---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher educational institutions; possession and administration of epinephrine."
description: "Authorizes and provides liability protection for employees of a public or private institution of higher education who are authorized by a prescriber and trained in the administration of epinephrine, insulin, or glucagon to possess and administer such epinephrine, insulin, or glucagon. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1746"
citation: "Virginia HB 1746 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Remedies and Procedure", "Narcotics and Drugs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nick Rush"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-01-08"
last_action: "2017-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d7f4dcc-da05-4a93-b6d6-a22cb78a12a3"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1746"
source_hash: "73bae81213167519629bd48808bac8dcdb9e5c64b04ff09b51fe7ae215c5217e"
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 1746 (2017) — Higher educational institutions; possession and administration of epinephrine.

Authorizes and provides liability protection for employees of a public or private institution of higher education who are authorized by a prescriber and trained in the administration of epinephrine, insulin, or glucagon to possess and administer such epinephrine, insulin, or glucagon. This bill is identical to

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0294)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0294)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1746ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1746ER)
3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100520D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1746)
4. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105289D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1746S1)

## Votes

- Passed Senate with substitute — **38–2** (pass) · legislature
- Senate substitute agreed to by House 17105289D-S1 — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **95–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **10–2** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Nick Rush — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100520D `introduction`
- **2017-01-08** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-13** Assigned Courts sub: Civil Law `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-02** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2017-02-03** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-13** Reading of substitute waived
- **2017-02-13** Committee substitute agreed to 17105289D-S1
- **2017-02-13** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1746S1
- **2017-02-15** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-02-15** Senate substitute agreed to by House 17105289D-S1 (99-Y 0-N)
- **2017-02-17** Enrolled
- **2017-02-17** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-20** Signed by President
- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-03** Approved by Governor-Chapter 294 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d7f4dcc-da05-4a93-b6d6-a22cb78a12a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).