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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 HB 781. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | SB 661 | Virginia SB 661 (2020) |
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Virginia SB 661 (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 HB 781.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0180) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB661ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB661S1 (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB661S1 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Scott A. Surovell — primary (person)
- T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104620D
introduction - 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
referral-committee - 2020-01-24 Assigned Judiciary sub: Civil Law
referral-committee - 2020-01-29 Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-01-29 Committee substitute printed 20105691D-S1
substitution - 2020-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-03 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-03 Reading of substitute waived
- 2020-02-03 Committee substitute agreed to 20105691D-S1
- 2020-02-03 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB661S1
- 2020-02-04 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-12 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-02-12 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-12 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2020-02-14 Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-18 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-19 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-19 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
passage - 2020-02-19 VOTE: (100-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-24 Enrolled
- 2020-02-24 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-02-25 Signed by President
- 2020-02-28 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 28, 2020
- 2020-02-28 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 6, 2020
- 2020-03-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 180 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4f23e4e8-da38-4e11-b113-d39eb185653f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).