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type: "Bill"
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title: "Workers' compensation; law-enforcement officers and firefighters, post-traumatic stress disorder."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 1313"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1313 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Katrina Callsen"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 51
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2026-01-16"
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last_action: "2026-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c70a44b5-2dff-4de8-bb42-eb2af69cbb9c"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1313"
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source_hash: "c68050ace6f6933d1d7ab4d65ea38d8413cae41ed80a25e071e67dc069e2504f"
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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 1313 (2026) — Workers' compensation; law-enforcement officers and firefighters, post-traumatic stress disorder.
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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.
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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/1089346.PDF)
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2. **Appropriations Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1148615.PDF)
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3. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218002.PDF)
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4. **Commerce and Labor Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1190079.PDF)
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5. **Compensation and Retirement Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1147988.PDF)
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6. **Finance and Appropriations Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1199636.PDF)
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7. **Labor and Commerce Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1115296.HTML)
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8. **Subcommittee #2 Subcommittee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1103836.HTML)
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9. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1212459.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **98–1** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Appropriations with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Katrina Callsen — primary (person)
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- Atoosa R. Reaser — cosponsor (person)
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- Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
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- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
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- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
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- Laura Jane Cohen — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
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- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-16** Presented and ordered printed 26104528D `introduction`
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- **2026-01-16** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-27** Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-29** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1313)
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- **2026-01-29** House subcommittee offered
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- **2026-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N)
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- **2026-02-03** Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-05** Motion to refer to Appropriations agreed to
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- **2026-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-05** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-10** Assigned HAPP sub: Compensation and Retirement `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-13** House subcommittee offered
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- **2026-02-13** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-13** Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-13** Committee substitute printed 26107914D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-13** Substitute bill reprinted 26107914D
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- **2026-02-15** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-16** committee amendment rejected `amendment-failure`
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- **2026-02-16** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
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- **2026-02-16** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-02-17** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-17** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1313)
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- **2026-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-18** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-02** Senate committee offered
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- **2026-03-02** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-03** Committee substitute printed 26108109D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2026-03-04** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1313)
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- **2026-03-06** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-09** Committee substitute printed 26109410D-S2 `substitution`
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- **2026-03-09** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-09** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-03-09** Rules suspended
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- **2026-03-09** Passed by for the day
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- **2026-03-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1313)
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- **2026-03-10** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-10** Commerce and Labor Substitute rejected
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- **2026-03-10** Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
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- **2026-03-10** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-03-10** Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-11** Senate substitute agreed to by House (98-Y 1-N 0-A) `substitution`
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- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1313ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-01** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1313)
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- **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter465 (Effective 7/1/2027) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0465)
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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/c70a44b5-2dff-4de8-bb42-eb2af69cbb9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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