory W. Meeks | 5 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | 14 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. John Katko | 24 | Republican | Yes | ||
Rep. Brian Higgins | 26 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Kathleen Rice | 4 | Democrat | Yes |