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type: "Bill"
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title: "Workers' compensation; employer duty to furnish medical attention, cost limit."
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description: "Workers' compensation; employer duty to furnishmedical attention; cost limit. Adds scooters to the list of medicalequipment an employer is required to furnish to an employee undercertain circumstances under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act.The bill raises the limit on the aggregate cost of items and modificationsrequired to be furnished by an employer to an injured employee from $42,000 to $75,000, to be increased on an annual basis."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "HB 689"
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citation: "Virginia HB 689 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["William C. Wampler III"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2022-01-11"
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last_action: "2022-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d253d6d5-6b98-426d-8d2e-fa143f7043dd"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB689"
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source_hash: "2fba51a6ccefe9106254ac06ef4e1fde1c581134a3095c0e658ac672c4f388bf"
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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 689 (2022) — Workers' compensation; employer duty to furnish medical attention, cost limit.
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Workers' compensation; employer duty to furnishmedical attention; cost limit. Adds scooters to the list of medicalequipment an employer is required to furnish to an employee undercertain circumstances under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act.The bill raises the limit on the aggregate cost of items and modificationsrequired to be furnished by an employer to an injured employee from $42,000 to $75,000, to be increased on an annual basis.
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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. **CHAP0213** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0213)
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2. **HB689ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB689ER)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101147D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB689)
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4. **Printed as engrossed 22101147D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB689E)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (10-Y 0-N) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Commerce and Energy with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- William C. Wampler III — primary (person)
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- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101147D `introduction`
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- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-25** Assigned sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB689)
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- **2022-01-27** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2022-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (10-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-01** Reported from Commerce and Energy with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-04** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2022-02-04** Engrossed by House as amended HB689E
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- **2022-02-04** Printed as engrossed 22101147D-E
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- **2022-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-07** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-08** Impact statement from DPB (HB689E)
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- **2022-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2022-02-08** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-28** Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-03-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-03** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2022-03-08** Enrolled
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- **2022-03-08** Signed by Speaker
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- **2022-03-08** Signed by President
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- **2022-03-09** Impact statement from DPB (HB689ER)
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- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
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- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
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- **2022-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 213 (effective 7/1/22) `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/d253d6d5-6b98-426d-8d2e-fa143f7043dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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