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type: "Bill"
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title: "Controlled paraphernalia; possession or distribution, hypodermic needles and syringes, naloxone."
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description: "Provides that a person who is authorized by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to train individuals on the administration of naloxone for use in opioid overdose reversal and who is acting on behalf of an organization that provides services to individuals at risk of experiencing an opioid overdose or training in the administration of naloxone for overdose reversal and that has obtained a controlled substances registration from the Board of Pharmacy may dispense or distribute hypodermic needles and syringes in conjunction with such dispensing of naloxone and that a person to whom naloxone has been distributed by such individual may possess hypodermic needles and syringes in conjunction with such possession of naloxone. The bill also allows the dispensing or distributing of hypodermic needles and syringes by persons authorized to dispense naloxone. The bill contains an emergency clause."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "HB 842"
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citation: "Virginia HB 842 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Emergency Legislation", "Narcotics and Drugs", "Professions and Occupations"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Dave A. LaRock"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2018-01-09"
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last_action: "2018-03-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99684361-ea3f-4a9b-b95e-9cd7eabf645a"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB842"
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source_hash: "99e31c47d4d5a00140f18140f5b6f7ab30770d9bc36eac5fc6f70b70821bab2b"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 842 (2018) — Controlled paraphernalia; possession or distribution, hypodermic needles and syringes, naloxone.
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Provides that a person who is authorized by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to train individuals on the administration of naloxone for use in opioid overdose reversal and who is acting on behalf of an organization that provides services to individuals at risk of experiencing an opioid overdose or training in the administration of naloxone for overdose reversal and that has obtained a controlled substances registration from the Board of Pharmacy may dispense or distribute hypodermic needles and syringes in conjunction with such dispensing of naloxone and that a person to whom naloxone has been distributed by such individual may possess hypodermic needles and syringes in conjunction with such possession of naloxone. The bill also allows the dispensing or distributing of hypodermic needles and syringes by persons authorized to dispense naloxone. The bill contains an emergency clause.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB842ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB842ER)
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2. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104187D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB842)
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3. **House: Printed as engrossed 18104187D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB842E)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Dave A. LaRock — primary (person)
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- C. Matthew Fariss — cosponsor (person)
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- Christopher E. Collins — cosponsor (person)
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- Christopher P. Stolle — cosponsor (person)
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- Christopher T. Head — cosponsor (person)
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- Daniel W. Marshall, III — cosponsor (person)
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- Emily M. Brewer — cosponsor (person)
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- Glenn R. Davis — cosponsor (person)
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- Gordon C. Helsel, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- James A. "Jay" Leftwich — cosponsor (person)
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- James E. Edmunds, II — cosponsor (person)
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- James W. Morefield — cosponsor (person)
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- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
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- John J. McGuire, III — cosponsor (person)
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- Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathy J. Byron — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Keith Hodges — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Kirkland Cox — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael J. Webert — cosponsor (person)
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- Nicholas J. Freitas — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Steven Landes — cosponsor (person)
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- Riley E. Ingram — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert M. "Bob" Thomas, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert S. Bloxom, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Roxann L. Robinson — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Chris Jones — cosponsor (person)
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- Thomas C. Wright, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Timothy D. Hugo — cosponsor (person)
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- Tony O. Wilt — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104187D `introduction`
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- **2018-01-09** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-17** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2018-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2018-01-30** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2018-01-30** Emergency clause added
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- **2018-01-30** Engrossed by House as amended HB842E
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- **2018-01-30** Printed as engrossed 18104187D-E
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- **2018-01-31** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2018-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2018-02-01** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-09** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-21** Enrolled
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- **2018-02-21** Signed by Speaker
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- **2018-02-23** Signed by President
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- **2018-02-26** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
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- **2018-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
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- **2018-03-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 97 (effective 3/2/18) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/99684361-ea3f-4a9b-b95e-9cd7eabf645a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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