AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- WORKPLACE PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY ACT (Protects bullying/psychological abuse in workplace inflicted upon employees by employers/co-employees/provides civil remedies to affected employees/fines against employers/imprisonment/fines against co-employees.)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
Jun 2023
Senate Passage
Jun 2023
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 23, 2023
Last action Jun 9, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Jun 8, 2023
How they voted
25–2
Passed
Total votes 27
Jun 8, 2023
D
Democratic24
95% Yea
R
Republican3
66% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
11
Key actions
2
Committee
4
Jun 9, 2023
Committee
06/09/2023 Referred to House Labor
lower
Jun 8, 2023
Upper · Passed
06/08/2023 Senate passed Sub A
upper
Jun 6, 2023
Legislature · Passed
06/06/2023 Committee recommends passage of Sub A
legislature
May 31, 2023
Committee
05/31/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Apr 26, 2023
Committee
04/26/2023 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Mar 23, 2023
Introduced
03/23/2023 Introduced, referred to Senate Labor
upper
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bob Britto
DDemocratic
P
Frank Ciccone
DDemocratic
P
John Burke
DDemocratic
P
Lou DiPalma
DDemocratic
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