Save Healthcare Workers Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 4
- Latest action
- May 5, 2025
What it does
The Save Healthcare Workers Act would create a new federal crime for knowingly assaulting hospital personnel while they are performing duties on hospital grounds, with penalties of up to 10 years in prison, increasing to up to 20 years if a dangerous weapon is used, serious bodily injury occurs, or the assault happens during a declared public emergency. The bill applies to employees of hospitals and entities contracting with hospitals engaged in interstate commerce, including various types of medical facilities such as long-term care, rehabilitation, children’s, cancer, critical access, and rural emergency hospitals. It also includes an affirmative defense for individuals with certain…
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Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Current step)
Floor (Not started)
Law (Not started)
What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.