---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workers' compensation; notice of right to dispute claim."
description: "Workers' compensation; notice of right to disputeclaim. Requires that when an employee's workers' compensationclaim is denied, an employer or insurer shall include in its letterdenying benefits a notice that the employee has a right to disputethe claim denial through the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 241"
citation: "Virginia SB 241 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeremy S. McPike"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ded07a6-85b7-4839-b4c5-2e35f5f9d29f"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB241"
source_hash: "152229155605ec13317cd9f18db9f89fcad89072fac12a2a68e8025c17dc03c7"
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 241 (2024) — Workers' compensation; notice of right to dispute claim.

Workers' compensation; notice of right to disputeclaim. Requires that when an employee's workers' compensationclaim is denied, an employer or insurer shall include in its letterdenying benefits a notice that the employee has a right to disputethe claim denial through the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0584** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0584)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100990D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB241)
3. **SB241ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB241ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Commerce and Labor (13-Y 0-N 1-A) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Labor and Commerce (17-Y 4-N) — **17–4** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (70-Y 27-N) — **69–27** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 11-N) — **29–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jeremy S. McPike — primary (person)
- Angelia Williams Graves — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100990D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB241)
- **2024-01-22** Reported from Commerce and Labor (13-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-01-25** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-01-26** Passed by for the day
- **2024-01-29** Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 11-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2024-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-13** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-14** Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-27** Reported from Labor and Commerce (17-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-29** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-01** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** Passed House (70-Y 27-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-01** VOTE: Passage (70-Y 27-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-06** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB241ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Impact statement from DPB (SB241ER)
- **2024-03-06** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 584 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-05** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0584)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ded07a6-85b7-4839-b4c5-2e35f5f9d29f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).