Prohibiting the termination of employment of an employee who defends themselves from an attack inside workplace
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 12, 2024
Last action Feb 26, 2024
Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 23, 2024
How they voted
90–5
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 99
Feb 23, 2024
D
Democratic11
100% Yea
R
Republican88
89% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Feb 26, 2024
Committee
To Judiciary
upper
Feb 26, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
Feb 23, 2024
Lower · Passed
Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
lower
Feb 23, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed House (Roll No. 281)
lower
Feb 20, 2024
Lower · Passed
By substitute, do pass
lower
Feb 12, 2024
Committee
To House Judiciary
lower
Feb 12, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
Feb 12, 2024
Committee
To Judiciary
lower
1 primary · 9 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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