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type: "Bill"
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title: "Workers' compensation; occupational disease presumptions, correctional officers, etc."
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description: "Workers' compensation; occupational disease presumptions. Adds correctional officers and full-time sworn members of the enforcement division of the Department of Motor Vehicles to the list of public safety employees who are entitled to a presumption that certain infectious diseases are compensable occupational diseases. The presumption does not apply to correctional officers and full-time sworn members of the enforcement division of the Department of Motor Vehicles who were diagnosed with such infectious diseases before July 1, 2020."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 345"
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citation: "Virginia SB 345 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["John J. Bell"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2020-01-06"
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last_action: "2020-04-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1357e9ea-4319-4de0-9e9d-0597051ba6d8"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB345"
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source_hash: "c909ad9e220e8fa2f9cea22cd2b5abb079d3bcea3c1304dfe86081587035f983"
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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 SB 345 (2020) — Workers' compensation; occupational disease presumptions, correctional officers, etc.
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Workers' compensation; occupational disease presumptions. Adds correctional officers and full-time sworn members of the enforcement division of the Department of Motor Vehicles to the list of public safety employees who are entitled to a presumption that certain infectious diseases are compensable occupational diseases. The presumption does not apply to correctional officers and full-time sworn members of the enforcement division of the Department of Motor Vehicles who were diagnosed with such infectious diseases before July 1, 2020.
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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. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1152)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1152)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB345ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB345ER)
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3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB345)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB345)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 1-N) — **14–1** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Appropriations with amendment (20-Y 2-N) — **20–2** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Passage (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- John J. Bell — primary (person)
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- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
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- John S. Edwards — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104974D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-06** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-13** Impact statement from DPB (SB345)
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- **2020-01-13** Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-13** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-28** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-30** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-31** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-25** Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-25** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-28** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2020-02-28** Reported from Appropriations with amendment (20-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-03-03** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-04** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2020-03-04** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2020-03-04** Passed House with amendment (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-03-04** VOTE: Passage (97-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-03-05** House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-03-12** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-12** Impact statement from DPB (SB345ER)
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- **2020-03-12** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-12** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-17** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
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- **2020-03-17** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 1152 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
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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/1357e9ea-4319-4de0-9e9d-0597051ba6d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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