---
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: "SB 1426"
citation: "Virginia SB 1426 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Suetterlein"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be115571-05ea-4533-998b-600de365893b"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1426"
source_hash: "27ab20593f104a9b73bf45f50330c4438d545128a2c7727c6ac64fd75d946b81"
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 1426 (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. **CHAP0729** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0729)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105759D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1426S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102718D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1426)
4. **SB1426ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1426ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Suetterlein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102718D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16** Impact statement from DPB (SB1426)
- **2023-01-17** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-01** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-02** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Committee substitute printed 23105759D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** Impact statement from DPB (SB1426S1)
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 23105759D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1426S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-13** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-21** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2023-02-21** Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1426ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Impact statement from DPB (SB1426ER)
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 729 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-27** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0729)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be115571-05ea-4533-998b-600de365893b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).