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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Hospitals; urine drug screening to include testing for fentanyl."
+description: "Malcolm's Law; hospitals; urine drug screening; fentanyl. Requires hospitals with an emergency department, when conducting a urine drug screening, as defined in the bill, to assist in diagnosing a patient's condition, to include testing for fentanyl in such urine drug screening. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2026."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 2742"
+citation: "Virginia HB 2742 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Irene Shin"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 33
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2025-01-17"
+last_action: "2025-03-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08e71ca2-f801-4f46-b0b9-657f14ced75f"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2742"
+source_hash: "ff533d78927abe67a4eeb9b596620f8c9c30bcd50f1da02aa464ad1306551110"
+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 2742 (2025) — Hospitals; urine drug screening to include testing for fentanyl.
+
+Malcolm's Law; hospitals; urine drug screening; fentanyl. Requires hospitals with an emergency department, when conducting a urine drug screening, as defined in the bill, to assist in diagnosing a patient's condition, to include testing for fentanyl in such urine drug screening. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2026.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1022507.PDF)
+2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072553.PDF)
+3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1036802.PDF)
+4. **HHS Sub: Health Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1031305.HTML)
+5. **Health and Human Services Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1034877.HTML)
+6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1061230.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reading waived (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Irene Shin — primary (person)
+- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
+- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
+- W. Chad Green — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-17** Presented and ordered printed 25104621D `introduction`
+- **2025-01-17** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-23** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2742)
+- **2025-01-24** Assigned sub: Health `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N)
+- **2025-01-30** Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-03** Health and Human Services Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-02-03** Engrossed by House as amended
+- **2025-02-03** Printed as engrossed 25104621D-E
+- **2025-02-04** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2742)
+- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-02-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
+- **2025-02-04** Passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2025-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
+- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-11** Assigned Education sub: Health `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-13** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-17** Rules suspended
+- **2025-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading)
+- **2025-02-17** Passed by for the day
+- **2025-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-18** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2742ER) `passage`
+- **2025-03-07** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2742)
+- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
+- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 238 (Effective 01/01/26) `executive-signature`
+- **2025-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0238)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08e71ca2-f801-4f46-b0b9-657f14ced75f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+