Safe Workplaces Act
Latest action · Apr 18, 2022 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 18, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Safe Workplaces Act
This bill requires the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to promulgate an occupational safety and health standard on reducing the threat of workplace violence, including firearm violence.
Additionally, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health must study and make recommendations about ways to reduce workplace violence. OSHA must consider those recommendations when promulgating the workplace safety and health standard.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 18, 2022 to May 31, 2022; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Apr 18, 2022 |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Original | Apr 18, 2022 |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Original | Apr 18, 2022 |
| D-GA | Lucy McBath | Original | Apr 18, 2022 |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Original | Apr 18, 2022 |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Original | Apr 18, 2022 |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Original | Apr 18, 2022 |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Original | Apr 18, 2022 |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | May 27, 2022 | |
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | May 27, 2022 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | May 27, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | May 27, 2022 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | May 27, 2022 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | May 27, 2022 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | May 27, 2022 | |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | May 27, 2022 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | May 27, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | May 27, 2022 | |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | May 31, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Mondaire Jones | May 31, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Apr 18, 2022 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 18, 2022Introduced in House
- Apr 18, 2022Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 65, April 18, 2022, page H4448.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Secretary of Labor to promulgate an occupational safety and health standard on reducing the threat of violence in the workplace, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Safe Workplaces Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 18, 2022Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
