republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1590.md

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Bill	Duty of care to law-enforcement officers and firefighters; fireman's rule.	Provides that the common-law doctrine known as the fireman's rule, as described in the bill, shall not be a defense to certain claims. The fireman's rule is based on assumption of the usual risks of injury in such employment, whether caused by a negligent or a nonnegligent act of the defendant.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1590	Virginia HB 1590 (2017)	bill	Civil Remedies and Procedure Police Professions and Occupations	enacted	Jeffrey L. Campbell	4	20	9	2017-01-02	2017-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/a3e11e3d-1903-4043-a98d-088903f99690	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1590	1b853d027f88237a15dedc59e0540f742b38553fd08f499dd1d4e58f778a2950	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1590 (2017) — Duty of care to law-enforcement officers and firefighters; fireman's rule.

Provides that the common-law doctrine known as the fireman's rule, as described in the bill, shall not be a defense to certain claims. The fireman's rule is based on assumption of the usual risks of injury in such employment, whether caused by a negligent or a nonnegligent act of the defendant.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0315) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1590ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102558D (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105562D-S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate with substitute — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 95–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate with substitute — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Senate substitute agreed to by House 17105562D-S1 — 97–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 7–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 21–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Jeffrey L. Campbell — primary (person)
• Israel D. O'Quinn — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-02 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102558D introduction
• 2017-01-02 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-01-13 Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law referral-committee
• 2017-01-31 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-01 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2017-02-02 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-02-03 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-20 Reading of substitute waived
• 2017-02-20 Committee substitute agreed to 17105562D-S1
• 2017-02-20 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1590S1
• 2017-02-21 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-21 Senate substitute agreed to by House 17105562D-S1 (97-Y 0-N)
• 2017-02-24 Enrolled
• 2017-02-24 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-24 Signed by President
• 2017-02-28 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
• 2017-02-28 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 315 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a3e11e3d-1903-4043-a98d-088903f99690. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).