---
type: "Bill"
title: "Controlled substances; administration by emergency medical providers."
description: "Controlled substances; administration by emergency medical providers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1447"
citation: "Virginia HB 1447 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Orrock"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-12-21"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c05d9c28-e9bd-4c7f-8c43-9b3cb7f431de"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1447"
source_hash: "a80e15cb6b4ff0e7d978c8d0836bffb33babb59dc6a167ff1fdf10cae76ade14"
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 1447 (2023) — Controlled substances; administration by emergency medical providers.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0267** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0267)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106518D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1447S1)
3. **HB1447ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1447ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101080D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1447)
5. **Printed as engrossed 23101080D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1447E)

## Votes

- 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
- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (10-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (98-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 23101080D `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`
- **2023-01-13** Impact statement from DPB (HB1447)
- **2023-01-19** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-19** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (10-Y 0-N)
- **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 amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-27** Engrossed by House as amended HB1447E
- **2023-01-27** Printed as engrossed 23101080D-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 (HB1447E)
- **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 with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-09** Committee substitute printed 23106518D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-09** Impact statement from DPB (HB1447S1)
- **2023-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-13** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-13** Committee substitute agreed to 23106518D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-13** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1447S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-13** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-15** Senate substitute agreed to by House 23106518D-S1 (98-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-15** VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-20** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-20** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1447ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB1447ER)
- **2023-02-20** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 267 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0267)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c05d9c28-e9bd-4c7f-8c43-9b3cb7f431de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).