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legislation/us/states/va/2018/hb-1556.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Prescription Monitoring Program; adds controlled substances included in Schedule V and naloxone."
+description: "Adds controlled substances included in Schedule V for which a prescription is required and naloxone to the list of covered substances the dispensing of which must be reported to the Prescription Monitoring Program. This bill is identical to"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 1556"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1556 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Narcotics and Drugs", "Professions and Occupations"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Todd E. Pillion"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2018-01-19"
+last_action: "2018-03-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fba8d6f0-8dae-46f2-9a2e-39f46ccb3399"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB1556"
+source_hash: "2fe3b79ba3a10a2c8d1f7a3ba1eea5f9b24f4d7b9253715fa438abf5bbc30d16"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia HB 1556 (2018) — Prescription Monitoring Program; adds controlled substances included in Schedule V and naloxone.
+
+Adds controlled substances included in Schedule V for which a prescription is required and naloxone to the list of covered substances the dispensing of which must be reported to the Prescription Monitoring Program. This bill is identical to
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1556ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB1556ER)
+2. **House: Presented and ordered printed 18104962D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB1556)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read third time and passed House — **95–2** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Todd E. Pillion — primary (person)
+- John J. Bell — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-19** Presented and ordered printed 18104962D `introduction`
+- **2018-01-19** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-22** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2018-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2018-02-07** Read third time and passed House (95-Y 2-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2018-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2018-02-08** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2018-02-21** Enrolled
+- **2018-02-21** Signed by Speaker
+- **2018-02-23** Signed by President
+- **2018-02-26** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
+- **2018-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
+- **2018-03-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 185 (effective 7/1/18) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fba8d6f0-8dae-46f2-9a2e-39f46ccb3399`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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