Virginia House Bill 908 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Passed on April 9 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-09 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0924)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Naloxone; possession and administration; employee or person acting on behalf of a public place. Authorizes an employee or other person acting on behalf of a public place, as defined in the bill, who has completed a training program on the administration of naloxone or other opioid antagonist to possess and administer naloxone or other opioid antagonist, other than naloxone in an injectable formulation with a hypodermic needle or syringe, in accordance with protocols developed by the Board of Pharmacy in consultation with the Board of Medicine and the Department of Health. The bill also provides that a person who is not otherwise authorized to administer naloxone or other opioid antagonist used for overdose reversal may administer naloxone or other opioid antagonist used for overdose reversal to a person who is believed to be experiencing or about to experience a life-threatening opioid overdose. The bill provides immunity from civil liability for a person who, in good faith, administers naloxone or other opioid antagonist used for overdose reversal to a person who is believed to be experiencing or about to experience a life-threatening opioid overdose, unless such act or omission was the result of gross negligence or willful and wanton misconduct.

Naloxone; possession and administration by employee or person acting on behalf of a public place.

Del. C.E. Hayes [D]	Del. Wendy Gooditis [D]	Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D]	Del. Patrick Hope [D]
Del. Sam Rasoul [D]

2020-03-02 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-28 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-27 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-07 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-04 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-04 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-30 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-09		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0924)
2020-04-09		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 924 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-12		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-12	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
2020-03-06	Senate	Signed by President
2020-03-06	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-03-05	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB908ER)
2020-03-05	House	Enrolled
2020-03-02	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2020-03-02	Senate	Read third time
2020-02-28	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
2020-02-27	Senate	Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)
2020-02-10	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2020-02-10	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-07	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
2020-02-07	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
2020-02-06	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB908H1
2020-02-06	House	Committee substitute agreed to 20107306D-H1
2020-02-06	House	Read second time
2020-02-05	House	Read first time
2020-02-04	House	Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
2020-02-04	House	Incorporates HB650 (Hope)
2020-02-04	House	Incorporates HB1466 (Gooditis)
2020-02-04	House	Incorporates HB 1465 (Gooditis)
2020-02-04	House	Committee substitute printed 20107306D-H1
2020-01-30	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N)
2020-01-20	House	Assigned HWI sub: Health Professions
2020-01-07	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2020-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104833D

HB650 (Similar To) 2020-02-04 - Incorporated by Health, Welfare and Institutions
HB1465 (Similar To) 2020-02-04 - Incorporated by Health, Welfare and Institutions
HB1466 (Similar To) 2020-02-04 - Incorporated by Health, Welfare and Institutions

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
54	1	3408	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB908
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB908+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB908H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB908ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0924+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H1202V0033+HB0908
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H12V0114+HB0908
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H12V0261+HB0908
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0627+HB0908
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S04V0321+HB0908
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1300HB0908+HB0908
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1372HB0908+HB0908