Virginia House Bill 2139 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: Engrossed on January 29 2021 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2021-02-05 - Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

Accrual of cause of action; diagnosis of latent injury or disease. Provides that a cause of action for a latent injury shall accrue when such injury and its causal connection to an injurious or disease-causing substance, product, or circumstance is first communicated to the injured person or his agent by a physician. The bill further provides that a diagnosis of a nonmalignant substance-related, product-related, or circumstance-related latent injury or disease shall not accrue an action based upon the subsequent diagnosis of a malignant substance-related latent injury or disease. Accrual of cause of action; diagnosis of latent injury or disease. Provides that a cause of action for a latent injury shall accrue when such injury and its causal connection to an injurious or disease-causing substance, product, or circumstance is first communicated to the injured person or his agent by a physician. The bill further provides that a diagnosis of a nonmalignant substance-related, product-related, or circumstance-related latent injury or disease shall not accrue an action based upon the subsequent diagnosis of a malignant substance-related latent injury or disease.

Accrual of cause of action; diagnosis of latent injury or disease.

Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D]	Del. Lee Carter [D]	Del. Patrick Hope [D]	Del. Mark Keam [D]
Del. Kaye Kory [D]	Del. Mark Levine [D]	Del. Michael Mullin [D]	Del. Kenneth Plum [D]
Del. Ibraheem Samirah [D]	Del. Marcus Simon [D]

2021-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-01 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-27 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-22 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 1-N) (Y: 7 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-05	Senate	Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
2021-02-02	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2021-02-02	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2021-02-01	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
2021-02-01	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
2021-01-29	House	Printed as engrossed 21102437D-E
2021-01-29	House	Engrossed by House as amended HB2139E
2021-01-29	House	Committee amendments agreed to
2021-01-29	House	Read second time
2021-01-28	House	Read first time
2021-01-27	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
2021-01-22	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 1-N)
2021-01-21	House	Assigned Courts sub: Civil
2021-01-12	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2021-01-12	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102437D

HB2139 (Carry Over) 2021-02-05 - Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
8	01	249	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+sum+HB2139
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+HB2139+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+HB2139E+hil
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+amd+HB2139AH
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/21103817A.pdf
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+H0802V0015+HB2139
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+H08V0111+HB2139
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+HV1282+HB2139
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+S03V0160+HB2139