---
type: "Bill"
title: "Naloxone or other opioid antagonist; possession & administration."
description: "Adds employees of the Department of Corrections who are designated as probation and parole officers or correctional officers to the list of individuals who may possess and administer naloxone or other opioid antagonist, provided that they have completed a training program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 322"
citation: "Virginia HB 322 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Narcotics and Drugs", "Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeffrey M. Bourne"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-04"
last_action: "2018-03-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20360044-ecdf-4aa9-ba8e-092df0988524"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB322"
source_hash: "5946f5a88cafa342048fc1c5222f49a576b299cddf059b5142479a234a8a94f6"
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 322 (2018) — Naloxone or other opioid antagonist; possession & administration.

Adds employees of the Department of Corrections who are designated as probation and parole officers or correctional officers to the list of individuals who may possess and administer naloxone or other opioid antagonist, provided that they have completed a training program.

## 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 (HB322ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB322ER)
2. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103202D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB322)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Jeffrey M. Bourne — primary (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Charniele L. Herring — cosponsor (person)
- Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Eileen Filler-Corn — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
- Jill Holtzman Vogel — cosponsor (person)
- John J. Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph C. Lindsey — cosponsor (person)
- Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
- L. Louise Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Michael P. Mullin — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
- Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-04** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103202D `introduction`
- **2018-01-04** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-22** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2018-01-23** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-01-24** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-01-25** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2018-01-25** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-09** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-21** Enrolled
- **2018-02-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2018-02-23** Signed by President
- **2018-02-26** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
- **2018-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
- **2018-03-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 62 (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/20360044-ecdf-4aa9-ba8e-092df0988524`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).