Virginia Senate Bill 661 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Passed on March 6 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-06 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0180)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Accrual of cause of action; diagnoses of nonmalignant and malignant asbestos-related injury or disease. Provides that a diagnosis of a nonmalignant asbestos-related injury or disease shall not accrue an action based upon the subsequent diagnosis of a malignant asbestos-related injury or disease and that such subsequent diagnosis shall constitute a separate injury that shall accrue an action when such diagnosis is first communicated to the person or his agent by a physician. The bill is intended to reverse Kiser v. A.W. Chesteron, 285 Va. 12 (2013).

Accrual of cause of action; diagnoses of nonmalignant and malignant asbestos-related injury.

Sen. Scott Surovell [D]

Sen. Monty Mason [D]

2020-02-19 - House - House: VOTE: (100-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-14 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-31 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-29 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-06		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0180)
2020-03-06		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 180 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-02-28		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 6, 2020
2020-02-28	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 28, 2020
2020-02-25	Senate	Signed by President
2020-02-24	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-02-24	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB661ER)
2020-02-24	Senate	Enrolled
2020-02-19	House	VOTE: (100-Y 0-N)
2020-02-19	House	Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
2020-02-19	House	Read third time
2020-02-18	House	Read second time
2020-02-14	House	Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
2020-02-12	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2020-02-12	House	Read first time
2020-02-12	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-02-04	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-03	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB661S1
2020-02-03	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 20105691D-S1
2020-02-03	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2020-02-03	Senate	Read second time
2020-01-31	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
2020-01-29	Senate	Committee substitute printed 20105691D-S1
2020-01-29	Senate	Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
2020-01-24	Senate	Assigned Judiciary sub: Civil Law
2020-01-07	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2020-01-07	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104620D

HB781 (Same As) 2020-03-03 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0099)

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?201+sum+SB661
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB661+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB661S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB661ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0180+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S03V0129+SB0661
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0257SB0661+SB0661
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H08V0306+SB0661
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0294SB0661+SB0661
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0989+SB0661