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type: "Bill"
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title: "Personal injury or death by wrongful act; liability of employer to vulnerable victims."
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description: "Civil actions; liability of employer for personal injury or death by wrongful act. Provides that in an action for personal injury or death by wrongful act brought by a vulnerable victim, defined in the bill, against an employee, a finding that the employee's employer is vicariously liable for such employee's conduct shall be based on several factors, including the likelihood of the employee coming into contact with such vulnerable victim and the employer's failure to exercise reasonable care over the employee."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 1730"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1730 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Karrie K. Delaney"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 40
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vote_count: 12
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first_action: "2025-01-04"
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last_action: "2025-05-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78113472-a0de-4e93-ae06-95dd4a7449bf"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1730"
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source_hash: "5867bd60fde533bff5eaa936be37ab7cd4ab9f12f58109689924759bfa8d0e2c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 1730 (2025) — Personal injury or death by wrongful act; liability of employer to vulnerable victims.
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Civil actions; liability of employer for personal injury or death by wrongful act. Provides that in an action for personal injury or death by wrongful act brought by a vulnerable victim, defined in the bill, against an employee, a finding that the employee's employer is vicariously liable for such employee's conduct shall be based on several factors, including the likelihood of the employee coming into contact with such vulnerable victim and the employer's failure to exercise reasonable care over the employee.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1012900.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1080137.PDF)
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3. **Courts of Justice Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1046383.HTML)
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4. **Courts of Justice Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1030642.PDF)
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5. **Governor Substitute Not Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074241.PDF)
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6. **Governor's Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073550.HTML)
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7. **Senate Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1048789.HTML)
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8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1054407.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate with amendment (32-Y 5-N) — **32–5** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed House (60-Y 38-N 1-A) — **60–38** (pass) · lower
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- House rejected Governor's recommendation (31-Y 63-N 1-A) — **31–63** (fail) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 4-N 1-A) — **17–4** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Amendment agreed to by House (Y-51 N-43 A-1) — **51–43** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate with amendment (33-Y 6-N) — **33–6** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) — **7–1** (pass) · lower
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- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N) — **5–2** (pass) · lower
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- Motion to pass in enrolled form rejected (54-Y 41-N 1-A) — **54–41** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Karrie K. Delaney — primary (person)
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- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
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- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
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- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-04** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100275D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-04** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-10** Assigned Courts sub: Civil `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-13** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
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- **2025-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N) `substitution`
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- **2025-01-29** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 4-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-29** Committee substitute printed 25106053D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2025-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-03** Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
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- **2025-02-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed House (60-Y 38-N 1-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-10** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-11** Rules suspended
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- **2025-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-11** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-12** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-12** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2025-02-12** Courts of Justice Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-02-12** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2025-02-12** Passed Senate with amendment (32-Y 5-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-12** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-12** Passed Senate with amendment (33-Y 6-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-14** Senate Amendment agreed to by House (Y-51 N-43 A-1) `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-02-19** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-02-19** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1730ER) `passage`
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- **2025-02-19** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-02-22** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-03** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-24** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
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- **2025-03-24** Governor's substitute printed (HB1730H2)
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- **2025-04-02** House rejected Governor's recommendation (31-Y 63-N 1-A) `veto-override-passage`
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- **2025-04-02** Motion to pass in enrolled form rejected (54-Y 41-N 1-A) `enrolled`
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- **2025-04-02** Communicated to Governor
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- **2025-04-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 2, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 726 (Effective 7/1/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0726)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/78113472-a0de-4e93-ae06-95dd4a7449bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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