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Bill Workers' compensation; claims not barred. Workers' compensation; claims not barred.Provides that an order issued by the Workers' Compensation Commissionawarding or denying benefits shall not bar by res judicata any claimby an employee or cause a waiver, abandonment, or dismissal of anyclaim by an employee if the order does not expressly adjudicate suchclaim. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2021 SB 1351 Virginia SB 1351 (2021)
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Virginia SB 1351 (2021) — Workers' compensation; claims not barred.

Workers' compensation; claims not barred.Provides that an order issued by the Workers' Compensation Commissionawarding or denying benefits shall not bar by res judicata any claimby an employee or cause a waiver, abandonment, or dismissal of anyclaim by an employee if the order does not expressly adjudicate suchclaim.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0515 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101731D (committee substitute) — source
  3. SB1351ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Labor and Commerce (21-Y 0-N) — 210 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) — 370 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — 960 (pass) · lower
  • Continued to Special Session 1 in Labor and Commerce — 00 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

  • Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr. — primary (person)
  • Scott A. Surovell — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101731D introduction
  • 2021-01-13 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
  • 2021-01-20 Impact statement from DPB (SB1351)
  • 2021-01-25 Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2021-01-27 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-01-28 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2021-01-29 Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2021-02-02 Placed on Calendar
  • 2021-02-02 Read first time reading-1
  • 2021-02-02 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
  • 2021-02-08 Continued to Special Session 1 in Labor and Commerce
  • 2021-02-10 Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
  • 2021-02-16 Reported from Labor and Commerce (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2021-02-16 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2021-02-16 Assigned Courts sub: Civil referral-committee
  • 2021-02-17 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-20 Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2021-02-23 Read second time reading-2
  • 2021-02-24 Read third time reading-3
  • 2021-02-24 Passed by temporarily
  • 2021-02-24 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2021-02-24 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-26 Enrolled
  • 2021-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (SB1351ER)
  • 2021-02-26 Signed by Speaker
  • 2021-02-27 Signed by President
  • 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
  • 2021-03-31 Approved by Governor-Chapter 515 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d84f444e-830c-40ed-bf88-30b188ee7cde. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).