---
type: "Bill"
title: "Institutions of higher education; 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: "SB 944"
citation: "Virginia SB 944 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Remedies and Procedure", "Narcotics and Drugs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Benton \"Ben\" Chafin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2016-12-30"
last_action: "2017-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a48dcd4-0907-4121-abb4-a8cf089dbc46"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB944"
source_hash: "4bec975a104956500a630ccedd7d5f495c0c138af7b475919e7de0d8e2f7f02f"
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 SB 944 (2017) — Institutions of higher education; 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 (CHAP0304)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0304)
2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB944ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB944ER)
3. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104796D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB944S1)
4. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100256D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB944)

## Votes

- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **12–2** (pass) · legislature
- Reconsideration of House amendment agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
- House amendment agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- House amendment agreed to by Senate — **34–5** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- A. Benton "Ben" Chafin — primary (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
- T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-30** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100256D `introduction`
- **2016-12-30** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-01-30** Reading of substitute waived
- **2017-01-30** Committee substitute agreed to 17104796D-S1
- **2017-01-30** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB944S1
- **2017-02-03** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-02-03** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-13** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2017-02-13** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2017-02-13** Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2017-02-15** Passed by temporarily
- **2017-02-20** Enrolled
- **2017-02-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-21** 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 304 (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/3a48dcd4-0907-4121-abb4-a8cf089dbc46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).