A California bill to increase penalties for assaulting hospital emergency room workers faces opposition from progressives.
Get the news that matters to all Californians. Start every week informed.A bill pending in the California Legislature would increase penalties for those convicted of assaulting emergency room workers. Photo by Jae C. Hong, AP PhotoA bill that would increase penalties for those who assault hospital emergency department workers is facing the same pushback that other recent tough-on-crime legislation has from progressive Democrats leery of increasing incarceration rates.
“This violence is unacceptable,” Rodriguez testified. “But for many of the health care heroes, they view workplace violence as just part of the job.” , which would increase penalties to a year in jail for those convicted of assaulting California’s hospital emergency room doctors, nurses and other workers. But the bill has an uncertain future due to resistance from progressive Democrats who, for the past decade, have sought to shrink the numbers of inmates in its crowded jails and prisons.
At this week’s hearing, the bill’s opponents also argued that many of the attacks in emergency departments are from patients having mental-health crises. Skinner, however, didn’t vote on the bill, which counts the same as voting “no.” When Rodriguez’s bill passed the Assembly earlier this year, 12 members – most of them progressive Democrats who’ve been leery of increasing criminal penalties – didn’t vote., lawmakers regularly avoid voting on controversial bills to avoid angering colleagues or to eliminate a record of their opposition on sensitive matters. There is no distinction for legislators who abstain or are absent.
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