To protect the civil rights of victims of gender-motivated violence and to promote public safety, health, and regulate activities affecting interstate commerce by creating employer liability for negligent conduct that results in an individual's committing a gender-motivated crime of violence against another individual on premises controlled by the employer, and for other purposes.
Latest action · May 10, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Progress
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- IntroducedFeb 9, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Declares an employer liable to a party injured in a crime of violence motivated by gender if: (1) the employer's business is in or affects interstate or foreign commerce; and (2) the employer's negligent conduct results in the perpetration of a gender-motivated crime of violence against an individual upon premises under the employer's control.
States that nothing in this Act: (1) entitles a person to a cause of action for random acts of violence unrelated to gender or for acts that cannot be demonstrated to be motivated by gender; or (2) requires a prior criminal complaint, prosecution, or conviction.
Gives the Federal and State courts concurrent jurisdiction over actions brought pursuant to this Act.
Directs the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to create and provide to employers materials regarding personnel policies and safety standards to assist them in avoiding liability under this Act.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 10, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- Mar 24, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
- Feb 9, 2005Introduced in House
- Feb 9, 2005Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
- Feb 9, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E202)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues.
- Business and social problems
- Civil actions and liability
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Civil rights enforcement
- Commerce
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Crimes against women
- Damages
- Employee crimes
- Employers' liability
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Health
- Injunctions
- Jurisdiction
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Negligence
- Occupational health and safety
- Punitive damages
- Sex discrimination
- State courts
- Torts
- Victims of crimes
- Violence in the workplace
- Women
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 9, 2005Introduced in House
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