2013-14 Legislative Session News

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• Representative Mark Cohen (D-202), along with 10 co-sponsors, introduced the Healthy Workplace Act for the 2013-14 session. It is House Bill HB 1179. It is the first-ever version of the Healthy Workplace Bill introduced in Pennyslvania.
• Read the text of HB 1179 here.
• HB 1179 has been referred to the House Committee on Labor and Industry.
• Use the E-Z Emailer above to write letters of thanks to every bill sponsor and to the listed Committee members to encourage them to hold a public hearing on the bill.

Sponsors of HB 1179

Name	District	Phone	E-mail	Website
Rep. Mark B. Cohen, Prime Sponsor	D-202	(717) 787-4117	mcohen@pahouse.net	Here
Rep. Louise Williams Bishop	D-192	(717) 783-2192	lbishop@pahouse.net	Here
Rep. Vanessa Lowery Brown	D-190	(717)783-3822	vbrown@pahouse.net	Here
Rep. Thomas R. Caltagirone	D-127	(717)787-3525	tcaltagirone@pahouse.net	Here
Rep. Peter J. Daley	D-49	(717)783-9333	pdaley@pahouse.net	Here
Rep. Patrick J. Harkins	D-1	(717)787-7406	pharkins@pahouse.net	Here
Rep. William C. Kortz II	D-38	(717)787-8175	wkortz@pahouse.net	Here
Rep. Tim Mahoney	D-51	(717)772-2174	tmahoney@pahouse.net	Here
Rep. Erin C. Molchany	D-22	(717)783-1582	emolchany@pahouse.net	Here
Rep. Michael H. O'Brien	D-175	(717)783-8098	mobrien@pahouse.net	Here
Rep. W. Curtis Thomas	D-181	(717)787-9471	cthomas@pahouse.net	Here

House Committee on Labor and Industry

Name	District	Phone	E-mail	Website
Rep. Mario M. Scavello, Chair	R-176	(717) 787-7732	mscavello@pahouse.net	Here
Rep. Ryan E. Mackenzie, Vice Chair	R-134	(717) 787-1000	rmackenzie@pahouse.net	Here
Rep. Stephen Bloom, Secretary	R-199	(717) 772-2280	sbloom@pahouse.net	Here
Rep. William F. Keller, Democratic Chair	D-184	(717) 787-5774	wkeller@pahouse.net	Here
Rep. Marc J. Gergely, Democratic Vice Chair	D-35	(717) 783-1018	mgergely@pahouse.net	Here
Rep. Pam Snyder, Democratic Secretary	R-50	(717) 783-3797	psnyder@pahouse.net	Here

Activity in prior years

Feb. 5, 2013, PA State Coordinator, Victoria Johnson, PhD, appeared on KYW-TV, Philadelphia.

On March 27, 2012, several PA HWB advocates met in Harrisburg, joining 700 who attended the Pennsylvania Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW-PA) lobbying day. The PA State Coordinator and Citizen Lobbyists for the HWB visited with legislators and brainstormed about future efforts and ideas to bring to everyone for consideration as move forward.

Watch the Dec. 12, 2011 coverage of workplace bullying and the PA Healthy Workplace Advocates by KDKA-TV, Pittsburgh.





• Please contact the State Coordinator below for more information regarding this state.

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*Note: Coordinators cannot give advice and are not equipped to help those currently bullied at work. Visit WBI to find resources for bullied targets.


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