Virginia House Bill 1226 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-02-09 - Continued to 2025 in Appropriations by voice vote
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Workers' compensation benefits; post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorder, or depressive disorder incurred by law-enforcement officers and firefighters. Removes the provision in the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act requiring that benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorder, or depressive disorder incurred by law-enforcement officers and firefighters acting in the line of duty be provided for a maximum of 52 weeks from the date of diagnosis. Workers' compensation benefits; post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorder, or depressive disorder incurred by law-enforcement officers and firefighters. Removes the provision in the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act requiring that benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorder, or depressive disorder incurred by law-enforcement officers and firefighters acting in the line of duty be provided for a maximum of 52 weeks from the date of diagnosis.

Workers' compensation benefits; post-traumatic stress disorder incurred by firefighters, etc.

Del. Sam Rasoul [D]	Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]	Del. Michael Feggans [D]	Del. Rozia Henson [D]
Del. Patrick Hope [D]	Del. Paul Krizek [D]	Del. Destiny LeVere Bolling [D]

2024-02-06 - House - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-01 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-09	House	Continued to 2025 in Appropriations by voice vote
2024-02-09	House	Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025 by voice vote
2024-02-07	House	Assigned App. sub: Compensation and Retirement
2024-02-06	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2024-02-06	House	Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N)
2024-02-01	House	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
2024-02-01	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N)
2024-01-23	House	Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2
2024-01-10	House	Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
2024-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101680D

HB1226 (Carry Over) 2024-02-09 - Continued to 2025 in Appropriations by voice vote
SB593 (Similar To) 2024-02-26 - Continued to 2025 in Appropriations by voice vote

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?241+sum+HB1226
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1226+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/24105259A.pdf
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+amd+HB1226AH
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+HB1226F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H1402V0029+HB1226
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H14V0087+HB1226