republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-783.md

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Bill	Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases, conditions before 7/1/20.	Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases. Adds cancers of the colon, brain, or testes to the list of cancers that are presumed to be an occupational disease covered by the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act when firefighters or certain employees develop the cancer. The presumption shall not apply for any individual who was diagnosed with one of the conditions before July 1, 2020. The measure removes the compensability requirement that the employee who develops cancer had contact with a toxic substance encountered in the line of duty. The bill also reduces the number of years of service needed to qualify for the presumption from 12 to five for various types of cancer. For hypertension or heart disease, the bill adds a requirement that an individual complete five years of service in their position in order to qualify. This bill is identical to SB 9.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 783	Virginia HB 783 (2020)	bill		enacted	Alex Q. Askew	5	44	9	2020-01-07	2020-03-27	openstates	ocd-bill/53cbd3eb-bf0a-44b3-9004-e82a9d1d067f	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB783	bef22b1e1a74d819e33ab4faff859f948c62b5d2f4ccde616dd601f353bde996	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 783 (2020) — Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases, conditions before 7/1/20.

Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases. Adds cancers of the colon, brain, or testes to the list of cancers that are presumed to be an occupational disease covered by the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act when firefighters or certain employees develop the cancer. The presumption shall not apply for any individual who was diagnosed with one of the conditions before July 1, 2020. The measure removes the compensability requirement that the employee who develops cancer had contact with a toxic substance encountered in the line of duty. The bill also reduces the number of years of service needed to qualify for the presumption from 12 to five for various types of cancer. For hypertension or heart disease, the bill adds a requirement that an individual complete five years of service in their position in order to qualify. This bill is identical to SB 9.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0498) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB783ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment HB783EH1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (HB783) (committee substitute) — source
5. Impact statement from DPB (HB783H1) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (5-Y 0-N) — 5–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Appropriations with amendment (18-Y 0-N) — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alex Q. Askew — primary (person)
• Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Clinton L. Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
• David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
• Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
• Emily M. Brewer — cosponsor (person)
• Glenn R. Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)
• Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
• Jeffrey M. Bourne — cosponsor (person)
• Jeion A. Ward — cosponsor (person)
• John J. McGuire, III — cosponsor (person)
• Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
• Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
• Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
• Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
• Roslyn C. Tyler — cosponsor (person)
• Suhas Subramanyam — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101850D introduction
• 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2020-01-16 Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2020-01-20 Impact statement from DPB (HB783)
• 2020-01-21 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-21 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
• 2020-01-23 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-01-23 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-23 Committee substitute printed 20106358D-H1 substitution
• 2020-01-23 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-01-23 Incorporates HB44 (Brewer)
• 2020-01-23 Incorporates HB121 (Carroll Foy)
• 2020-01-23 Incorporates HB733 (Reid)
• 2020-01-23 Incorporates HB1536 (Wyatt)
• 2020-01-24 Assigned App. sub: Compensation & General Government referral-committee
• 2020-01-24 Impact statement from DPB (HB783H1)
• 2020-01-28 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-01-28 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (5-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-29 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-01-29 Reported from Appropriations with amendment (18-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-31 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-03 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-03 Committee substitute on Labor and Commerce agreed to 20106358D-H1
• 2020-02-03 Committee amendment on Appropriations agreed to
• 2020-02-03 Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment HB783EH1
• 2020-02-03 Printed as engrossed 20106358D-EH1
• 2020-02-04 Impact statement from DPB (HB783EH1)
• 2020-02-04 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-04 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-05 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2020-02-17 Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-17 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-02-25 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-26 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-27 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-27 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-03-04 Enrolled
• 2020-03-04 Impact statement from DPB (HB783ER)
• 2020-03-05 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-05 Signed by President
• 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
• 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-03-27 Approved by Governor-Chapter 498 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/53cbd3eb-bf0a-44b3-9004-e82a9d1d067f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).