---
type: "Bill"
title: "Naloxone; expands list of individuals who may dispense."
description: "Naloxone; expands list of individuals who may dispense."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2158"
citation: "Virginia HB 2158 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency Services and Vehicles", "Narcotics and Drugs", "Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kenneth R. Plum"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-01-08"
last_action: "2019-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21e6233e-1a07-436c-8e7d-88cc2efdf5fa"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2158"
source_hash: "42479da390d80035001584979ff5bc9c5438e1cc412ae3a24a3c442324f14102"
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 2158 (2019) — Naloxone; expands list of individuals who may dispense.

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0221)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0221)
2. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB2158)
3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2158ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2158ER)
4. **House: Committee substitute printed 19106091D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2158H1)
5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104132D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2158)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kenneth R. Plum — primary (person)
- Debra H. Rodman — cosponsor (person)
- Eileen Filler-Corn — cosponsor (person)
- Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)
- Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
- Wendy W. Gooditis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104132D `introduction`
- **2019-01-08** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-16** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-01** Committee substitute agreed to 19106091D-H1
- **2019-02-01** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2158H1
- **2019-02-04** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2019-02-04** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2019-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-02-05** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-14** Enrolled
- **2019-02-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-14** Signed by President
- **2019-02-18** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 18, 2019
- **2019-02-18** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 221 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21e6233e-1a07-436c-8e7d-88cc2efdf5fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).