---
type: "Bill"
title: "Emergency medical services providers; administration of prescription medication."
description: "Emergency medical services providers; administration of prescription medication."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1449"
citation: "Virginia HB 1449 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Orrock"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-12-21"
last_action: "2023-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1f44197-eb53-42cf-89ce-fa5a3fa26b0d"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1449"
source_hash: "d0467ced759e4ebd8fbc7870d9b3dbc9f734eac8394903f958fdd021df755f8e"
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 1449 (2023) — Emergency medical services providers; administration of prescription medication.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0015** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0015)
2. **HB1449ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1449ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101813D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1449)
4. **Printed as engrossed 23101813D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1449E)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (10-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: (100-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Orrock — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-21** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101813D `filing, introduction`
- **2022-12-21** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (10-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-19** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB1449)
- **2023-01-24** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-27** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-27** Engrossed by House as amended HB1449E
- **2023-01-27** Printed as engrossed 23101813D-E
- **2023-01-30** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-30** Impact statement from DPB (HB1449E)
- **2023-01-30** VOTE: (100-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-01-31** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-13** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-15** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-15** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1449ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-15** Impact statement from DPB (HB1449ER)
- **2023-02-15** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 27, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 15 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-16** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0015)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1f44197-eb53-42cf-89ce-fa5a3fa26b0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).