Virginia Senate Bill 1172 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-01-14 - Incorporated by Commerce and Labor
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases. Adds cancers of the colon, brain, or testes to the list of cancers that are presumed to be an occupational disease covered by the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act when firefighters and certain employees develop the cancer. The measure removes the compensability requirement that the employee who develops cancer had contact with a toxic substance encountered in the line of duty. The bill was incorporated into SB 1030.

Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases.

Sen. Jeremy McPike [D]

Sen. Scott Surovell [D]

2019-01-14 - Senate - Senate: Incorporated by Commerce and Labor (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-14	Senate	Incorporated by Commerce and Labor
2019-01-03	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2019-01-03	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101600D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
65	2	402	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+SB1172
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1172+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S02V0026+SB1172