House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law

Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act

H.R. 1195Introduced Feb 22, 2021Policy area: Labor and Employment

Where it went

IntroducedFeb 22, 2021
Committee actionMar 24, 2021
Passed HouseApr 16, 2021 · 254–166
Passed Senate—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Apr 19, 2021 — 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. 1195.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1195, Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act” on April 9, 2021. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Labor on March 24, 2021”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 9, 2021 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57135
CBO publication date
April 9, 2021
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1195, 117th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1195
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 16, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5500c285aa8a455487adb0e614534a146f18a01d9370d30d9d69e34ed1712f88
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 117-14 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on April 5, 2021.
Source: Congress.gov, reported April 5, 2021 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
committeeReports
Report API records
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/117/HRPT/14
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1195, 117th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1195
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 16, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5500c285aa8a455487adb0e614534a146f18a01d9370d30d9d69e34ed1712f88
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. COURTNEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 33, February 22, 2021, Page H549):
Article 1, Section 8
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 22, 2021 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
Statement length
20 characters
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 1195, 117th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/1195
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 16, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5500c285aa8a455487adb0e614534a146f18a01d9370d30d9d69e34ed1712f88
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Sent to: Education and Workforce Committee, Energy and Commerce Committee, Ways and Means Committee, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions CommitteeBills with a CBO estimate Bills with a committee report See it in the Data Web

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1195, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.

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

145 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 139 Democrats

6 of 145 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), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Julia Brownley (D-CA), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Sean Casten (D-IL), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Judy Chu (D-CA), David Cicilline (D-RI), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Tom Cole (R-OK), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), James Cooper (D-TN), Angie Craig (D-MN), Charlie Crist (D-FL), Jason Crow (D-CO), Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and 115 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joe Courtney.

Sponsor’s state and district

Connecticut in Congress · CT-2 district

Open in Bill Explorer →

Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.