---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to who may diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder as a compensable injury or disease under workers compensation"
description: "Relating to who may diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder as a compensable injury or disease under workers compensation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 2797"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2797 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Workers Compensation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Statler"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 43
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-21"
last_action: "2025-07-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60ff5775-dcd9-427d-9a88-c4f937fede2b"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2797&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "fee49480bbc95412ff00bd3eeb4435738f2323462e32a1729f3ea0059e642cd1"
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-wv"]
---

# West Virginia HB 2797 (2025) — Relating to who may diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder as a compensable injury or disease under workers compensation

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2797%20sub1.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2797)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2797%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2797)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2797%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2797)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2797%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2797)
5. **hb2797 hfa mcgeehan 4-11 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/hb2797%20hfa%20mcgeehan%204-11%20_1%20adopted.htm)
6. **hb2797 s h_hr am _1 4-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/com_amends/hb2797%20s%20h_hr%20am%20_1%204-7%20adopted.htm)
7. **hb2797 sfat chapman _1 4-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/hb2797%20sfat%20chapman%20_1%204-8%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **94–1** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Statler — primary (person)
- Chiarelli — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-21** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-21** To Health and Human Resources then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-21** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-02-21** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11** Markup Discussion
- **2025-03-18** By substitute, do pass
- **2025-03-18** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2025-03-19** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-19** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-03-20** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-21** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-03-21** Passed House (Roll No. 137) `passage`
- **2025-03-21** Communicated to Senate
- **2025-03-24** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-03-24** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24** To Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-07** Immediate consideration
- **2025-04-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-04-08** On 2nd reading
- **2025-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-08** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2025-04-09** On 3rd reading
- **2025-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Passed Senate (Roll No. 395) `passage`
- **2025-04-09** Title amendment adopted
- **2025-04-09** Senate requests House to concur
- **2025-04-12** House received Senate message
- **2025-04-12** House concurred in Senate amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 557)
- **2025-04-12** Communicated to Senate
- **2025-04-12** House Message received
- **2025-04-12** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 581)
- **2025-04-12** Communicated to House
- **2025-04-12** Completed legislative action
- **2025-04-22** To Governor 4/22/2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/22/2025 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/22/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-28** Approved by Governor 4/28/2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/28/2025 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/28/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-31** Chapter 243, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60ff5775-dcd9-427d-9a88-c4f937fede2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).