---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prescription requirements; treatment of sexually transmitted diseases, repeals sunset date."
description: "Prescription requirements; treatment of sexually transmitted diseases; sunset. Repeals the sunset of July 1,2020, on the provision that allows practitioners employed by the Department of Health to prescribe antibiotic therapy to the sexualpartner of a patient diagnosed with a sexually transmitted diseasewithout the physical examination normally required."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1013"
citation: "Virginia HB 1013 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charniele L. Herring"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0f6825d-f5d5-465e-a5e2-80bca19cea4e"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1013"
source_hash: "b0dbbe2f8bbcfdf7c714bb34b81929cb3c4fd0ed2c9e103121a57778952d07eb"
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 1013 (2020) — Prescription requirements; treatment of sexually transmitted diseases, repeals sunset date.

Prescription requirements; treatment of sexually transmitted diseases; sunset. Repeals the sunset of July 1,2020, on the provision that allows practitioners employed by the Department of Health to prescribe antibiotic therapy to the sexualpartner of a patient diagnosed with a sexually transmitted diseasewithout the physical examination normally required.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0552)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0552)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1013ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1013ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB1013)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1013)

## Votes

- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health (12-Y 0-N) — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Charniele L. Herring — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102920D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Impact statement from DPB (HB1013)
- **2020-01-15** Assigned HWI sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-16** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-21** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-24** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-01-27** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-01-27** VOTE: (99-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-01-28** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20** Reported from Education and Health (12-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-28** Enrolled
- **2020-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB1013ER)
- **2020-02-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-02** Signed by President
- **2020-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2020
- **2020-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 552 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0f6825d-f5d5-465e-a5e2-80bca19cea4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).