republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-40.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Line of Duty Act; eligible dependents."
description: "Line of Duty Act; eligible dependents. Provides that children born or adopted after the death or disability of an employee covered by the Line of Duty Act are eligible for health insurance coverage if their birth or adoption occurred after the time of the employee's death or disability, but prior to July 1, 2017. Under current law, such children are not eligible unless they were adopted pursuant to a preadoptive agreement entered into prior to the death or disability. This bill is identical to HB 51."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 40"
citation: "Virginia SB 40 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill DeSteph"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 39
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-11-18"
last_action: "2020-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82ef2873-450d-47f5-a89a-d2284f826e74"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB40"
source_hash: "19d5f3733128818fdf53de8d32ff79d35299e00e05a8e37e40c6b65e045fb5af"
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 SB 40 (2020) — Line of Duty Act; eligible dependents.

Line of Duty Act; eligible dependents. Provides that children born or adopted after the death or disability of an employee covered by the Line of Duty Act are eligible for health insurance coverage if their birth or adoption occurred after the time of the employee's death or disability, but prior to July 1, 2017. Under current law, such children are not eligible unless they were adopted pursuant to a preadoptive agreement entered into prior to the death or disability. This bill is identical to HB 51.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0559)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0559)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB40ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB40ER)
3. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB40S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB40S1)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB40)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB40)
5. **Impact statement from DPB (SB40H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB40H1)

## Votes

- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bill DeSteph — primary (person)
- Amanda F. Chase — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Bulova — cosponsor (person)
- Frank M. Ruff, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph D. Morrissey — cosponsor (person)
- Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Mark J. Peake — cosponsor (person)
- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-11-18** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100676D `introduction`
- **2019-11-18** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** Moved from Finance to Finance and Appropriations due to a change of the committee name
- **2020-01-22** Impact statement from DPB (SB40)
- **2020-01-28** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-28** Committee substitute printed 20106759D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-30** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-01-30** Committee substitute agreed to 20106759D-S1
- **2020-01-30** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB40S1
- **2020-01-31** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** Assigned App. sub: Compensation & General Government `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** Impact statement from DPB (SB40S1)
- **2020-02-25** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-02-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-28** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-02-28** Committee substitute printed 20109043D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-02-28** Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-02** Impact statement from DPB (SB40H1)
- **2020-03-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-04** Committee substitute agreed to 20109043D-H1
- **2020-03-04** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB40H1
- **2020-03-04** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-04** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-05** Passed by temporarily
- **2020-03-05** House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-05** Title replaced 20109043D-H1
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled
- **2020-03-12** Impact statement from DPB (SB40ER)
- **2020-03-12** Signed by President
- **2020-03-12** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-17** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
- **2020-03-17** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 559 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/82ef2873-450d-47f5-a89a-d2284f826e74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).