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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 593: Workers' compensation benefits; post-traumatic stress disorder incurred by firefighters, etc.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 593 is a bill introduced in the Virginia Senate on January 10, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Workers' compensation benefits; post-traumatic stress disorder incurred by firefighters, etc. Primary sponsor: Jeremy McPike (Democratic). It lists 4 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (November 18, 2024): Left in Appropriations.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Workers' compensation benefits; post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorder, or depressive disorder incurred by law-enforcement officers and firefighters. Increases from 52 weeks to 104 weeks the maximum duration after the date of diagnosis that workers' compensation benefits are payable for post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorder, or depressive disorder incurred by law-enforcement officers and firefighters acting in the line of duty.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 4 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jeremy McPikePrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate29
Christie CraigCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate19
Jennifer Carroll FoyCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate33
Angelia GravesCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate21
J.R. HensonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse19

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Left in Appropriations
  2. Continued to 2025 in Appropriations (Voice Vote)
  3. Referred to Committee on Appropriations
  4. Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N)
  5. Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
  6. Read first time
  7. Placed on Calendar
  8. Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
  9. Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  10. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB593S1
  11. Committee substitute agreed to 24107248D-S1
  12. Reading of substitute waived

Showing 12 most recent of 25 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source