---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workers' compensation; group self-insurance associations."
description: "Workers' compensation; group self-insurance associations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2418"
citation: "Virginia HB 2418 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wampler"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8158e06-e415-4213-b7c8-ceca5e574ea2"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2418"
source_hash: "9105e3d21d6a10c689dda71ad61aedfa768465a9020e93a30a9335b6cca1b4fc"
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 2418 (2023) — Workers' compensation; group self-insurance associations.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0426** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0426)
2. **HB2418ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2418ER)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 23104406D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2418)
4. **Printed as engrossed 23104406D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2418E)

## Votes

- Reported from Commerce and Energy with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (10-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wampler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** Presented and ordered printed 23104406D `introduction`
- **2023-01-18** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Assigned sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Impact statement from SCC (HB2418)
- **2023-01-26** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-26** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (10-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-31** Reported from Commerce and Energy with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-03** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-03** Engrossed by House as amended HB2418E
- **2023-02-03** Printed as engrossed 23104406D-E
- **2023-02-06** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-06** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-07** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** Impact statement from SCC (HB2418E)
- **2023-02-13** Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-21** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2418ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Impact statement from SCC (HB2418ER)
- **2023-02-21** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-23** 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`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 426 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0426)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b8158e06-e415-4213-b7c8-ceca5e574ea2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).