Virginia Senate Bill 1472 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 17 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-02-03 - Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Workers' compensation; accident reports; filing claims; civil penalty. Requires an employer's accident report filed with the Workers' Compensation Commission to include the signature of the injured employee or his personal representative. The measure provides that the employer's filing of the accident report constitutes the filing with the Commission by or on behalf of the employee of a claim for workers' compensation benefits with respect to any injury arising from the accident. The measure also provides that an employer that fails to comply with the requirement that it report an employee's injury or death, or dissuades or deters an employee from filing a claim for compensation, shall be assessed a civil penalty of not more than $500, which civil penalty is increased to not less than $500 and not more than $5,000 if the violation is willful.

Workers' compensation; accident reports, filing claims, civil penalty.

Sen. Barbara Favola [D]

2017-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-03	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
2017-01-17	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2017-01-17	Senate	Presented and ordered printed 17103333D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
65	2	900	(n/a)	See Bill Text
65	2	902	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1472
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1472+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+S02V0070+SB1472