Massachusetts legislation · 194th General Court
Massachusetts H2655: An Act requiring health care employers to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence
Status: In committee, November 19, 2025
What the bill says
From the introduced text, February 27, 2025:
SECTION 1. Chapter 111 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following section:- Section 245. (a) As used in this section, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:- “Employee”, an individual employed by or contracted for employment by, providing health care services at, volunteering at, or participating in an educational course of instruction at a health care facility, as defined in this section. “Health care employer”, any individual, partnership, association, corporation, trust or any person or group of persons operating a health care facility. “Health care facility”, a hospital, licensed under section 51, the teaching hospital of the University of Massachusetts medical school, a medium-security state correctional facility for male inmates located in Plymouth county that is operated and maintained by a private company under contract with the department of correction, or any state acute care facility, non-acute care facility, continuing care facility and group homes operated, funded or subject to oversight by the department of public health, the department of mental health or the department of developmental services except a: (i) nursing home; (ii) rest home; (iii) clinic; (iv) mobile or portable clinic; (v) mobile or portable clinic satellite; (vi) certified home health agency; (vii) adult day health; (viii) hospice; (ix) hospice …
Sponsors
- John Lawn (D) · primary sponsor
- Daniel Hunt (D, 13th Suffolk)
- Jack Lewis (D, 7th Middlesex)
- David LeBoeuf (D)
- Michelle DuBois (D, 10th Plymouth)
- Dennis Gallagher (D)
- Russell Holmes (D, 6th Suffolk)
- Jessica Giannino (D, 16th Suffolk)
- Marjorie Decker (D, 25th Middlesex)
- Rita Mendes (D)
- Bridget Plouffe (D)
- Tackey Chan (D, 2nd Norfolk)
Latest actions
- : New draft substituted, see H4767
- : Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means)
- : Rules suspended
- : Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading with the amendment pending
- : Referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendment pending
- : Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting therefor a bill with the same title, see H4767
- : Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
- : Hearing scheduled for 04/09/2025 from 10:00 AM-12:00 PM in A-1 & A-2
- : Senate concurred
- : Referred to the committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security
Votes
- Committee Vote - House Committee on Ways and Means (November 18, 2025): 31 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is H2655?
- H2655 is a bill in the Massachusetts Legislature (194th General Court): An Act requiring health care employers to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence.
- What is the status of H2655?
- In committee as of November 19, 2025. Latest action: New draft substituted, see H4767 (November 19, 2025).
- Who sponsored H2655?
- John Lawn (D), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H2655?
- On the Massachusetts Legislature website: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H2655
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