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2024 SESSION

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HB 974 Workers' compensation; employee may satisfy burden of proof by circumstantial evidence.

Introduced by: Karen Keys-Gamarra (by request) | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Workers' compensation; presumption that certain injuries arose out of employment. Provides that in any claim for workers' compensation, where the employee suffers an unexplained fall in the course of employment, such employee may satisfy the burden of proof by circumstantial evidence, testimony of others, other evidence, or any combination thereof.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101852D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/05/24  House: Printed as engrossed 24101852D-E  pdf | impact statement
• 03/06/24  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB974ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/06/24  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate reprinted (HB974ER)  pdf | impact statement

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
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• Governor's veto explanation

HISTORY

• 01/09/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101852D
• 01/09/24  House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
• 01/18/24  House: Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2
• 01/25/24  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 3-N)
• 01/30/24  House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (14-Y 8-N)
• 02/01/24  House: Read first time
• 02/02/24  House: Passed by for the day
• 02/05/24  House: Read second time
• 02/05/24  House: Committee amendment agreed to
• 02/05/24  House: Amendments by Delegate Keys-Gamarra- withdrawn
• 02/05/24  House: Engrossed by House as amended HB974E
• 02/05/24  House: Printed as engrossed 24101852D-E
• 02/06/24  House: Read third time and passed House (54-Y 45-N)
• 02/06/24  House: VOTE: Passage (54-Y 45-N)
• 02/07/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/07/24  Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
• 02/26/24  Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (9-Y 6-N)
• 02/28/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/29/24  Senate: Read third time
• 02/29/24  Senate: Passed Senate (20-Y 19-N)
• 03/06/24  House: Enrolled
• 03/06/24  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB974ER)
• 03/06/24  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate reprinted (HB974ER)
• 03/06/24  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/07/24  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/11/24  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
• 03/11/24  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
• 03/28/24  Governor: Vetoed by Governor
• 04/17/24  House: House sustained Governor's veto