Virginia House Bill 842 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 30-2)
Status: Passed on March 2 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-03-02 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0097)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Possession or distribution of controlled paraphernalia; hypodermic needles and syringes; naloxone. Provides that a person who is authorized by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to train individuals on the administration of naloxone for use in opioid overdose reversal and who is acting on behalf of an organization that provides services to individuals at risk of experiencing an opioid overdose or training in the administration of naloxone for overdose reversal and that has obtained a controlled substances registration from the Board of Pharmacy may dispense or distribute hypodermic needles and syringes in conjunction with such dispensing of naloxone and that a person to whom naloxone has been distributed by such individual may possess hypodermic needles and syringes in conjunction with such possession of naloxone. The bill also allows the dispensing or distributing of hypodermic needles and syringes by persons authorized to dispense naloxone. The bill contains an emergency clause.

Controlled paraphernalia; possession or distribution, hypodermic needles and syringes, naloxone.

Del. Dave LaRock [R]	Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]	Del. Robert Bloxom [R]	Sen. Emily Brewer [R]
Del. Kathy Byron [R]	Del. Mark Cole [R]	Del. Christopher Collins [R]	Del. Kirkland Cox [R]
Del. Glenn Davis [R]	Del. Karrie Delaney [D]	Del. James Edmunds [R]	Del. Matt Fariss [R]
Del. Hyland Fowler [R]	Del. Nicholas Freitas [R]	Sen. Chris Head [R]	Del. Gordon Helsel [R]
Del. Keith Hodges [R]	Del. Timothy Hugo [R]	Del. Riley Ingram [R]	Del. Chris Jones [R]
Del. Steven Landes [R]	Del. James Leftwich [R]	Del. Daniel Marshall [R]	Sen. John McGuire [R]
Del. James Morefield [R]	Del. Robert Orrock [R]	Del. Roxann Robinson [R]	Del. Christopher Stolle [R]
Del. Robert Thomas [R]	Del. Michael Webert [R]	Del. Tony Wilt [R]	Del. Thomas Wright [R]

2018-02-19 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-16 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-15 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-01-31 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-01-25 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-01-23 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (10-Y 0-N) (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-03-02		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0097)
2018-03-02		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 97 (effective 3/2/18)
2018-02-26		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
2018-02-26	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
2018-02-23	Senate	Signed by President
2018-02-21	House	Signed by Speaker
2018-02-21	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB842ER)
2018-02-21	House	Enrolled
2018-02-19	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2018-02-19	Senate	Read third time
2018-02-16	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2018-02-15	Senate	Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
2018-02-09	Senate	Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
2018-02-01	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2018-02-01	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2018-01-31	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
2018-01-31	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2018-01-30	House	Printed as engrossed 18104187D-E
2018-01-30	House	Engrossed by House as amended HB842E
2018-01-30	House	Emergency clause added
2018-01-30	House	Committee amendments agreed to
2018-01-30	House	Read second time
2018-01-29	House	Read first time
2018-01-25	House	Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (22-Y 0-N)
2018-01-23	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (10-Y 0-N)
2018-01-17	House	Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2
2018-01-09	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2018-01-09	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104187D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
54	1	3466	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	3467	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB842
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB842+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB842E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB842ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0097+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H1202V0009+HB0842
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H12V0037+HB0842
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+HV0154+HB0842
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+S04V0228+HB0842
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+SV0539HB0842+HB0842
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+SV0543HB0842+HB0842