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HCONRES 278 109th Congress House Labor and Employment Crime and Law Enforcement Government Operations and Politics Health Local employees Occupational health and safety Social Welfare Social work State employees Violence in the workplace

Expressing the sense of Congress that Congress should raise awareness about the importance of social worker and case worker safety.

Introduced: November 3, 2005 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
Nov 17, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Oct 26, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Oct 26, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of Congress that it should raise awareness about the importance of workplace safety for, and prevention of job-related violence against, social workers and case workers

Encourages states and local agencies to adopt measures that would improve the safety of social service workers.

What's happening now November 17, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 8
D
Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Mar 30, 2006
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Jan 31, 2006
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Dec 8, 2005
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Nov 3, 2005
EHLERS, VERNON
· Nov 3, 2005
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Nov 3, 2005
BAIRD, BRIAN
· Oct 26, 2005
 D
Costa, Jim
California · Oct 26, 2005
Davis, Lincoln
· Oct 26, 2005
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Oct 26, 2005
RADANOVICH, GEORGE
· Oct 26, 2005
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Oct 26, 2005
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 278: Expressing the sense of Congress that Congress should raise awareness about the importance of social worker and case worker safety.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HCONRES-278/
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"H. Con. Res. 278: Expressing the sense of Congress that Congress should raise awareness about the importance of social worker and case worker safety.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HCONRES-278/.
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H. Con. Res. 278, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HCONRES-278/.
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