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Bill	Institutions of higher education; possession and administration of epinephrine.	Authorizes and provides liability protection for employees of a public or private institution of higher education who are authorized by a prescriber and trained in the administration of epinephrine, insulin, or glucagon to possess and administer such epinephrine, insulin, or glucagon. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 944	Virginia SB 944 (2017)	bill	Civil Remedies and Procedure Narcotics and Drugs	enacted	A. Benton "Ben" Chafin	4	21	8	2016-12-30	2017-03-03	openstates	ocd-bill/3a48dcd4-0907-4121-abb4-a8cf089dbc46	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB944	4bec975a104956500a630ccedd7d5f495c0c138af7b475919e7de0d8e2f7f02f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 944 (2017) — Institutions of higher education; possession and administration of epinephrine.

Authorizes and provides liability protection for employees of a public or private institution of higher education who are authorized by a prescriber and trained in the administration of epinephrine, insulin, or glucagon to possess and administer such epinephrine, insulin, or glucagon. This bill is identical to

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0304) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB944ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104796D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100256D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 12–2 (pass) · legislature
• Reconsideration of House amendment agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — 21–0 (pass) · legislature
• House amendment agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• House amendment agreed to by Senate — 34–5 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• A. Benton "Ben" Chafin — primary (person)
• Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
• T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-12-30 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100256D introduction
• 2016-12-30 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-01-30 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-01-30 Reading of substitute waived
• 2017-01-30 Committee substitute agreed to 17104796D-S1
• 2017-01-30 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB944S1
• 2017-02-03 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-03 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-03 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-02-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-13 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-13 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2017-02-13 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2017-02-13 Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2017-02-15 Passed by temporarily
• 2017-02-20 Enrolled
• 2017-02-20 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-21 Signed by President
• 2017-02-21 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
• 2017-02-21 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-03 Approved by Governor-Chapter 304 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3a48dcd4-0907-4121-abb4-a8cf089dbc46. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).