Establishes the retail worker safety act requiring retail worker employers to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence
Summary
Establishes the retail worker safety act requiring retail worker employers to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence; directs the department of labor to produce a model workplace violence prevention training program; requires employers to provide training on such programs; requires the installation of panic buttons at certain workplaces or wearable or mobile phone-based panic buttons to be provided.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Jun 2024
Assembly Passage
Jun 2024
Senate Passage
Jun 2024
Signed into Law
Sep 2024
Introduced Jan 30, 2024
Signed Sep 5, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Jun 7, 2024 · Assembly Jun 3, 2024
How they voted
41–19
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 62
Jun 7, 2024
D
Democratic41
97% Yea
R
Republican21
90% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
8
Committee
4
Amendments
5
Sep 5, 2024
Signed into law
SIGNED CHAP.308
lower
Jun 7, 2024
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
Jun 3, 2024
Committee
REFERRED TO RULES
upper
Jun 3, 2024
Lower · Passed
PASSED ASSEMBLY
lower
May 21, 2024
Lower · Passed
AMENDED ON THIRD READING 8947C
lower
May 7, 2024
Committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
lower
Mar 21, 2024
Lower · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 8947B
lower
Mar 21, 2024
Lower · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES
lower
Mar 19, 2024
Committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES
lower
Mar 15, 2024
Lower · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 8947A
lower
Mar 15, 2024
Lower · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LABOR
lower
Jan 30, 2024
Committee
REFERRED TO LABOR
lower
1 primary · 37 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Karines Reyes
DDemocratic
Co
Al Taylor
DDemocratic
Co
Alex Bores
DDemocratic/Working Families
Co
Andrew Hevesi
DDemocratic
Co
Anna Kelles
DDemocratic/Working Families
Co
Brian Cunningham
DDemocratic
Co
Catalina Cruz
DDemocratic
Co
Charles Lavine
DDemocratic
Co
Chris Burdick
DDemocratic/Independence/Working Families
Co
Dana Levenberg
DDemocratic/Working Families
Co
David Weprin
DDemocratic
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