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Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act

H.R. 2531Introduced Apr 1, 2025Policy area: Labor and Employment

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Labor to issue an occupational safety and health standard that requires covered employers within the health care and social service industries to develop and implement a comprehensive workplace violence prevention plan, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep. Joe Courtney D-CT
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Where it went

Latest action: Apr 1, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, 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.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2531.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 19, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2531, last updated September 19, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 24, 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

134 cosponsors — 5 Republicans, 129 Democrats

5 of 134 cosponsors (4%) are from the other party.

Alma Adams (D-NC), Gabe Amo (D-RI), Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Don Bacon (R-NE), Becca Balint (D-VT), Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Janelle Bynum (D-OR), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Troy Carter (D-LA), Greg Casar (D-TX), Ed Case (D-HI), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jim Costa (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Donald Davis (D-NC), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA) and 104 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joe Courtney.

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Sponsor’s state and district

Connecticut in Congress · CT-2 district

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Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.