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Bill	Seizure first aid information; Department of Labor and Industry to disseminate information.	Department of Labor and Industry; seizure firstaid information. Directs the Department of Labor and Industry(the Department) to disseminate information regarding seizure firstaid, defined in the bill, to all employers and employees in the Commonwealthand requires all employers in the Commonwealth to physically postthis information in a prominent location in the workplace. The billincorporates the "Good Samaritan" provision of the Code of Virginiathat shields a person from liability when rendering emergency carein good faith under certain circumstances.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	HB 1178	Virginia HB 1178 (2022)	bill		enacted	G. "John" Avoli	4	31	7	2022-01-17	2022-04-07	openstates	ocd-bill/b7af3ef4-8d9f-474b-ac57-ea61b198e916	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB1178	bbef3bd3bc41357fa92b8a8008d2f7ab0ac3f964692a5b66abc76d9755f53267	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1178 (2022) — Seizure first aid information; Department of Labor and Industry to disseminate information.

Department of Labor and Industry; seizure firstaid information. Directs the Department of Labor and Industry(the Department) to disseminate information regarding seizure firstaid, defined in the bill, to all employers and employees in the Commonwealthand requires all employers in the Commonwealth to physically postthis information in a prominent location in the workplace. The billincorporates the "Good Samaritan" provision of the Code of Virginiathat shields a person from liability when rendering emergency carein good faith under certain circumstances.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0162 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB1178ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Presented and ordered printed 22103796D (committee substitute) — source
4. Printed as engrossed 22103796D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Commerce and Energy with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• G. "John" Avoli — primary (person)
• Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
• Bill D. Wiley — cosponsor (person)
• Briana D. Sewell — cosponsor (person)
• Clinton L. Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
• David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
• Ghazala F. Hashmi — cosponsor (person)
• Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
• Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
• Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
• Margaret B. Ransone — cosponsor (person)
• Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
• Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
• Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
• Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
• Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas K. Norment, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-17 Presented and ordered printed 22103796D introduction
• 2022-01-17 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy referral-committee
• 2022-01-31 Assigned sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2022-02-01 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-01 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-01 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
• 2022-02-02 Impact statement from DPB (HB1178)
• 2022-02-03 Reported from Commerce and Energy with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-03 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2022-02-07 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-09 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-10 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2022-02-10 Engrossed by House as amended HB1178E
• 2022-02-10 Printed as engrossed 22103796D-E
• 2022-02-11 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-11 VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2022-02-14 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2022-02-20 Impact statement from DPB (HB1178E)
• 2022-02-28 Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-03-02 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-03 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-03-03 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-03-08 Enrolled
• 2022-03-08 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-08 Signed by President
• 2022-03-15 Impact statement from DPB (HB1178ER)
• 2022-03-22 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
• 2022-03-22 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
• 2022-04-07 Approved by Governor-Chapter 162 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b7af3ef4-8d9f-474b-ac57-ea61b198e916. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).