House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law

Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act

H.R. 1309Introduced Feb 19, 2019Policy area: Labor and Employment

Where it went

IntroducedFeb 19, 2019
Committee actionJun 11, 2019
Passed HouseNov 21, 2019 · 251–158
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Nov 21, 2019 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1309.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1309, Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act” on October 9, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Labor on June 11, 2019”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, October 9, 2019 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55717
CBO publication date
October 9, 2019
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1309, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1309
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 6, 2025
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September 20, 2026
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CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1309, Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act” on November 19, 2019. CBO’s description reads “As posted on the website of the House Committee on Rules on November 14, 2019 (Rules Committee Print 116-37) with a Manager’s Amendment”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 19, 2019 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55872
CBO publication date
November 19, 2019
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1309, 116th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/1309
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 6, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 20, 2026
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-296 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on November 18, 2019.
Source: Congress.gov, reported November 18, 2019 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1309, 116th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 6, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 20, 2026
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Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WEXTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 173, October 31, 2019, Pages H8720-H8721):
Article 1, Section 8, clause 7 By Miss. RICE of New York: H.R. 4972. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were added to public bills and resolutions, as follows: H.R. 3: Ms. Judy Chu of California, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Perlmutter, and Ms. Davids of Kansas. H.R. 35: Mr. Neguse. H.R. 40: Ms. DeGette. H.R. 180: Mr. Thompson of Mississippi. H.R. 230: Mr. Lewis. H.R. 566: Mr. Suozzi. H.R. 838: Mr. Meeks and Mr. Rogers of Kentucky. H.R. 849: Mr. Langevin and Mr. Casten of Illinois. H.R. 935: Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania and Mr. Rogers of Kentucky. H.R. 1043: Mr. Cunningham and…
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 31, 2019 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1309, 116th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 6, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 20, 2026
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Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

228 cosponsors — 9 Republicans, 219 Democrats

8 of 228 cosponsors (4%) are from the other party.

Alma Adams (D-NC), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Karen Bass (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Ami Bera (D-CA), Donald Beyer (D-VA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brindisi (D-NY), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Cheri Bustos (D-IL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Ed Case (D-HI), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Katherine Clark (D-MA) and 198 more.

More from the sponsor

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Sponsor’s state and district

Connecticut in Congress · CT-2 district

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