West Virginia House Bill 3225 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on February 2 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-02 - To House Workforce Development
Pending: House Workforce Development Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to create a new cause of action to deter workplace bullying. The bill makes it an unlawful employment practice to subject an employee to an abusive work environment that exists when the defendant, acting with malice, subjects an employee to abusive conduct so severe that it causes tangible harm to the employee. The bill makes it an unlawful employment practice to retaliate in any manner against an employee who has made a charge, testified, assisted or participated in any manner against an employee who has made a charge, testified, assisted or participated in any manner in an investigation or proceeding regarding bullying in the workplace.

The Healthy and Safe Workplace Act

Del. Evan Hansen [D]

Del. Danielle Walker [D]

Del. John Williams [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-02	House	To House Workforce Development
2023-02-02	House	Introduced in House
2023-02-02	House	To Workforce Development then Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2023-02-02	House	Filed for introduction

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
21	3F	1	New Code	See Bill Text
21	3F	2	New Code	See Bill Text
21	3F	3	New Code	See Bill Text
21	3F	4	New Code	See Bill Text
21	3F	5	New Code	See Bill Text
21	3F	6	New Code	See Bill Text
21	3F	7	New Code	See Bill Text
21	3F	8	New Code	See Bill Text
21	3F	9	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3225&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3225%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3225