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Bill	Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases.	Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases. Provides that the occupational disease presumption for death caused by hypertension or heart disease will apply for salaried or volunteer emergency medical services personnel who (i) have at least five years of service (ii) are operating in a locality that has legally adopted a resolution declaring that it will provide one or more of such presumptions and (iii) meets any minimum hours worked requirements established in such resolution. The provisions of the bill do not apply to any individual who was diagnosed with hypertension or heart disease before July 1, 2021.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2021	SB 1275	Virginia SB 1275 (2021)	bill		enacted	David W. Marsden	6	48	11	2021-01-12	2021-03-30	openstates	ocd-bill/d4bfc287-5a4f-46c3-9c7f-22eb8ed858c9	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1275	0b342a7d55f118bcec81455c48a194566bf32cf3c9b5a17d15242d2fa3978d57	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1275 (2021) — Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases.

Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases. Provides that the occupational disease presumption for death caused by hypertension or heart disease will apply for salaried or volunteer emergency medical services personnel who (i) have at least five years of service (ii) are operating in a locality that has legally adopted a resolution declaring that it will provide one or more of such presumptions and (iii) meets any minimum hours worked requirements established in such resolution. The provisions of the bill do not apply to any individual who was diagnosed with hypertension or heart disease before July 1, 2021.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0437 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 21103758D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee substitute printed 21200127D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101397D (committee substitute) — source
5. SB1275ER (committee substitute) — source
6. SB1275ES1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (97-Y 0-N 2-A) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · upper
• Continued to Special Session 1 in Labor and Commerce — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• David W. Marsden — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101397D introduction
• 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2021-01-25 Impact statement from DPB (SB1275)
• 2021-01-25 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-01-25 Committee substitute printed 21103758D-S1 substitution
• 2021-01-25 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-01-27 Impact statement from DPB (SB1275S1)
• 2021-02-02 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-02-02 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-02-04 Reading of substitute waived
• 2021-02-04 Committee substitute agreed to 21103758D-S1
• 2021-02-04 Reading of amendment waived
• 2021-02-04 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2021-02-04 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB1275ES1
• 2021-02-04 Printed as engrossed 21103758D-ES1
• 2021-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-04 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2021-02-07 Placed on Calendar
• 2021-02-07 Read first time reading-1
• 2021-02-07 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2021-02-08 Continued to Special Session 1 in Labor and Commerce
• 2021-02-11 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-11 Committee substitute printed 21200127D-H1 substitution
• 2021-02-11 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-02-11 Impact statement from DPB (SB1275ES1)
• 2021-02-12 Impact statement from DPB (SB1275H1)
• 2021-02-12 Assigned App. sub: Compensation & General Government referral-committee
• 2021-02-15 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-15 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-17 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-02-18 Passed by for the day
• 2021-02-19 Read third time reading-3
• 2021-02-19 Committee substitute rejected 21200127D-H1
• 2021-02-19 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-02-19 Amendment by Delegate Heretick agreed to amendment-passage
• 2021-02-19 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2021-02-19 Passed House with amendment (97-Y 0-N 2-A) passage
• 2021-02-19 VOTE: Passage (97-Y 0-N 2-A)
• 2021-02-23 House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-25 Enrolled
• 2021-02-25 Signed by President
• 2021-02-26 Signed by Speaker
• 2021-02-27 Impact statement from DPB (SB1275ER)
• 2021-03-01 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
• 2021-03-01 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
• 2021-03-30 Approved by Governor-Chapter 437 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d4bfc287-5a4f-46c3-9c7f-22eb8ed858c9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).