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119-hr-2647119th CongressWALLET

Safe Workplaces Act

Sponsored By: Representative Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]

Introduced

Summary

Reduce workplace violence by directing a NIOSH study and requiring OSHA to issue voluntary, workplace-specific guidance that recommends engineering controls, staffing and training to lower threats across many settings. The guidance would be nonbinding and informed by a NIOSH report to ensure recommendations fit different workplaces.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Voluntary safety advice to prevent violence at work

If enacted, OSHA would publish voluntary guidance to reduce violence at work within 4 years. NIOSH would study the issue and send a report within 15 months to inform that guidance. The advice would be tailored for grocery and retail stores, hospitals, schools, child care centers, and more. It would consider engineering fixes and work rules, dangerous weapons, and environmental risk factors. The bill would define workplace violence and threats, exclude lawful self-defense, and add no new penalties.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]

CO • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4]

    GA • D

    Sponsored 4/7/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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