SB 289 Virginia Senate · 2022 Regular Session

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

Summary
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' CompensationAct on the same basis as post-traumatic stress disorder. The billprovides that a mental health professional must diagnose the law-enforcementofficer or firefighter as suffering from anxiety disorder or depressivedisorder as a result of a qualifying event, as defined in the Code,and includes other conditions for compensability.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Feb 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 11, 2022 Last action Mar 8, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Feb 7, 2022

How they voted

330
Passed
Total votes 33
Feb 7, 2022
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
13
Key actions
3
Committee
5
Feb 21, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
lower
Feb 7, 2022
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 2, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 24, 2022
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Jan 24, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 11, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
upper
Jan 11, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101635D
upper
1 primary · 4 co-sponsors

Sponsors