HB944
Workplace violence; policy required for certain employers, civil penalty, delayed effective date.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Workplace violence policy required for certain employers; civil penalty.
Requires any employer of 100 or more employees to develop, implement, and maintain a workplace violence policy no later than January 1, 2027. The bill includes requirements for such a policy, such as procedures and methods for employee reporting of incidents and post-incident investigations. Employers subject to the bill are ... (More) required to maintain documentation of workplace violence incidents for not less than five years. An employer that violates the provisions of the bill shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 per violation. The bill prohibits retaliation from an employer on the basis of reporting a workplace violence incident and provides that any employee who makes a report of workplace violence shall be immune from civil liability. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/13/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103286D
- 01/13/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 01/22/2026 - House: Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #2
- 02/09/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB944)
- 02/11/2026 - House: Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
- 02/12/2026 - House: House subcommittee offered
- 02/12/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 2-N)
- 02/12/2026 - House: Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
- 02/12/2026 - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (13-Y 7-N)
- 02/13/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26107778D-H1
- 02/15/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/16/2026 - House: Read second time
- 02/16/2026 - House: committee substitute agreed to
- 02/16/2026 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 02/17/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (62-Y 35-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 02/17/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB944)
- 02/18/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/18/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Senate committee offered
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N)
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26109448D-S1
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
