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type: "Bill"
title: "Opioids; location of clinics for treatment of addiction in Henrico County or City of Richmond."
description: "Provides that the prohibition on locating clinics for the treatment of persons with opiate addiction through the use of methadone or opioid replacements other than opioid replacements approved for the treatment of opioid addiction by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration within one-half mile of a public or private licensed day care center or a public or private K-12 school shall not apply to an applicant for a license to operate in its current location if the facility is within one-half mile of a public or private licensed day care center or a public or private K-12 school in Henrico County or the City of Richmond and has been licensed and operated as a facility to provide treatment for persons with opiate addiction through the use of methadone or other opioid replacements by another provider immediately prior to submission of the application for a license. This bill incorporates"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 329"
citation: "Virginia SB 329 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Behavioral Health and Developmental Services", "Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Education", "Narcotics and Drugs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Siobhan S. Dunnavant"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-08"
last_action: "2018-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bff252c8-72f2-4ada-b738-448745e00c9d"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB329"
source_hash: "5ef445c33c93441262efd9958b1254e4456ecdf6c293aa193c1f373be2ba6f26"
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 329 (2018) — Opioids; location of clinics for treatment of addiction in Henrico County or City of Richmond.
Provides that the prohibition on locating clinics for the treatment of persons with opiate addiction through the use of methadone or opioid replacements other than opioid replacements approved for the treatment of opioid addiction by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration within one-half mile of a public or private licensed day care center or a public or private K-12 school shall not apply to an applicant for a license to operate in its current location if the facility is within one-half mile of a public or private licensed day care center or a public or private K-12 school in Henrico County or the City of Richmond and has been licensed and operated as a facility to provide treatment for persons with opiate addiction through the use of methadone or other opioid replacements by another provider immediately prior to submission of the application for a license. This bill incorporates
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB329ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB329ER)
2. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 18105836D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB329S1)
3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102967D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB329)
## Votes
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — **150** (pass) · legislature
- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **1000** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed Senate — **390** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **350** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — **220** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Siobhan S. Dunnavant — primary (person)
- Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
- T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102967D `introduction`
- **2018-01-08** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-16** Assigned Education sub: Health `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** Incorporates SB455 (McClellan)
- **2018-01-29** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2018-01-29** Reading of substitute waived
- **2018-01-29** Committee substitute agreed to 18105836D-S1
- **2018-01-29** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB329S1
- **2018-02-05** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-19** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-20** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2018-02-22** Enrolled
- **2018-02-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2018-02-23** Signed by President
- **2018-02-26** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
- **2018-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
- **2018-03-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 187 (effective 7/1/18) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bff252c8-72f2-4ada-b738-448745e00c9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).