---
type: "Bill"
title: "Epinephrine; possession and administration at outdoor educational programs."
description: "Provides that an employee of an organization that provides outdoor educational experiences or programs for youth who is authorized by a prescriber and trained in the administration of epinephrine may possess and administer epinephrine and provides liability protection for such employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1377"
citation: "Virginia HB 1377 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Remedies and Procedure", "Education", "Narcotics and Drugs", "Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Luke E. Torian"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-01-12"
last_action: "2018-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3385591e-c15a-482f-ad2d-c3e7b1d4328c"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB1377"
source_hash: "612da01cc6f75533fd66300e1cf2d0e652d4d97c1213bda339d0bc81688c698a"
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 1377 (2018) — Epinephrine; possession and administration at outdoor educational programs.

Provides that an employee of an organization that provides outdoor educational experiences or programs for youth who is authorized by a prescriber and trained in the administration of epinephrine may possess and administer epinephrine and provides liability protection for such employees.

## 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 (HB1377ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB1377ER)
2. **House: Presented and ordered printed 18104300D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB1377)
3. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 18107130D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB1377S1)

## Votes

- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate with substitute — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate substitute agreed to by House 18107130D-S1 — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — **14–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Luke E. Torian — primary (person)
- Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Carroll Foy — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-12** Presented and ordered printed 18104300D `introduction`
- **2018-01-12** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-19** 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 BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2018-02-08** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-19** Reading of substitute waived
- **2018-02-19** Committee substitute agreed to 18107130D-S1
- **2018-02-19** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1377S1
- **2018-02-21** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-02-21** Senate substitute agreed to by House 18107130D-S1 (99-Y 0-N)
- **2018-02-26** Enrolled
- **2018-02-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2018-02-28** Signed by President
- **2018-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2018
- **2018-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 9, 2018
- **2018-03-09** Approved by Governor-Chapter 247 (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/3385591e-c15a-482f-ad2d-c3e7b1d4328c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).