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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Workers' compensation; law-enforcement officers and firefighters, post-traumatic stress disorder."
+description: "Workers' compensation. Provides that, for the purposes of workers' compensation for post-traumatic stress disorder incurred by a law-enforcement officer or firefighter, an incident or exposure without any accompanying physical injury occurring in the line of duty on or after January 1, 2027, is a qualifying event, as defined in the bill. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 1313"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1313 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Katrina Callsen"]
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 51
+vote_count: 10
+first_action: "2026-01-16"
+last_action: "2026-04-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c70a44b5-2dff-4de8-bb42-eb2af69cbb9c"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1313"
+source_hash: "c68050ace6f6933d1d7ab4d65ea38d8413cae41ed80a25e071e67dc069e2504f"
+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 1313 (2026) — Workers' compensation; law-enforcement officers and firefighters, post-traumatic stress disorder.
+
+Workers' compensation. Provides that, for the purposes of workers' compensation for post-traumatic stress disorder incurred by a law-enforcement officer or firefighter, an incident or exposure without any accompanying physical injury occurring in the line of duty on or after January 1, 2027, is a qualifying event, as defined in the bill. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1089346.PDF)
+2. **Appropriations Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1148615.PDF)
+3. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218002.PDF)
+4. **Commerce and Labor Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1190079.PDF)
+5. **Compensation and Retirement Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1147988.PDF)
+6. **Finance and Appropriations Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1199636.PDF)
+7. **Labor and Commerce Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1115296.HTML)
+8. **Subcommittee #2 Subcommittee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1103836.HTML)
+9. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1212459.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **7–0** (pass) · lower
+- H VOTE: — **98–1** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — **13–0** (pass) · upper
+- H VOTE: — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Appropriations with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute — **14–0** (pass) · upper
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Katrina Callsen — primary (person)
+- Atoosa R. Reaser — cosponsor (person)
+- Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
+- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
+- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
+- Laura Jane Cohen — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
+- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-16** Presented and ordered printed 26104528D `introduction`
+- **2026-01-16** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-27** Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-29** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1313)
+- **2026-01-29** House subcommittee offered
+- **2026-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N)
+- **2026-02-03** Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-05** Motion to refer to Appropriations agreed to
+- **2026-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-05** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-10** Assigned HAPP sub: Compensation and Retirement `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-13** House subcommittee offered
+- **2026-02-13** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) `substitution`
+- **2026-02-13** Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-13** Committee substitute printed 26107914D-H1 `substitution`
+- **2026-02-13** Substitute bill reprinted 26107914D
+- **2026-02-15** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-16** committee amendment rejected `amendment-failure`
+- **2026-02-16** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
+- **2026-02-16** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
+- **2026-02-17** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-17** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1313)
+- **2026-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
+- **2026-02-18** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-02** Senate committee offered
+- **2026-03-02** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-03** Committee substitute printed 26108109D-S1 `substitution`
+- **2026-03-04** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1313)
+- **2026-03-06** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-09** Committee substitute printed 26109410D-S2 `substitution`
+- **2026-03-09** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
+- **2026-03-09** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
+- **2026-03-09** Rules suspended
+- **2026-03-09** Passed by for the day
+- **2026-03-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1313)
+- **2026-03-10** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-10** Commerce and Labor Substitute rejected
+- **2026-03-10** Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
+- **2026-03-10** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
+- **2026-03-10** Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
+- **2026-03-11** Senate substitute agreed to by House (98-Y 1-N 0-A) `substitution`
+- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1313ER) `passage`
+- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-04-01** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1313)
+- **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter465 (Effective 7/1/2027) `executive-signature`
+- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0465)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c70a44b5-2dff-4de8-bb42-eb2af69cbb9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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