SEARCH SITE
VIRGINIA LAW PORTAL
- Code of Virginia
- Virginia Administrative Code
- Constitution of Virginia
- Charters
- Authorities
- Compacts
- Uncodified Acts
- RIS Users (account required)
SEARCHABLE DATABASES
- Bills & Resolutions
session legislation - Bill Summaries
session summaries - Reports to the General Assembly
House and Senate documents - Legislative Liaisons
State agency contacts
ACROSS SESSIONS
- Subject Index: Since 1995
- Bills & Resolutions: Since 1994
- Summaries: Since 1994
Developed and maintained by the Division of Legislative Automated Systems.
2016 SESSION
HB 44 Workers' compensation; injuries or deaths presumed to be in course of employment.
Introduced by: Gregory D. Habeeb | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Workers' compensation; injuries presumed to be in course of employment. Establishes presumptions in claims under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act that the accident arose out of and in the course of employment if the employee (i) dies with there being no evidence that he ever regained consciousness after the accident, (ii) dies at the accident location or nearby, or (iii) is found dead where he is reasonably expected to be as an employee. These presumptions will exist in the absence of a preponderance of evidence to the contrary and where the factual circumstances are of sufficient strength from which the only rational inference to be drawn is that the accident arose out of and in the course of employment.
FULL TEXT
- 11/24/15 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101131D pdf | impact statement
- 02/09/16 House: Committee substitute printed 16105123D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/29/16 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB44ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/11/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0358) pdf
HISTORY
- 11/24/15 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101131D
- 11/24/15 House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 01/26/16 House: Assigned C & L sub: Special Workers Comp
- 02/02/16 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 2-N)
- 02/09/16 House: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (18-Y 4-N)
- 02/09/16 House: Committee substitute printed 16105123D-H1
- 02/11/16 House: Read first time
- 02/12/16 House: Read second time
- 02/12/16 House: Committee substitute agreed to 16105123D-H1
- 02/12/16 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB44H1
- 02/15/16 House: Read third time and passed House (95-Y 3-N)
- 02/15/16 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (95-Y 3-N)
- 02/16/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/16/16 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/22/16 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/24/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/16 Senate: Read third time
- 02/25/16 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/29/16 House: Enrolled
- 02/29/16 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB44ER)
- 02/29/16 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/03/16 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/04/16 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/4/16
- 03/04/16 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 11, 2016
- 03/11/16 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 358 (effective 7/1/16)
- 03/11/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0358)