HR 4532
114th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Assault and harassment offenses
Civil actions and liability
Employee performance
Personnel records
Violent crime
Worker safety and health
Safe Harbor for Reporting Violent Behavior Act of 2016
Introduced: February 11, 2016
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 29, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Feb 11, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 11, 2016
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Safe Harbor for Reporting Violent Behavior Act of 2016
This bill makes an employer immune from civil liability for reporting to a potential future employer an employee or former employee’s violent or threatening behavior. The report must be made in good faith and based on objectively reasonable suspicion.
Additionally, the bill makes a potential employer immune from civil liability for taking a reasonable action in good faith to respond to a report of violent or threatening behavior of an employee or potential employee.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Committees of jurisdiction
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