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H2655Introduced in the House

Requiring health care employers to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence

Introduced

Introduced by John Lawn, District 10-MID

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Relative to providing protections for health care employees who are victims of violence or assault and battery. Public Safety and Homeland Security.

Where it stands

New draft substituted, see H4767

November 19, 2025

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Bill history

  1. Referred to the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security

  2. Senate concurred

  3. Hearing scheduled for 04/09/2025 from 10:00 AM-12:00 PM in A-1 & A-2

  4. Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

  5. Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting therefor a bill with the same title, see H4767

  6. Referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendment pending

  7. Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading with the amendment pending

  8. Rules suspended

  9. Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means)

  10. New draft substituted, see H4767

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