republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-1042.md

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Bill	Workers' compensation; time period for filing claim, certain cancers.	Workers' compensation; time period for filing claim; certain cancers. Provides that the time period for filing a workers' compensation claim for certain cancers is two years after a diagnosis of the disease is first communicated to the employee or within 10 years from the date of the last injurious exposure in employment, whichever first occurs. The bill provides, however, that such claim for benefits shall be barred if an employee is 65 years of age or older, regardless of the date of diagnosis, communication, or last injurious exposure in employment. This bill is identical to SB 562.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	HB 1042	Virginia HB 1042 (2022)	bill		enacted	Emily M. Brewer	4	30	6	2022-01-12	2022-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/4e64236e-f46c-4352-87ed-6ecf63dd4ee9	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB1042	77f219ee7fac850ec974aa1945754c13a0977f7bdbe4518948c4af6934e648d2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1042 (2022) — Workers' compensation; time period for filing claim, certain cancers.

Workers' compensation; time period for filing claim; certain cancers. Provides that the time period for filing a workers' compensation claim for certain cancers is two years after a diagnosis of the disease is first communicated to the employee or within 10 years from the date of the last injurious exposure in employment, whichever first occurs. The bill provides, however, that such claim for benefits shall be barred if an employee is 65 years of age or older, regardless of the date of diagnosis, communication, or last injurious exposure in employment. This bill is identical to SB 562.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0497 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 22105594D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB1042ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102163D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Commerce and Labor (13-Y 2-N) — 13–2 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Emily M. Brewer — primary (person)
• Mike A. Cherry — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102163D introduction
• 2022-01-12 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy referral-committee
• 2022-01-25 Assigned sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2022-01-27 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-01-27 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
• 2022-01-31 Impact statement from DPB (HB1042)
• 2022-02-01 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-01 Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-01 Committee substitute printed 22105594D-H1 substitution
• 2022-02-03 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-04 Committee substitute agreed to 22105594D-H1
• 2022-02-04 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1042H1
• 2022-02-07 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-07 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-08 Impact statement from DPB (HB1042H1)
• 2022-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2022-02-08 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2022-02-21 Reported from Commerce and Labor (13-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-23 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-24 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-02-24 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-02-28 Enrolled
• 2022-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (HB1042ER)
• 2022-02-28 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-02-28 Signed by President
• 2022-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
• 2022-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
• 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 497 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4e64236e-f46c-4352-87ed-6ecf63dd4ee9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).