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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 HB 1042. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2022 SB 562 Virginia SB 562 (2022)
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Virginia SB 562 (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 HB 1042.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0498 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103722D (committee substitute) — source
  3. Printed as engrossed 22103722D-E (committee substitute) — source
  4. SB562ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Commerce and Energy (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (12-Y 3-N) — 123 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed Senate (25-Y 14-N) — 2514 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Richard L. Saslaw — primary (person)
  • Adam P. Ebbin — cosponsor (person)
  • John A. Cosgrove, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
  • Joseph D. Morrissey — cosponsor (person)
  • Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
  • Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
  • Scott A. Surovell — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103722D introduction
  • 2022-01-12 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
  • 2022-01-26 Impact statement from DPB (SB562)
  • 2022-01-31 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2022-01-31 Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (12-Y 3-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-02-02 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-03 Read second time reading-2
  • 2022-02-03 Reading of amendment waived
  • 2022-02-03 Committee amendment agreed to
  • 2022-02-03 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB562E
  • 2022-02-03 Printed as engrossed 22103722D-E
  • 2022-02-04 Read third time and passed Senate (25-Y 14-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2022-02-08 Impact statement from DPB (SB562E)
  • 2022-02-22 Placed on Calendar
  • 2022-02-22 Read first time reading-1
  • 2022-02-22 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy referral-committee
  • 2022-02-24 Reported from Commerce and Energy (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-02-28 Read second time reading-2
  • 2022-03-01 Read third time reading-3
  • 2022-03-01 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2022-03-01 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-03-04 Enrolled
  • 2022-03-04 Signed by President
  • 2022-03-04 Impact statement from DPB (SB562ER)
  • 2022-03-04 Signed by Speaker
  • 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 498 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4c5173ec-d9c7-4d34-b807-38110cdad193. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).