VA SB642 | 2019 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-11-30 - Left in Finance
Pending: Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 10 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-11-30 - Left in Finance
Pending: Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Summary
Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases. Adds colon cancer 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.
Title
Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for certain diseases.
Sponsors
| Sen. Jeremy McPike [D] | Sen. Jennifer Wexton [D] | Sen. John Edwards [D] | Sen. Janet Howell [D] |
| Sen. Dave Marsden [D] | Sen. Monty Mason [D] | Sen. John Petersen [D] | Sen. Richard Saslaw [D] |
Roll Calls
2018-02-06 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2019 in Finance (11-Y 5-N) (Y: 11 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-01-29 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-01-29 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-11-30 | Senate | Left in Finance |
| 2018-02-06 | Senate | Continued to 2019 in Finance (11-Y 5-N) |
| 2018-01-29 | Senate | Rereferred to Finance |
| 2018-01-29 | Senate | Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) |
| 2018-01-10 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor |
| 2018-01-10 | Senate | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101774D |
