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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 894: Personal injury or death by wrongful act; liability of employer to vulnerable victims.

Enacted 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 894 is a bill introduced in the Virginia Senate on January 4, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Personal injury or death by wrongful act; liability of employer to vulnerable victims. Primary sponsor: Russet Perry (Democratic). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 2, 2025): Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0727).

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.

Civil actions; liability of employer for personal injury or death by wrongful act. Provides that in an action for personal injury or death by wrongful act brought by a vulnerable victim, defined in the bill, against an employee, a finding that the employee's employer is vicariously liable for such employee's conduct shall be based on several factors, including the likelihood of the employee coming into contact with such vulnerable victim and the employer's failure to exercise reasonable care over the employee.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Russet PerryPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate31
Jennifer BoyskoCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate38
Mark ObenshainCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate2

“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. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0727)
  2. Approved by Governor-Chapter 727 (Effective 7/1/25)
  3. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 2, 2025
  4. Communicated to Governor
  5. Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (4-Y 36-N)
  6. Governor's substitute printed (SB894S3)
  7. Governor's substitute printed (SB894S3)
  8. Governor's recommendation received by Senate
  9. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
  10. Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 20, 2025
  11. Signed by President
  12. Enrolled

Showing 12 most recent of 40 actions. Full history

Sources

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