Virginia Senate Bill 904 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Passed on March 22 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-22 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0244)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Workers' compensation; post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorder, or depressive disorder; 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, except in the case of responding to crime scenes for investigation. The bill provides that a mental health professional must diagnose the covered individual as suffering from anxiety disorder or depressive disorder as a result of a qualifying event, defined in the bill as an incident or exposure occurring in the line of duty on or after July 1, 2023, and includes other conditions for compensability.

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

Sen. Bill DeSteph [R]

Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]

Sen. John Cosgrove [R]

2023-02-20 - Senate - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-17 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-02-14 - House - House: Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-01-26 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-25 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-16 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-22		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0244)
2023-03-22		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 244 (effective 7/1/23)
2023-03-02		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
2023-03-02	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
2023-02-25	Senate	Signed by President
2023-02-23	House	Signed by Speaker
2023-02-23	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB904ER)
2023-02-23	Senate	Enrolled
2023-02-20	Senate	Title replaced 23106901D-H1
2023-02-20	Senate	House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2023-02-17	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
2023-02-17	House	Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2023-02-17	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB904H1
2023-02-17	House	Committee substitute agreed to 23106901D-H1
2023-02-17	House	Read third time
2023-02-16	House	Read second time
2023-02-14	House	Committee substitute printed 23106901D-H1
2023-02-14	House	Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
2023-02-09	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
2023-02-09	House	Read first time
2023-02-09	House	Placed on Calendar
2023-01-30	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2023-01-27	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB904S1
2023-01-27	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 23104402D-S1
2023-01-27	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2023-01-27	Senate	Read second time
2023-01-26	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2023-01-25	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
2023-01-16	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2023-01-16	Senate	Committee substitute printed 23104402D-S1
2023-01-16	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
2023-01-05	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2023-01-05	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101042D

HB1775 (Same As) 2023-03-22 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0243)
HB1775 (Same As) 2023-03-22 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0243)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
65	2	101	(n/a)	See Bill Text
65	2	107	(n/a)	See Bill Text
65	2	603	(n/a)	See Bill Text
65	2	605	(n/a)	See Bill Text
65	2	606	(n/a)	See Bill Text
65	2	607	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB904
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB904+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB904S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB904H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB904ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0244+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23104402D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB904FS1122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB904FH1122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB904FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S02V0006+SB0904
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S05V0084+SB0904
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0125SB0904+SB0904
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0137SB0904+SB0904
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H23V0144+SB0904
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV1928+SB0904
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0636SB0904+SB0904