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1999 SESSION

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HB 2724 Workers' Compensation; voluntary payments.

Introduced by: James K. O'Brien, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Voluntary payments. Authorizes employers subject to the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Act to voluntarily pay an employee workers’ compensation benefits above and beyond those benefits provided under the Act. The bill stipulates that such payments are not to be treated as affecting or altering any existing right or remedy of an employer or employee under the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Act.

FULL TEXT

• 01/21/99  House: Presented & ordered printed 993845386  pdf
• 02/05/99  House: Printed as engrossed 993845386-E  pdf
• 02/26/99  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2724ER)  pdf
• 04/08/99  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0842)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

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HISTORY

• 01/21/99  House: Presented & ordered printed 993845386
• 01/21/99  House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
• 01/26/99  House: Assigned to L. & C. sub-committee: 1
• 02/03/99  House: Reported from L. & C. with amendment (23-Y 0-N)
• 02/04/99  House: Read first time
• 02/05/99  House: Read second time
• 02/05/99  House: Committee amendment agreed to
• 02/05/99  House: Engrossed by House as amended
• 02/05/99  House: Printed as engrossed 993845386-E
• 02/06/99  House: Read third time and passed House (Block Vote) (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/99  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/99  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/08/99  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/08/99  Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
• 02/15/99  Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/16/99  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/16/99  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/17/99  Senate: Read third time
• 02/17/99  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/17/99  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/26/99  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2724ER)
• 03/01/99  House: Enrolled
• 03/01/99  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/03/99  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/29/99  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 842 (effective 7/1/99)
• 04/08/99  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0842)