H.R. 1309: Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-02-19 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Where it came from: introduced 2019-02-19 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: 6 recorded votes in our records. Latest: House roll call 637 (2019): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR1309 (2019-11-21), Failed. See all
Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act

Plain summary

Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act This bill requires the Department of Labor to address workplace violence in the health care and social service sectors. Specifically, Labor must promulgate an occupational safety and health standard that requires certain employers in the health care and social service sectors, as well as employers in sectors that conduct activities similar to the activities in the health care and social service sectors, to develop and implement a comprehensive plan for protecting health care workers, social service workers, and other personnel from workplace violence. In addition, those employers must investigate workplace violence incidents, risks, or hazards as soon as practicable; provide training and education to employees who may be exposed to workplace violence hazards and risks; meet record keeping requirements; and prohibit acts of discrimination or retaliation against employees for reporting workplace violence incidents, threats, or concerns.

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Official text

Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] · 228 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1309, Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act (2019-10-09); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1309, Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act (2019-11-19)

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Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Alma S. Adams (D-NC), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), John Garamendi (D-CA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), James A. Himes (D-CT), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), John B. Larson (D-CT), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Angie Craig (D-MN), André Carson (D-IN), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) and 168 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] reported raising $966,514 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

Recorded votes

House roll call 637 (2019): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR1309 (2019-11-21): Failed
House roll call 638 (2019): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR1309 (2019-11-21): Agreed to
House roll call 639 (2019): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR1309 (2019-11-21): Agreed to
House roll call 640 (2019): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR1309 (2019-11-21): Agreed to
House roll call 641 (2019): Table Appeal of the Ruling of the Chair, HR1309 (2019-11-21): Passed
House roll call 642 (2019): On Passage, HR1309 (2019-11-21): Passed

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Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr1309.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>

Record fed-us-cong116-hr1309 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116