Workers' compensation; exclusivity of remedy. (SB770)
Introduced By
Sen. Don McEachin (D-Richmond)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Workers' compensation; exclusivity of remedy. Provides that if a court determines that an accident, disease, injury, or death is barred by the exclusivity provisions of the Workers' Compensation Act, then that finding shall be res judicata between the parties and estop them from arguing before the Workers' Compensation Commission that the accident, injury, or death did not arise out of and in the course and scope of the employee's employment. The measure also provides that if the Commission or a court determines that the accident, injury, or death does not arise out of or in the course and scope of such employee's employment, then that finding shall be res judicata and estop those same parties from arguing before a court that the accident is barred by the Act's exclusivity provisions. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 12/23/2014 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15100341D |
| 12/23/2014 | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor |
| 01/19/2015 | Rereferred from Commerce and Labor (9-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/19/2015 | Rereferred to Courts of Justice |
| 01/27/2015 | Impact statement from DPB (SB770) |
| 02/02/2015 | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (8-Y 5-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/02/2015 | Committee substitute printed 15104616D-S1 |
| 02/03/2015 | Impact statement from DPB (SB770S1) |
| 02/03/2015 | Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/04/2015 | Read second time |
| 02/04/2015 | Reading of substitute waived |
| 02/04/2015 | Committee substitute agreed to 15104616D-S1 |
| 02/04/2015 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB770S1 |
| 02/05/2015 | Passed by for the day |
| 02/06/2015 | Passed by for the day |
| 02/09/2015 | Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (36-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/09/2015 | Committee substitute reconsidered (36-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/09/2015 | Committee substitute rejected 15104616D-S1 |
| 02/09/2015 | Floor substitute printed 15104947D-S2 (McEachin) |
| 02/09/2015 | Reading of substitute waived |
| 02/09/2015 | Substitute by Senator McEachin agreed to 15104947D-S2 |
| 02/09/2015 | Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB770S2 |
| 02/10/2015 | Impact statement from DPB (SB770S2) |
| 02/10/2015 | Passed by temporarily |
| 02/10/2015 | Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 10-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/12/2015 | Placed on Calendar |
| 02/12/2015 | Read first time |
| 02/12/2015 | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor |
| 02/13/2015 | Referred from Commerce and Labor |
| 02/13/2015 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 02/13/2015 | Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law |
| 02/16/2015 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 0-N) |
| 02/20/2015 | Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/23/2015 | Read second time |
| 02/24/2015 | Read third time |
| 02/24/2015 | Committee amendments agreed to |
| 02/24/2015 | Engrossed by House as amended |
| 02/24/2015 | Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) |
| 02/24/2015 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/24/2015 | Impact statement from DPB (SB770S2) |
| 02/25/2015 | House amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 03/06/2015 | Enrolled |
| 03/06/2015 | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB770ER) |
| 03/06/2015 | Impact statement from DPB (SB770ER) |
| 03/06/2015 | Signed by Speaker |
| 03/07/2015 | Signed by President |
| 03/10/2015 | Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/10/15 |
| 03/10/2015 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015 |
| 03/26/2015 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 624 (effective 7/1/15) |
| 03/26/2015 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0624) |
Video
This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 3 clips in all, totaling 7 minutes.