republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-1313.md

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Bill	Workers' compensation; law-enforcement officers and firefighters, post-traumatic stress disorder.	Workers' compensation. Provides that, for the purposes of workers' compensation for post-traumatic stress disorder incurred by a law-enforcement officer or firefighter, an incident or exposure without any accompanying physical injury occurring in the line of duty on or after January 1, 2027, is a qualifying event, as defined in the bill. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 1313	Virginia HB 1313 (2026)	bill		enacted	Katrina Callsen	9	51	10	2026-01-16	2026-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/c70a44b5-2dff-4de8-bb42-eb2af69cbb9c	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1313	c68050ace6f6933d1d7ab4d65ea38d8413cae41ed80a25e071e67dc069e2504f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1313 (2026) — Workers' compensation; law-enforcement officers and firefighters, post-traumatic stress disorder.

Workers' compensation. Provides that, for the purposes of workers' compensation for post-traumatic stress disorder incurred by a law-enforcement officer or firefighter, an incident or exposure without any accompanying physical injury occurring in the line of duty on or after January 1, 2027, is a qualifying event, as defined in the bill. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Appropriations Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. Commerce and Labor Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. Compensation and Retirement Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
6. Finance and Appropriations Substitute (committee substitute) — source
7. Labor and Commerce Amendment (committee substitute) — source
8. Subcommittee #2 Subcommittee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
9. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 98–1 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Appropriations with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — 7–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Katrina Callsen — primary (person)
• Atoosa R. Reaser — cosponsor (person)
• Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
• Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
• Laura Jane Cohen — cosponsor (person)
• Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
• Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-16 Presented and ordered printed 26104528D introduction
• 2026-01-16 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2026-01-27 Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2026-01-29 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1313)
• 2026-01-29 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N)
• 2026-02-03 Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-05 Motion to refer to Appropriations agreed to
• 2026-02-05 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-05 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2026-02-10 Assigned HAPP sub: Compensation and Retirement referral-committee
• 2026-02-13 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-02-13 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2026-02-13 Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-13 Committee substitute printed 26107914D-H1 substitution
• 2026-02-13 Substitute bill reprinted 26107914D
• 2026-02-15 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-16 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-16 committee amendment rejected amendment-failure
• 2026-02-16 committee substitute agreed to substitution
• 2026-02-16 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-02-17 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-17 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1313)
• 2026-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-02-18 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2026-03-02 Senate committee offered
• 2026-03-02 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-03 Committee substitute printed 26108109D-S1 substitution
• 2026-03-04 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1313)
• 2026-03-06 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-09 Committee substitute printed 26109410D-S2 substitution
• 2026-03-09 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-09 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
• 2026-03-09 Rules suspended
• 2026-03-09 Passed by for the day
• 2026-03-10 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1313)
• 2026-03-10 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-10 Commerce and Labor Substitute rejected
• 2026-03-10 Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
• 2026-03-10 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-03-10 Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-11 Senate substitute agreed to by House (98-Y 1-N 0-A) substitution
• 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1313ER) passage
• 2026-03-30 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-01 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1313)
• 2026-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter465 (Effective 7/1/2027) executive-signature
• 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0465)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c70a44b5-2dff-4de8-bb42-eb2af69cbb9c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).