republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-426.md

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Bill	Workers' compensation; employer's offset in event of recovery.	Workers' compensation; employer's offset in event of recovery. Amends provisions related to an employer's offset for recovery in certain actions brought under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act. The bill requires that lifetime medical award benefits and ongoing indemnity award benefits shall remain in full force and effect if the claimant is under such an award at the time that recovery is effected, subject to the employer offset provisions. Under the bill, an employer's credit shall be applied as a continuing, pro rata reduction to benefits otherwise payable under an existing award until the employer's required credit is exhausted. The bill also removes language limiting an employee's entitlement to compensation and expenses for medical, surgical, and hospital attention and funeral expenses.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 426	Virginia HB 426 (2026)	bill		enacted	Destiny LeVere Bolling	5	31	8	2026-01-12	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/5f2c10a7-bd00-4a7a-8b62-a256071e9fa8	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB426	02e99b2fd68ab5afd8c11ec12c9b34c598f138deeb0251e2f293810ad7cb84e8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 426 (2026) — Workers' compensation; employer's offset in event of recovery.

Workers' compensation; employer's offset in event of recovery. Amends provisions related to an employer's offset for recovery in certain actions brought under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act. The bill requires that lifetime medical award benefits and ongoing indemnity award benefits shall remain in full force and effect if the claimant is under such an award at the time that recovery is effected, subject to the employer offset provisions. Under the bill, an employer's credit shall be applied as a continuing, pro rata reduction to benefits otherwise payable under an existing award until the employer's required credit is exhausted. The bill also removes language limiting an employee's entitlement to compensation and expenses for medical, surgical, and hospital attention and funeral expenses.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Labor and Commerce Amendment (committee substitute) — source
4. Subcommittee #2 Subcommittee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reconsider R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Commerce and Labor — 14–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Destiny LeVere Bolling — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102423D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-12 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2026-01-19 Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2026-01-22 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB426)
• 2026-01-22 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-01-22 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N)
• 2026-01-27 Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-01-29 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-01-30 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-01-30 committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2026-01-30 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2026-02-02 Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-02 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB426)
• 2026-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-02-03 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2026-03-09 Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-10 Rules suspended
• 2026-03-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-10 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
• 2026-03-11 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-11 Passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-11 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-11 Passed Senate Block Vote (40-Y 0--N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB426ER) passage
• 2026-03-30 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-31 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB426)
• 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
• 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 923 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5f2c10a7-bd00-4a7a-8b62-a256071e9fa8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).