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type: "Bill"
title: "Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain cancers."
description: "Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain cancers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 906"
citation: "Virginia SB 906 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Saslaw"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-05"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c738a6b0-11c2-4987-ba5c-1d442bc4a250"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB906"
source_hash: "c1e63d5c968de7acdfcc8947cd756f018640a80dc0995f064110fcbb16a31b1c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia SB 906 (2023) — Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain cancers.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0205** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0205)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100602D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB906)
3. **Printed as engrossed 23100602D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB906E)
4. **SB906ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB906ER)
## Votes
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Energy (21-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Saslaw — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100602D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-05** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-14** Impact statement from DPB (SB906)
- **2023-01-16** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-16** Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-16** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-27** Reading of amendments waived
- **2023-01-27** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-27** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB906E
- **2023-01-27** Printed as engrossed 23100602D-E
- **2023-01-30** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-30** Impact statement from DPB (SB906E)
- **2023-02-09** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Reported from Commerce and Energy (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-17** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-22** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB906ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Impact statement from DPB (SB906ER)
- **2023-02-23** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 205 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0205)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c738a6b0-11c2-4987-ba5c-1d442bc4a250`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).