republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-689.md

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Bill	Workers' compensation; employer duty to furnish medical attention, cost limit.	Workers' compensation; employer duty to furnishmedical attention; cost limit. Adds scooters to the list of medicalequipment an employer is required to furnish to an employee undercertain circumstances under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act.The bill raises the limit on the aggregate cost of items and modificationsrequired to be furnished by an employer to an injured employee from $42,000 to $75,000, to be increased on an annual basis.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	HB 689	Virginia HB 689 (2022)	bill		enacted	William C. Wampler III	4	28	6	2022-01-11	2022-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/d253d6d5-6b98-426d-8d2e-fa143f7043dd	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB689	2fba51a6ccefe9106254ac06ef4e1fde1c581134a3095c0e658ac672c4f388bf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 689 (2022) — Workers' compensation; employer duty to furnish medical attention, cost limit.

Workers' compensation; employer duty to furnishmedical attention; cost limit. Adds scooters to the list of medicalequipment an employer is required to furnish to an employee undercertain circumstances under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act.The bill raises the limit on the aggregate cost of items and modificationsrequired to be furnished by an employer to an injured employee from $42,000 to $75,000, to be increased on an annual basis.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0213 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB689ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101147D (committee substitute) — source
4. Printed as engrossed 22101147D-E (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
• Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Commerce and Energy with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• William C. Wampler III — primary (person)
• Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101147D introduction
• 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy referral-committee
• 2022-01-25 Assigned sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2022-01-26 Impact statement from DPB (HB689)
• 2022-01-27 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (10-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-01 Reported from Commerce and Energy with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-03 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-04 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2022-02-04 Engrossed by House as amended HB689E
• 2022-02-04 Printed as engrossed 22101147D-E
• 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 (HB689E)
• 2022-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2022-02-08 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 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
• 2022-03-09 Impact statement from DPB (HB689ER)
• 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
• 2022-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 213 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d253d6d5-6b98-426d-8d2e-fa143f7043dd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).