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| Bill | Accrual of cause of action; diagnoses of nonmalignant and malignant asbestos-related injury. | Accrual of cause of action; diagnoses of nonmalignant and malignant asbestos-related injury or disease. Provides that a diagnosis of a nonmalignant asbestos-related injury or disease shall not accrue an action based upon the subsequent diagnosis of a malignant asbestos-related injury or disease and that such subsequent diagnosis shall constitute a separate injury that shall accrue an action when such diagnosis is first communicated to the person or his agent by a physician. The bill is intended to reverse Kiser v. A.W. Chesteron, 285 Va. 12 (2013). This bill is identical to SB 661. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | HB 781 | Virginia HB 781 (2020) |
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Virginia HB 781 (2020) — Accrual of cause of action; diagnoses of nonmalignant and malignant asbestos-related injury.
Accrual of cause of action; diagnoses of nonmalignant and malignant asbestos-related injury or disease. Provides that a diagnosis of a nonmalignant asbestos-related injury or disease shall not accrue an action based upon the subsequent diagnosis of a malignant asbestos-related injury or disease and that such subsequent diagnosis shall constitute a separate injury that shall accrue an action when such diagnosis is first communicated to the person or his agent by a physician. The bill is intended to reverse Kiser v. A.W. Chesteron, 285 Va. 12 (2013). This bill is identical to SB 661.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0099) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB781ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB781H1 (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB781H1 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 0-N) — 19–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary (11-Y 0-N) — 11–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Michael P. Mullin — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104787D
introduction - 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2020-01-29 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2020-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 2020-01-31 Committee substitute printed 20105696D-H1
substitution - 2020-01-31 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-04 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-05 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-05 Committee substitute agreed to 20105696D-H1
- 2020-02-05 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB781H1
- 2020-02-06 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-06 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2020-02-07 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
referral-committee - 2020-02-12 Reported from Judiciary (11-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-17 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-17 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2020-02-20 Enrolled
- 2020-02-20 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-02-21 Signed by President
- 2020-02-25 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2020
- 2020-02-25 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 3, 2020
- 2020-03-03 Approved by Governor-Chapter 99 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3cc31360-1ec0-4259-8557-c17eee273992. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).