HB 2022 Virginia House of Delegates · 2019 Regular Session

Workers' compensation; tolling of statute of limitations.

Summary
Provides that if an employer has received notice of an accident resulting in compensable injury to an employee and the employer has paid compensation or wages to such employee during incapacity for work resulting from such injury or the employer has failed to file the report of said accident with the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission or otherwise has under a workers' compensation plan or insurance policy furnished or caused to be furnished medical service to such employee, the statute of limitations applicable to the filing of a claim shall be tolled until the last day for which such payment of compensation or wages or furnishment of medical services is provided and that occurs more than six months after the date of accident. The measure provides that no such payment of wages or workers' compensation benefits or furnishment of medical service occurring after the expiration of the statute of limitations applies to this provision. The measure also provides that (i) if the employer has failed to file a first report, the statute of limitations shall be tolled during the duration thereof until the employer filed the first report of accident and (ii) if more than one of the above tolling provisions applies, whichever of those causes the longer period of tolling shall apply.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Mar 2019
Introduced Jan 7, 2019 Signed Mar 18, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 14, 2019

How they voted

370
Passed
Total votes 37
Feb 14, 2019
D Democratic17
17 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican20
20 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
22
Key actions
6
Committee
9
Mar 18, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 470 (effective 7/1/19)
executive
Feb 14, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (37-0)
senate
Feb 11, 2019
Committee
Rereferred to Finance
upper
Feb 6, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
upper
Feb 5, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2022H1
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19106072D-H1
lower
Feb 1, 2019
Committee
Assigned App. sub: General Government & Capital Outlay
lower
Jan 31, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 29, 2019
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 10, 2019
Committee
Assigned C & L sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Jan 7, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
lower
Jan 7, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101117D
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

Sponsors