---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dispensing of naloxone; patient-specific order not required."
description: "Dispensing of naloxone; patient-specific order not required."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1750"
citation: "Virginia HB 1750 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health", "Narcotics and Drugs", "Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John M. O'Bannon, III"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-08"
last_action: "2017-02-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf3db167-4ac2-451b-93c5-16298300dcaa"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1750"
source_hash: "182db5ac503b75867574009849dedcdaad2c979bf946f738470b18e4bcbcf3f4"
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 1750 (2017) — Dispensing of naloxone; patient-specific order not required.

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0174)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0174)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1750ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1750ER)
3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101221D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1750)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- John M. O'Bannon, III — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101221D `introduction`
- **2017-01-08** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-12** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-01-30** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-31** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2017-02-01** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-15** Enrolled
- **2017-02-15** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-17** Signed by President
- **2017-02-17** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
- **2017-02-17** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
- **2017-02-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 174 (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/bf3db167-4ac2-451b-93c5-16298300dcaa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).