Virginia House Bill 438 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 28-8)
Status: Passed on April 22 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-22 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1206)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Workers' compensation; post-traumatic stress disorder; law-enforcement officers and firefighters. Provides that post-traumatic stress disorder incurred by a law-enforcement officer or firefighter is compensable under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act if a mental health professional examines a law-enforcement officer or firefighter and diagnoses the individual as suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of the individual's undergoing a qualifying event, defined as an incident or exposure occurring in the line of duty on or after July 1, 2020, (i) resulting in serious bodily injury or death to any person or persons; (ii) involving a minor who has been injured, killed, abused, or exploited; (iii) involving an immediate threat to life of the claimant or another individual; (iv) involving mass casualties; or (v) responding to crime scenes for investigation. Other conditions for compensability include (a) if the post-traumatic stress disorder resulted from the law-enforcement officer or firefighter acting in the line of duty and, in the case of a firefighter, such firefighter complied with certain federal Occupational Safety and Health Act standards; (b) if the law-enforcement officer's or firefighter's undergoing of a qualifying event was a substantial factor in causing his post-traumatic stress disorder; (c) if such qualifying event, and not another event or source of stress, was the primary cause of the post-traumatic stress disorder; and (d) if the post-traumatic stress disorder did not result from any disciplinary action, work evaluation, job transfer, layoff, demotion, promotion, termination, retirement, or similar action of the officer or firefighter. The measure also establishes requirements for resilience and self-care technique training.

Workers' compensation; post-traumatic stress disorder, law-enforcement officers and firefighters.

Del. Steve Heretick [D]	Del. Dan Helmer [D]	Del. Alex Askew [D]	Del. John Avoli [R]
Del. Hala Ayala [D]	Sen. Lamont Bagby [D]	Del. Jeffrey Bourne [D]	Sen. Emily Brewer [R]
Del. Betsy Carr [D]	Sen. Jennifer Carroll Foy [D]	Del. Christopher Collins [R]	Del. Glenn Davis [R]
Del. Karrie Delaney [D]	Del. James Edmunds [R]	Del. Wendy Gooditis [D]	Del. Nancy Guy [D]
Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D]	Del. Patrick Hope [D]	Del. Chris Hurst [D]	Del. Clinton Jenkins [D]
Del. Mark Keam [D]	Del. Terry Kilgore [R]	Del. Barry Knight [R]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]
Del. Paul Krizek [D]	Del. James Leftwich [R]	Del. Mark Levine [D]	Del. Martha Mugler [D]
Del. Kathleen Murphy [D]	Del. Kenneth Plum [D]	Del. Marcia Price [D]	Del. Ibraheem Samirah [D]
Sen. Suhas Subramanyam [D]	Del. Jeion Ward [D]	Del. Vivian Watts [D]	Del. Rodney Willett [D]

2020-04-22 - House - House: VOTE: (95-Y 0-N) (Y: 95 N: 0 NV: 5 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-04-22 - Senate - Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-04-22 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation agreed to (38-Y 1-N) (Y: 38 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-04-22 - Senate - Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-27 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-26 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-25 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-17 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (13-Y 1-N) (Y: 13 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-11 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (96-Y 0-N) (Y: 96 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-07 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-07 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-07 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) (Y: 7 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-30 - House - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (19-Y 3-N) (Y: 19 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-28 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) (Y: 6 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-22		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1206)
2020-04-22	House	Enacted, Chapter 1206 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-04-22	Senate	Signed by President as reenrolled
2020-04-22	House	Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
2020-04-22	House	Reenrolled bill text (HB438ER2)
2020-04-22	House	Reenrolled
2020-04-22		Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
2020-04-22	Senate	Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
2020-04-22	Senate	Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation agreed to (38-Y 1-N)
2020-04-22	Senate	Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
2020-04-22	House	VOTE: (95-Y 0-N)
2020-04-22	House	House concurred in Governor's recommendation BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N)
2020-04-22	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-04-11	House	Governor's substitute printed 20110003D-H3
2020-04-11	House	Governor's recommendation received by House
2020-03-12		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-12	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
2020-03-05	Senate	Signed by President
2020-03-05	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-03-04	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB438ER)
2020-03-04	House	Enrolled
2020-02-27	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-27	Senate	Read third time
2020-02-26	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2020-02-25	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
2020-02-17	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2020-02-17	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor (13-Y 1-N)
2020-02-12	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2020-02-12	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-11	House	VOTE: Passage (96-Y 0-N)
2020-02-11	House	Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N)
2020-02-10	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB438H2
2020-02-10	House	Committee on Appropriations substitute agreed to 20108008D-H2
2020-02-10	House	Committee on Labor and Commerce substitute rejected 20106944D-H1
2020-02-10	House	Read second time
2020-02-09	House	Read first time
2020-02-07	House	Incorporates HB1596
2020-02-07	House	Reported from Appropriations with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
2020-02-07	House	Committee substitute printed 20108008D-H2
2020-02-07	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N)
2020-02-03	House	Assigned App. sub: Compensation & General Government
2020-01-30	House	Committee substitute printed 20106944D-H1
2020-01-30	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2020-01-30	House	Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (19-Y 3-N)
2020-01-28	House	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
2020-01-28	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N)
2020-01-14	House	Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1
2020-01-03	House	Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
2020-01-03	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102221D

SB561 (Same As) 2020-04-22 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1262)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
65	2	107	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB438
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB438+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB438H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB438H2+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB438ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB438H3+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB438ER2+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1206+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H1401V0013+HB0438
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H14V0127+HB0438
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H0202V0046+HB0438
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H02V0245+HB0438
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H02V0288+HB0438
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0869+HB0438
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S02V0152+HB0438
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S05V0387+HB0438
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1050HB0438+HB0438
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1184HB0438+HB0438
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV2007HB0438+HB0438
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV2044HB0438+HB0438
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV2045HB0438+HB0438
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV2139+HB0438