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H.R. 1195: Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act

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H.R. 1195: Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-02-22 · 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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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-02-22 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 2 recorded votes in our records. Latest: House roll call 117 (2021): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR1195 (2021-04-16), Failed. See all
  4. 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.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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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 health care, social service, and other sectors. Specifically, Labor must issue an interim occupational safety and health standard that requires certain employers to take actions to protect workers and other personnel from workplace violence. The standard applies to employers in the health care sector, in the social service sector, and in sectors that conduct activities similar to those in the health care and social service sectors. In addition, Labor must promulgate a final standard within a specified time line.

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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] · 145 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1195, Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act (2021-04-09)

Cosponsors on this site

Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Alma S. Adams (D-NC), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Tom Cole (R-OK), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), John B. Larson (D-CT), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Bill Foster (D-IL), Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Peter Welch (D-VT), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Sean Casten (D-IL), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Jason Crow (D-CO), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Dina Titus (D-NV), Angie Craig (D-MN), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Adam Smith (D-WA), Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA) and 85 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

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Record fed-us-cong117-hr1195 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117