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| Bill | Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for COVID-19. | Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for COVID-19. Establishes a presumption that COVID-19 causing the death or disability of firefighters, emergency medical services personnel, law-enforcement officers, and correctional officers is an occupational disease compensable under the Workers' Compensation Act. The bill provides that the COVID-19 virus is established by a positive diagnostic test for COVID-19, an incubation period consistent with COVID-19, and signs and symptoms of COVID-19 that require medical treatment and only applies to a person who was diagnosed a person who was diagnosed with the COVID-19 virus on or after July 1, 2021, and whose death or disability caused by infection from the COVID-19 virus occurred on or after July 1, 2021. This bill incorporates SB 1342. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2021 | SB 1375 | Virginia SB 1375 (2021) |
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Virginia SB 1375 (2021) — Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for COVID-19.
Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for COVID-19. Establishes a presumption that COVID-19 causing the death or disability of firefighters, emergency medical services personnel, law-enforcement officers, and correctional officers is an occupational disease compensable under the Workers' Compensation Act. The bill provides that the COVID-19 virus is established by a positive diagnostic test for COVID-19, an incubation period consistent with COVID-19, and signs and symptoms of COVID-19 that require medical treatment and only applies to a person who was diagnosed a person who was diagnosed with the COVID-19 virus on or after July 1, 2021, and whose death or disability caused by infection from the COVID-19 virus occurred on or after July 1, 2021. This bill incorporates SB 1342.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0526 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 21104340D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 21200130D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
- SB1375ER (committee substitute) — source
- SB1375ER2 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Continued to Special Session 1 in Labor and Commerce — 0–0 (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Agreed To (98-Y 0-N 1-A) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- House substitute rejected by Senate (7-Y 32-N) — 7–32 (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N 1-A) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Agree To (98-Y 0-N 2-A) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Richard L. Saslaw — primary (person)
- Jill Holtzman Vogel — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101733D
introduction - 2021-01-13 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
referral-committee - 2021-01-25 Impact statement from DPB (SB1375)
- 2021-01-25 Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-01-25 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
referral-committee - 2021-02-03 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2021-02-03 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-03 Committee substitute printed 21104340D-S1
substitution - 2021-02-03 Incorporates SB1342 (Vogel)
- 2021-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-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 21104340D-S1
- 2021-02-04 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1375S1
- 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 (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-11 Committee substitute printed 21200130D-H1
substitution - 2021-02-11 Impact statement from DPB (SB1375S1)
- 2021-02-12 Impact statement from DPB (SB1375H1)
- 2021-02-15 Read second time
reading-2 - 2021-02-16 Read third time
reading-3 - 2021-02-16 Committee substitute agreed to 21200130D-H1
- 2021-02-16 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1375H1
- 2021-02-16 Passed House with substitute (98-Y 0-N 1-A)
passage - 2021-02-16 VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 2021-02-18 House substitute rejected by Senate (7-Y 32-N)
- 2021-02-19 House insisted on substitute
- 2021-02-19 House requested conference committee
- 2021-02-23 Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-23 Conferees appointed by Senate
- 2021-02-24 Conferees appointed by House
- 2021-02-25 Amended by conference committee
- 2021-02-27 Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-27 Conference report agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 2021-02-27 VOTE: Agreed To (98-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 2021-03-09 Enrolled
- 2021-03-09 Signed by President
- 2021-03-11 Signed by Speaker
- 2021-03-12 Impact statement from DPB (SB1375ER)
- 2021-03-15 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
- 2021-03-15 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 2021-03-31 Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 2021-04-07 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- 2021-04-07 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (98-Y 0-N 2-A)
- 2021-04-07 VOTE: Agree To (98-Y 0-N 2-A)
- 2021-04-07 Governor's recommendation adopted
- 2021-04-07 Reenrolled
- 2021-04-07 Reenrolled bill text (SB1375ER2)
- 2021-04-07 Signed by President as reenrolled
- 2021-04-07 Signed by President as reenrolled
- 2021-04-07 Enacted, Chapter 526 (effective 7/1/21)
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/05eaedce-2c71-475e-ad23-edfaf3335809. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).