Virginia Senate Bill 289 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Engrossed on February 4 2022 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-03-08 - Left in Commerce and Energy
Pending: House Commerce and Energy Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Workers' compensation; anxiety disorder or depressive disorder incurred by law-enforcement officers and firefighters. Provides that an anxiety disorder or depressive disorder, as both are defined in the bill, incurred by a law-enforcement officer or firefighter is compensable under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act on the same basis as post-traumatic stress disorder. The bill provides that a mental health professional must diagnose the law-enforcement officer or firefighter as suffering from anxiety disorder or depressive disorder as a result of a qualifying event, as defined in the Code, and includes other conditions for compensability.

Workers' compensation; anxiety disorder or depressive disorder incurred by law-enforcement, etc.

Sen. Bill DeSteph [R]	Sen. John Bell [D]	Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]	Sen. John Cosgrove [R]
Sen. Scott Surovell [D]

2022-02-07 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) (Y: 16 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-01-24 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-03-08	House	Left in Commerce and Energy
2022-02-21	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
2022-02-21	House	Read first time
2022-02-21	House	Placed on Calendar
2022-02-07	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2022-02-04	Senate	Read second time and engrossed
2022-02-03	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2022-02-02	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
2022-01-24	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2022-01-24	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
2022-01-11	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2022-01-11	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101635D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
65	2	107	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB289
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB289+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+SB289F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+S02V0024+SB0289
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+S05V0056+SB0289
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV0211SB0289+SB0289
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV0233SB0289+SB0289