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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I
HB 2207 Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for COVID-19.
Introduced by: Jerrauld C. "Jay" Jones | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION: (all summaries)
Workers' compensation; presumption of compensability for COVID-19. Establishes a presumption that COVID-19 causing the death or disability of firefighters, emergency medical services personnel, law-enforcement officers, correctional officers, and regional jail officers is an occupational disease compensable under the Workers' Compensation Act. The bill provides that such presumption applies to any death or disability occurring on or after July 1, 2020, caused by infection from the COVID-19 virus, provided that for any such death or disability that occurred on or after July 1, 2020, and prior to December 31, 2021, the claimant received a diagnosis of COVID-19 from a licensed physician, after either a presumptive positive test or a laboratory confirmed test for COVID-19, and presented with signs and symptoms of COVID-19 that required medical treatment. This bill is identical to SB 1375.
FULL TEXT
- 01/13/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100861D pdf | impact statement
- 02/15/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21200212D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/09/21 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2207ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/07/21 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB2207ER2) pdf
- 04/07/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0547) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/13/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100861D
- 01/13/21 House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 01/18/21 House: Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #1
- 01/19/21 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
- 01/21/21 House: Reported from Labor and Commerce (21-Y 1-N)
- 01/21/21 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/22/21 House: Assigned App. sub: Compensation & General Government
- 01/29/21 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/21 House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/21 House: Read first time
- 02/03/21 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/04/21 House: Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/04/21 House: VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/05/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/05/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/05/21 Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/21 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21200212D-S1
- 02/15/21 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/17/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/21 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/21 Senate: Read third time
- 02/18/21 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/18/21 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 21200212D-S1
- 02/18/21 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2207S1
- 02/18/21 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/21 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/21 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/21 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/22/21 House: Senate substitute rejected by House 21200212D-S1 (0-Y 98-N)
- 02/22/21 House: VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 98-N)
- 02/23/21 Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/21 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 02/24/21 House: House acceded to request
- 02/24/21 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/24/21 House: Delegates: Hurst, Jones, Kilgore
- 02/25/21 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/25/21 Senate: Senators: Saslaw, Newman, Barker
- 02/27/21 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 02/27/21 House: Conference report agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/27/21 House: VOTE: Agreed To (97-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/27/21 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/21 House: Enrolled
- 03/09/21 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/09/21 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2207ER)
- 03/11/21 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/15/21 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
- 03/15/21 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 03/31/21 House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 04/07/21 House: Placed on Calendar
- 04/07/21 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (97-Y 0-N 2-A)
- 04/07/21 House: VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N 2-A)
- 04/07/21 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- 04/07/21 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/07/21 House: Reenrolled
- 04/07/21 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB2207ER2)
- 04/07/21 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/07/21 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/07/21 House: Enacted, Chapter 547 (effective 7/1/21)
- 04/07/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0547)