---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workers' compensation; anxiety disorder or depressive disorder incurred by law-enforcement officers."
description: "Workers' compensation; anxiety disorder or depressive disorder incurred by law-enforcement officers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 904"
citation: "Virginia SB 904 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeSteph"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-05"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7dc66ad-701e-4534-9a59-b8f002844da5"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB904"
source_hash: "8ae5846d580eccef6605fff423a31e566a5bac74956b74727e210097cbbd1a66"
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 904 (2023) — Workers' compensation; anxiety disorder or depressive disorder incurred by law-enforcement officers.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0244** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0244)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23104402D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB904S1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 23106901D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB904H1)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101042D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB904)
5. **SB904ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB904ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- DeSteph — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101042D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-05** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-16** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-16** Committee substitute printed 23104402D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-16** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (SB904S1)
- **2023-01-25** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-27** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-01-27** Committee substitute agreed to 23104402D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-27** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB904S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-30** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-09** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14** Committee substitute printed 23106901D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-15** Impact statement from DPB (SB904H1)
- **2023-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** Committee substitute agreed to 23106901D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-17** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB904H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-17** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-17** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-20** Title replaced 23106901D-H1
- **2023-02-23** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-23** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB904ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (SB904ER)
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 244 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0244)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c7dc66ad-701e-4534-9a59-b8f002844da5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).