---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workers' compensation; cost of living supplements."
description: "Workers' compensation; cost of living supplements. Provides that cost-of-living supplements shall be payable to claimantswho are receiving disability benefits under the Virginia Workers'Compensation Act but are not receiving federal disability benefits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 677"
citation: "Virginia SB 677 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-20"
last_action: "2022-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8169fc4e-0e2f-4ad5-8d25-2b5beff1997c"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB677"
source_hash: "beeaf4205cfb8493cb4129a78742a6c38f73a10a115a69b0e6551bfc8fe3ad1b"
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 SB 677 (2022) — Workers' compensation; cost of living supplements.

Workers' compensation; cost of living supplements. Provides that cost-of-living supplements shall be payable to claimantswho are receiving disability benefits under the Virginia Workers'Compensation Act but are not receiving federal disability benefits.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0182** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0182)
2. **Presented and ordered printed 22103325D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB677)
3. **SB677ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB677ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Commerce and Energy (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-20** Presented and ordered printed 22103325D `introduction`
- **2022-01-20** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-30** Impact statement from DPB (SB677)
- **2022-01-31** Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-31** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-10** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-10** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-22** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-22** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-22** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** Reported from Commerce and Energy (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-07** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-08** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-08** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-08** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-10** Enrolled
- **2022-03-10** Impact statement from DPB (SB677ER)
- **2022-03-10** Signed by President
- **2022-03-10** Signed by Speaker
- **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
- **2022-04-07** Approved by Governor-Chapter 182 (effective 7/1/22 - see bill) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8169fc4e-0e2f-4ad5-8d25-2b5beff1997c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).