# Massachusetts S 1718: An Act requiring health care employers to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence

Massachusetts S 1718, An Act requiring health care employers to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by Joan B. Lovely (Democratic); status in committee, last action 2026-07-09 (Accompanied H4767); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts S 1718
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act requiring health care employers to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-27
- Last action: 2026-07-09, Accompanied H4767
- Sponsor: Joan B. Lovely (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 21
- Subjects: Public Safety and Homeland Security, Senate Ways and Means
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 1 (7 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Joan B. Lovely (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Dylan A. Fernandes (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Hannah Kane (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: James K. Hawkins (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Joanne M. Comerford (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: John C. Velis (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: John F. Keenan (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Liz Miranda (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Manny Cruz (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Michael D. Brady (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Nick Collins (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Patrick M. O'Connor (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Paul R. Feeney (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Paul W. Mark (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Pavel M. Payano (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Rebecca L. Rausch (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Robyn K. Kennedy (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Sal N. DiDomenico (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Susannah M. Whipps (Independent), House
- Cosponsor: Thomas M. Stanley (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Vanna Howard (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: William J. Driscoll Jr. (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-07-10 | committee | Committee Favorable: Ought to pass | pass | 7 | 0 |   |

## Actions (5)

- 2026-07-09: Accompanied H4767 (Senate)
- 2025-07-21: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means (Senate)
- 2025-04-07: Hearing scheduled for 04/09/2025 from 10:00 AM-12:00 PM in A-1 & A-2 (legislature)
- 2025-02-27: House concurred (House)
- 2025-02-27: Referred to the committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security (Senate)

## Bill text

- As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S1718.pdf)

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- H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax abatements (signed)
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- H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nicholas Spinale (second reading)
- H 5520: An Act exempting George Patrinos from the maximum age requirement age for the position of firefighter in the town of Dudley (signed)
- H 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the town of Sudbury (signed)

## Sources
- [As Filed (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S1718.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-S1718-194 (as of 2026-11-01).