---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain cancers."
description: "Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain cancers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1408"
citation: "Virginia HB 1408 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brewer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-12-06"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a79f03fa-c384-4ff1-9655-588b982e6074"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1408"
source_hash: "d120b111c862d61930fa6e93a1fdc0bd5a5c511ec39cac9f75b9b5eeceb6c546"
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 1408 (2023) — Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain cancers.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0204** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0204)
2. **HB1408ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1408ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100548D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1408)
4. **Printed as engrossed 23100548D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1408E)

## Votes

- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Energy with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brewer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100548D `filing, introduction`
- **2022-12-06** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-14** Impact statement from DPB (HB1408)
- **2023-01-19** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-19** Reported from Commerce and Energy with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-19** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-20** Assigned App. sub: Compensation and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-27** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-01** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-01** Engrossed by House as amended HB1408E
- **2023-02-01** Printed as engrossed 23100548D-E
- **2023-02-02** Impact statement from DPB (HB1408E)
- **2023-02-02** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-02** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-03** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-22** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1408ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Impact statement from DPB (HB1408ER)
- **2023-02-24** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 204 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0204)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a79f03fa-c384-4ff1-9655-588b982e6074`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).