Virginia Senate Bill 561 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-4)
Status: Passed on April 22 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-22 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1262)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Workers' compensation; post-traumatic stress disorder; law-enforcement officers and firefighters. Provides that post-traumatic stress disorder incurred by a law-enforcement officer or firefighter is compensable under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act if a mental health professional examines a law-enforcement officer or firefighter and diagnoses the individual as suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of the individual's undergoing a qualifying event, defined as an incident or exposure occurring in the line of duty on or after July 1, 2020, (i) resulting in serious bodily injury or death to any person or persons; (ii) involving a minor who has been injured, killed, abused, or exploited; (iii) involving an immediate threat to life of the claimant or another individual; (iv) involving mass casualties; or (v) responding to crime scenes for investigation. Other conditions for compensability include (a) if the post-traumatic stress disorder resulted from the law-enforcement officer or firefighter acting in the line of duty and, in the case of a firefighter, such firefighter complied with certain federal Occupational Safety and Health Act standards; (b) if the law-enforcement officer's or firefighter's undergoing of a qualifying event was a substantial factor in causing his post-traumatic stress disorder; (c) if such qualifying event, and not another event or source of stress, was the primary cause of the post-traumatic stress disorder; and (d) if the post-traumatic stress disorder did not result from any disciplinary action, work evaluation, job transfer, layoff, demotion, promotion, termination, retirement, or similar action of the officer or firefighter. The measure also establishes requirements for resilience and self-care technique training.

Workers' compensation; post-traumatic stress disorder, law-enforcement officers and firefighters.

Sen. Jill Vogel [R]	Sen. John Cosgrove [R]	Sen. Jeremy McPike [D]	Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]
Sen. Creigh Deeds [D]	Sen. Bill DeSteph [R]	Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]	Sen. John Edwards [D]
Sen. Janet Howell [D]	Sen. Lynwood Lewis [D]	Sen. Mamie Locke [D]	Sen. Dave Marsden [D]
Sen. Jennifer McClellan [D]	Sen. John Petersen [D]	Sen. Bryce Reeves [R]	Sen. Lionell Spruill [D]

2020-04-22 - House - House: VOTE: (92-Y 0-N) (Y: 92 N: 0 NV: 8 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-04-22 - Senate - Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-04-22 - Senate - Senate: Amendments specific and severable (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-21 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-18 - House - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-10 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 2-N) (Y: 37 N: 2 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 1-N) (Y: 14 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-13 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (12-Y 3-N) (Y: 12 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-22		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1262)
2020-04-22	House	Enacted, Chapter 1262 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-04-22	House	Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
2020-04-22	Senate	Signed by President as reenrolled
2020-04-22	Senate	Reenrolled bill text (SB561ER2)
2020-04-22	Senate	Reenrolled
2020-04-22		Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
2020-04-22	House	VOTE: (92-Y 0-N)
2020-04-22	House	House concurred in Governor's recommendation (92-Y 0-N)
2020-04-22	Senate	Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
2020-04-22	Senate	Amendments specific and severable (40-Y 0-N)
2020-03-12	Senate	Governor's substitute printed 20110012D-S3
2020-03-12	Senate	Governor's recommendation received by Senate
2020-03-04		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 11, 2020
2020-03-04	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 4, 2020
2020-02-27	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-02-27	Senate	Signed by President
2020-02-26	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB561ER)
2020-02-26	Senate	Enrolled
2020-02-21	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
2020-02-21	House	Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
2020-02-21	House	Read third time
2020-02-20	House	Read second time
2020-02-18	House	Reported from Labor and Commerce (21-Y 0-N)
2020-02-13	House	Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
2020-02-13	House	Read first time
2020-02-13	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-02-10	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 2-N)
2020-02-07	Senate	Passed by for the day
2020-02-06	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB561S2
2020-02-06	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 20106824D-S2
2020-02-06	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2020-02-06	Senate	Committee substitute rejected 20105715D-S1
2020-02-06	Senate	Read second time
2020-02-05	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-04	Senate	Committee substitute printed 20106824D-S2
2020-02-04	Senate	Incorporates SB741 (McPike)
2020-02-04	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 1-N)
2020-01-13	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2020-01-13	Senate	Committee substitute printed 20105715D-S1
2020-01-13	Senate	Incorporates SB924 (Cosgrove)
2020-01-13	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (12-Y 3-N)
2020-01-07	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2020-01-07	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104533D

SB741 (Similar To) 2020-01-28 - Incorporated by Finance and Appropriations
SB924 (Similar To) 2020-01-13 - Incorporated by Commerce and Labor
HB438 (Same As) 2020-04-22 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1206)

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?201+sum+SB561
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB561+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB561S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB561S2+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB561ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB561S3+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB561ER2+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1262+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S02V0008+SB0561
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S05V0148+SB0561
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0357SB0561+SB0561
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0424SB0561+SB0561
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H14V0277+SB0561
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1199+SB0561
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1979SB0561+SB0561
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1980SB0561+SB0561
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV2255+SB0561