US SB1176 | 2023-2024 | 118th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 36-1)
Status: Introduced on April 18 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-04-18 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on April 18 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-04-18 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
A bill to direct the Secretary of Labor to issue an occupational safety and health standard that requires covered employers within the health care and social service industries to develop and implement a comprehensive workplace violence prevention plan, and for other purposes.
Title
Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act
Sponsors
| Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI] | Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA] | Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR] | Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO] |
| Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL] | Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI] | Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI] | Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI] |
| Sen. John Hickenlooper [D-CO] | Sen. Margaret Hassan [D-NH] | Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM] | Sen. Alex Padilla [D-CA] |
| Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA] | Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA] | Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI] | Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD] |
| Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ] | Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT] | Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT] | Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD] |
| Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA] | Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT] | Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT] | Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR] |
| Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA] | Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ] | Sen. Raphael Warnock [D-GA] | Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH] |
| Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto [D-NV] | Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY] | Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN] | Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE] |
| Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL] | Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN] | Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA] | Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM] |
| Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-04-18 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
Same As/Similar To
HB2663 (Related) 2023-04-18 - Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1176/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/118/bills/s1176/BILLS-118s1176is.pdf |
