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Workers' compensation; post-traumatic stress disorder, law-enforcement officers and firefighters.

Workers' compensation; post-traumatic stress disorder; law-enforcement officers and firefighters. Provides that post-traumatic stress disorder incurred by a law-enforcement officer or firefighter is compensable under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act if a mental health professional examines a law-enforcement officer or firefighter and diagnoses the individual as suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of the individual's undergoing a qualifying event, which includes an event occurring in the line of duty on or after July 1, 2020, in which a law-enforcement officer or firefighter views a deceased minor, witnesses the death of a person or an incident involving the death of a person, witnesses an injury to a person who subsequently dies, has physical contact with and treats an injured person who subsequently dies, transports an injured person who subsequently dies, or witnesses a traumatic physical injury that results in the loss of a vital body part or a vital body function that results in permanent disfigurement of the victim. Other conditions for compensability include (i) if the post-traumatic stress disorder resulted from the law-enforcement officer or firefighter acting in the line of duty and, in the case of a firefighter, such firefighter complied with certain federal Occupational Safety and Health Act standards; (ii) if the law-enforcement officer's or firefighter's undergoing a qualifying event was a substantial factor in causing his post-traumatic stress disorder; (iii) if such qualifying event, and not another event or source of stress, was the primary cause of the post-traumatic stress disorder; and (iv) if the post-traumatic stress disorder did not result from any disciplinary action, work evaluation, job transfer, layoff, demotion, promotion, termination, retirement, or similar action of the officer or firefighter. The measure establishes procedural requirements on employers that contest a claim for such benefits. The measure also establishes requirements for resilience and self-care technique training.

us/states/va

Virginia General Assembly

2020

SB 561

Virginia SB 561 (2020)

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enacted

Jill Holtzman Vogel

2020-01-07

2020-04-22

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ocd-bill/459d3dd7-c0bf-4e91-9441-8907392353df

https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB561

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https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump

2026-07-06

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Virginia SB 561 (2020) — Workers' compensation; post-traumatic stress disorder, law-enforcement officers and firefighters.

Version chain

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

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1262) (committee substitute) — source
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB561ER) (committee substitute) — source
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB561S2 (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from DPB (SB561S1) (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from DPB (SB561S3) (committee substitute) — source
Reenrolled bill text (SB561ER2) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (12-Y 3-N) — 12–3 (pass) · upper
VOTE: (92-Y 0-N) — 91–0 (pass) · lower
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 1-N) — 14–1 (pass) · upper
Amendments specific and severable (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Reported from Labor and Commerce (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 2-N) — 37–2 (pass) · upper
Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Timeline

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

2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104533D introduction
2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
2020-01-13 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (12-Y 3-N) committee-passage
2020-01-13 Incorporates SB924 (Cosgrove)
2020-01-13 Committee substitute printed 20105715D-S1 substitution
2020-01-13 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
2020-01-20 Impact statement from DPB (SB561S1)
2020-02-04 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 1-N) committee-passage
2020-02-04 Incorporates SB741 (McPike)
2020-02-04 Committee substitute printed 20106824D-S2 substitution
2020-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-06 Read second time reading-2
2020-02-06 Committee substitute rejected 20105715D-S1
2020-02-06 Reading of substitute waived
2020-02-06 Committee substitute agreed to 20106824D-S2
2020-02-06 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB561S2
2020-02-07 Passed by for the day
2020-02-10 Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 2-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 Labor and Commerce referral-committee
2020-02-14 Impact statement from DPB (SB561S2)
2020-02-18 Reported from Labor and Commerce (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
2020-02-20 Read second time reading-2
2020-02-21 Read third time reading-3
2020-02-21 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage
2020-02-21 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
2020-02-26 Enrolled
2020-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (SB561ER)
2020-02-27 Signed by President
2020-02-27 Signed by Speaker
2020-03-04 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 4, 2020
2020-03-04 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 11, 2020
2020-03-12 Governor's recommendation received by Senate
2020-03-12 Governor's substitute printed 20110012D-S3
2020-03-13 Impact statement from DPB (SB561S3)
2020-04-22 Amendments specific and severable (40-Y 0-N)
2020-04-22 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
2020-04-22 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (92-Y 0-N)
2020-04-22 VOTE: (92-Y 0-N)
2020-04-22 Governor's recommendation adopted
2020-04-22 Reenrolled
2020-04-22 Reenrolled bill text (SB561ER2)
2020-04-22 Signed by President as reenrolled
2020-04-22 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
2020-04-22 Enacted, Chapter 1262 (effective 7/1/20) became-law

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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/459d3dd7-c0bf-4e91-9441-8907392353df. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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