---
type: "Bill"
title: "Home hospice programs; disposal of drugs, opioids."
description: "Home hospice programs; disposal of drugs; opioids.Specifies that hospice policies and procedures for the disposal ofdrugs must include provisions for the safe disposal of opioids."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 913"
citation: "Virginia SB 913 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jill Holtzman Vogel"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6793ffe5-18f8-4abd-9154-998b6cb18ca2"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB913"
source_hash: "b210d584e83d0c448f9dd56e9e93d4f8d41394da98e2ce6c6e18318cb77b347a"
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 913 (2020) — Home hospice programs; disposal of drugs, opioids.

Home hospice programs; disposal of drugs; opioids.Specifies that hospice policies and procedures for the disposal ofdrugs must include provisions for the safe disposal of opioids.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0739)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0739)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB913ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB913ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB913)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB913)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N) — **6–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jill Holtzman Vogel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-08** Presented and ordered printed 20102303D `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17** Assigned Education sub: Health `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-22** Impact statement from DPB (SB913)
- **2020-01-23** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-27** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-01-28** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** Assigned HWI sub: Health `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N)
- **2020-02-25** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-28** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-28** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-05** Enrolled
- **2020-03-05** Impact statement from DPB (SB913ER)
- **2020-03-06** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-07** Signed by President
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 739 (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/6793ffe5-18f8-4abd-9154-998b6cb18ca2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).