Personal injury or death by wrongful act; liability of employer to vulnerable victims.

The bill's title and Section A were changed to cover 'personal injury or death by wrongful act' instead of limiting liability to specific crimes like criminal sexual assault, abuse, or malicious wounding.

The definition of 'vulnerable victim' was updated to include passengers of common carriers (with an exception for Washington Metro transit) and clarified that all listed categories are included as a matter of law.

New requirements were added to Section A, items 3 and 4, mandating that the employer knew or should have known of the ability and necessity to control the employee.

The title was amended to reflect 'certain civil actions against employees' instead of 'actions for personal injury' to better match the expanded scope.

The specific cause of action changed from 'criminal sexual assault' to a broader 'wrongful act' causing personal injury or death.

A new definition of 'vulnerable victim' was added, explicitly including patients, persons under disability, assisted living residents, and passengers of common carriers.

New requirements were added to establish employer liability, mandating that the employer failed to exercise reasonable care to prevent harm or control the employee.

The act includes a specific effective date, applying only to causes of action that accrued on or after July 1, 2025.

Changed liability coverage from general personal injury or death by wrongful act to specific criminal sexual assault, abuse or neglect of a child, and malicious wounding of a minor.

Updated the definition of 'vulnerable victim' to explicitly include 'vulnerable adult' as defined in § 18.2-369.

Removed 'common carrier' and 'passenger of a nonemergency medical transportation carrier' from the vulnerable victim definition, while retaining other categories.

Changed section title from 'Liability of employer for personal injury or death by wrongful act' to 'Liability of employer for criminal sexual assault by employee'.