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Committee unanimously advances workplace‑violence prevention bill for healthcare workers
Summary
Senate Bill 166, a workplace violence prevention measure focused on healthcare settings, was amended and unanimously advanced from committee with a favorable recommendation to the Committee of the Whole.
Senate Health & Human Services unanimously advanced Senate Bill 166, a workplace‑violence prevention bill focused on healthcare workers.
Sponsor remarks emphasized personal experience and the bill’s collaborative stakeholder process: “I know firsthand what it feels like to be assaulted on the job,” the sponsor said, urging colleagues to support the measure to reduce incidents and retain health‑care workers. Sponsors said an adopted amendment (L2) changed stakeholder composition and removed a provision that would have triggered an adverse fiscal note.
Panel discussion noted the bill will convene a stakeholder group including consumers, mental‑health providers, hospital and nursing leaders, and dementia‑care advocates to develop prevention ideas. After adopting the L2 amendment and closing the amendment phase, the committee voted to move SB 166 as amended to the Committee of the Whole with a favorable recommendation; the chair announced the bill passed the committee unanimously.
Outcome: SB 166 was moved to the Committee of the Whole with a favorable recommendation after adoption of amendment L2; committee votes were recorded as unanimous.
Next steps: The bill will be considered by the Committee of the Whole; sponsors said they will continue stakeholder engagement before any future legislation that extends beyond the current text.
