---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workers' compensation; COVID-19, health care providers."
description: "Workers' compensation; COVID-19; health care providers. Extends from December 31, 2021, to December 31, 2022, the date by which COVID-19 causing the death or disability of a health care provider is presumed to be an occupational disease compensable under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 932"
citation: "Virginia HB 932 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roxann L. Robinson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4b87480-7e78-42c1-abb0-3aa41d9d63cc"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB932"
source_hash: "8c13ed2fcc1f536f8906f69125d87aa64a5d1a22d9b1bf99f3c0e95865b39844"
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 932 (2022) — Workers' compensation; COVID-19, health care providers.

Workers' compensation; COVID-19; health care providers. Extends from December 31, 2021, to December 31, 2022, the date by which COVID-19 causing the death or disability of a health care provider is presumed to be an occupational disease compensable under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0644** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0644)
2. **HB932ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB932ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102394D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB932)

## Votes

- Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Energy (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Roxann L. Robinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102394D `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Assigned sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-25** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- **2022-01-27** Reported from Commerce and Energy (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-27** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-28** Assigned App. sub: Compensation and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02** Impact statement from DPB (HB932)
- **2022-02-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-07** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-10** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-11** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-11** VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-14** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-03** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-08** Enrolled
- **2022-03-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-08** Signed by President
- **2022-03-09** Impact statement from DPB (HB932ER)
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 644 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4b87480-7e78-42c1-abb0-3aa41d9d63cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).