---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workers' compensation; law-enforcement officers and firefighters, post-traumatic stress disorder."
description: "Workers' compensation. Provides that, for the purposes of workers' compensation for post-traumatic stress disorder incurred by a law-enforcement officer or firefighter, an incident or exposure without any accompanying physical injury occurring in the line of duty on or after January 1, 2027, is a qualifying event, as defined in the bill. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1313"
citation: "Virginia HB 1313 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Katrina Callsen"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 51
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2026-01-16"
last_action: "2026-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c70a44b5-2dff-4de8-bb42-eb2af69cbb9c"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1313"
source_hash: "c68050ace6f6933d1d7ab4d65ea38d8413cae41ed80a25e071e67dc069e2504f"
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 1313 (2026) — Workers' compensation; law-enforcement officers and firefighters, post-traumatic stress disorder.

Workers' compensation. Provides that, for the purposes of workers' compensation for post-traumatic stress disorder incurred by a law-enforcement officer or firefighter, an incident or exposure without any accompanying physical injury occurring in the line of duty on or after January 1, 2027, is a qualifying event, as defined in the bill. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1089346.PDF)
2. **Appropriations Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1148615.PDF)
3. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218002.PDF)
4. **Commerce and Labor Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1190079.PDF)
5. **Compensation and Retirement Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1147988.PDF)
6. **Finance and Appropriations Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1199636.PDF)
7. **Labor and Commerce Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1115296.HTML)
8. **Subcommittee #2 Subcommittee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1103836.HTML)
9. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1212459.PDF)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Katrina Callsen — primary (person)
- Atoosa R. Reaser — cosponsor (person)
- Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Jane Cohen — cosponsor (person)
- Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-16** Presented and ordered printed 26104528D `introduction`
- **2026-01-16** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-27** Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1313)
- **2026-01-29** House subcommittee offered
- **2026-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N)
- **2026-02-03** Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-05** Motion to refer to Appropriations agreed to
- **2026-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-05** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Assigned HAPP sub: Compensation and Retirement `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13** House subcommittee offered
- **2026-02-13** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2026-02-13** Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-13** Committee substitute printed 26107914D-H1 `substitution`
- **2026-02-13** Substitute bill reprinted 26107914D
- **2026-02-15** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-16** committee amendment rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2026-02-16** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
- **2026-02-16** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2026-02-17** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1313)
- **2026-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-18** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02** Senate committee offered
- **2026-03-02** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-03** Committee substitute printed 26108109D-S1 `substitution`
- **2026-03-04** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1313)
- **2026-03-06** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-09** Committee substitute printed 26109410D-S2 `substitution`
- **2026-03-09** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-03-09** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-09** Rules suspended
- **2026-03-09** Passed by for the day
- **2026-03-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1313)
- **2026-03-10** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-10** Commerce and Labor Substitute rejected
- **2026-03-10** Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- **2026-03-10** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2026-03-10** Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Senate substitute agreed to by House (98-Y 1-N 0-A) `substitution`
- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1313ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-01** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1313)
- **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter465 (Effective 7/1/2027) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0465)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c70a44b5-2dff-4de8-bb42-eb2af69cbb9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).