Virginia House Bill 2228 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-02-05 - Left in Appropriations
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Workers' compensation; injuries caused by repetitive and sustained physical stressors. Provides that, for the purposes of the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act, "occupational disease" includes injuries from conditions resulting from repetitive and sustained physical stressors, including repetitive and sustained motions, exertions, posture stress, contact stresses, vibration, or noise. The bill provides that such injuries are covered under the Act. Such coverage does not require that the injuries occurred over a particular period, provided that such a period can be reasonably identified and documented and further provided that the employment is shown to have primarily caused the injury, considering all causes.

Workers' compensation; injuries caused by repetitive and sustained physical stressors.

Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D]	Del. Michael Mullin [D]	Del. Lee Carter [D]	Del. Patrick Hope [D]
Del. Clinton Jenkins [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]	Del. Paul Krizek [D]	Del. Mark Levine [D]
Del. Kenneth Plum [D]	Del. Ibraheem Samirah [D]	Del. Marcus Simon [D]	Del. Shelly Simonds [D]

2021-02-01 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 1-N) (Y: 7 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-28 - House - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (13-Y 9-N) (Y: 13 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-26 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-05	House	Left in Appropriations
2021-02-01	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 1-N)
2021-01-29	House	Assigned App. sub: Compensation & General Government
2021-01-28	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2021-01-28	House	Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (13-Y 9-N)
2021-01-26	House	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
2021-01-26	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-N)
2021-01-18	House	Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1
2021-01-13	House	Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
2021-01-13	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102834D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
65	2	400	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+sum+HB2228
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+HB2228+hil
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+amd+HB2228AH
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+oth+HB2228F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+H1401V0031+HB2228
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+H14V0093+HB2228
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+H0202V0018+HB2228