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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases."
+description: "Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases. Provides that the occupational disease presumption for death caused by hypertension or heart disease will apply for salaried or volunteer emergency medical services personnel who have at least five years of service and are operating in a locality that has legally adopted a resolution declaring that it will provide one or more of such presumptions. This bill incorporates HB 2080."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 1818"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1818 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Steve E. Heretick"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 53
+vote_count: 16
+first_action: "2021-01-06"
+last_action: "2021-03-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c6c9fe5-ec67-4f5d-8367-76b8c5910c44"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1818"
+source_hash: "322d2e3310928b4fe99b6548cdfd630986f1b4753f3ed040c9299f3dfeb277d1"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia HB 1818 (2021) — Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases.
+
+Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases. Provides that the occupational disease presumption for death caused by hypertension or heart disease will apply for salaried or volunteer emergency medical services personnel who have at least five years of service and are operating in a locality that has legally adopted a resolution declaring that it will provide one or more of such presumptions. This bill incorporates HB 2080.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0436** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0436)
+2. **Committee substitute printed 21103348D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1818H1)
+3. **Committee substitute printed 21200207D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1818S1)
+4. **HB1818ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1818ER)
+5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100558D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1818)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
+- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+- Conference report agreed to by Senate (31-Y 7-N) — **31–7** (pass) · upper
+- VOTE: REJECTED (3-Y 95-N) — **3–94** (fail) · lower
+- Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) — **6–2** (pass) · lower
+- Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
+- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- VOTE: Agreed To (96-Y 0-N 1-A) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Steve E. Heretick — primary (person)
+- Alex Q. Askew — cosponsor (person)
+- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
+- David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
+- Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
+- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
+- Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)
+- Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
+- John J. McGuire, III — cosponsor (person)
+- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
+- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
+- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
+- Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
+- Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)
+- Lee J. Carter — cosponsor (person)
+- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
+- Martha M. Mugler — cosponsor (person)
+- Nancy D. Guy — cosponsor (person)
+- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
+- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Sally L. Hudson — cosponsor (person)
+- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
+- Suhas Subramanyam — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100558D `introduction`
+- **2021-01-06** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-14** Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-19** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N)
+- **2021-01-21** Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-01-21** Committee substitute printed 21103348D-H1 `substitution`
+- **2021-01-21** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-21** Incorporates HB2080 (Convirs-Fowler)
+- **2021-01-22** Assigned App. sub: Compensation & General Government `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB1818H1)
+- **2021-02-01** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
+- **2021-02-01** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-03** Committee substitute agreed to 21103348D-H1
+- **2021-02-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1818H1
+- **2021-02-04** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-02-04** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
+- **2021-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2021-02-05** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
+- **2021-02-15** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-15** Committee substitute printed 21200207D-S1 `substitution`
+- **2021-02-15** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
+- **2021-02-17** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2021-02-18** Reading of substitute waived
+- **2021-02-18** Committee substitute agreed to 21200207D-S1
+- **2021-02-18** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1818S1
+- **2021-02-18** Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2021-02-18** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
+- **2021-02-18** Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2021-02-18** Impact statement from DPB (HB1818S1)
+- **2021-02-22** Placed on Calendar
+- **2021-02-22** Senate substitute rejected by House 21200207D-S1 (3-Y 95-N)
+- **2021-02-22** VOTE: REJECTED (3-Y 95-N)
+- **2021-02-23** Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N)
+- **2021-02-23** Senate requested conference committee
+- **2021-02-24** House acceded to request
+- **2021-02-24** Conferees appointed by House
+- **2021-02-25** Conferees appointed by Senate
+- **2021-02-26** Amended by conference committee
+- **2021-02-27** Conference report agreed to by Senate (31-Y 7-N)
+- **2021-02-27** Conference report agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N 1-A)
+- **2021-02-27** VOTE: Agreed To (96-Y 0-N 1-A)
+- **2021-03-09** Enrolled
+- **2021-03-09** Signed by President
+- **2021-03-11** Signed by Speaker
+- **2021-03-12** Impact statement from DPB (HB1818ER)
+- **2021-03-15** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
+- **2021-03-15** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
+- **2021-03-30** Approved by Governor-Chapter 436 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c6c9fe5-ec67-4f5d-8367-76b8c5910c44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+