SB 1375 Virginia Senate · 2021 Regular Session

Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for COVID-19.

Summary

Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for COVID-19. Establishes a presumption that COVID-19 causing the death or disability of firefighters, emergency medical services personnel, law-enforcement officers, and correctional officers is an occupational disease compensable under the Workers' Compensation Act. The bill provides that the COVID-19 virus is established by a positive diagnostic test for COVID-19, an incubation period consistent with COVID-19, and signs and symptoms of COVID-19 that require medical treatment and only applies to a person who was diagnosed a person who was diagnosed with the COVID-19 virus on or after July 1, 2021, and whose death or disability caused by infection from the COVID-19 virus occurred on or after July 1, 2021. This bill incorporates SB 1342.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2021

Committee Review

Feb 2021

Senate Passage

Apr 2021

House of Delegates Passage

Apr 2021

Signed into Law

Apr 2021

Introduced Jan 13, 2021 Signed Apr 7, 2021

Floor votes · Senate Feb 3, 2021 · House of Delegates Feb 16, 2021

How they voted

33–0

Passed

Total votes 33

Feb 3, 2021

D Democratic17

17 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican16

16 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 7, 2021

Executive · Passed

Governor's recommendation adopted

executive

Apr 7, 2021

Lower · Passed

House concurred in Governor's recommendation (98-Y 0-N 2-A)

lower

Apr 7, 2021

Upper · Passed

Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)

upper

Feb 27, 2021

Lower · Passed

Conference report agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N 1-A)

lower

Feb 27, 2021

Upper · Passed

Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)

upper

Feb 25, 2021

Legislature · Passed

Amended by conference committee

legislature

Feb 19, 2021

Lower · Passed

House requested conference committee

lower

Feb 16, 2021

Lower · Passed

Passed House with substitute (98-Y 0-N 1-A)

lower

Feb 16, 2021

Lower · Passed

Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1375H1

lower

Feb 16, 2021

Lower · Passed

Committee substitute agreed to 21200130D-H1

lower

Feb 11, 2021

Lower · Passed

Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (21-Y 0-N)

lower

Feb 7, 2021

Committee

Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce

lower

Feb 4, 2021

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)

upper

Feb 4, 2021

Upper · Passed

Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1375S1

upper

Feb 4, 2021

Upper · Passed

Committee substitute agreed to 21104340D-S1

upper

Feb 3, 2021

Upper · Passed

Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 0-N)

upper

Feb 3, 2021

Upper · Passed

Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered

upper

Feb 3, 2021

Senate · Passed

Senate Vote: pass (33-0)

senate

Jan 25, 2021

Committee

Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations

upper

Jan 25, 2021

Upper · Passed

Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)

upper

Jan 13, 2021

Committee

Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor

upper

Jan 13, 2021

Introduced

Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101733D

upper

1 primary · 3 co-sponsors