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| Bill | Epinephrine; every public place may make available for administration. | Epinephrine permitted in certain public places. Allows public places to make epinephrine available for administration. The bill allows employees of such public places who are authorized by a prescriber and trained in the administration of epinephrine to possess and administer epinephrine to a person present in such public place believed in good faith to be having an anaphylactic reaction. The bill also provides that an employee of such public place who is authorized by a prescriber and trained in the administration of epinephrine and who administers or assists in the administration of epinephrine to a person present in the public place believed in good faith to be having an anaphylactic reaction, or is the prescriber of the epinephrine, shall not be liable for any civil damages for ordinary negligence in acts or omissions resulting from the rendering of such treatment. The bill directs the Department of Health, in conjunction with the Department of Health Professions, to develop policies and guidelines for the recognition and treatment of anaphylaxis in public places. Such policies and guidelines shall be provided to the Commissioner of Health no later than July 1, 2021. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | HB 1147 | Virginia HB 1147 (2020) |
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Virginia HB 1147 (2020) — Epinephrine; every public place may make available for administration.
Epinephrine permitted in certain public places. Allows public places to make epinephrine available for administration. The bill allows employees of such public places who are authorized by a prescriber and trained in the administration of epinephrine to possess and administer epinephrine to a person present in such public place believed in good faith to be having an anaphylactic reaction. The bill also provides that an employee of such public place who is authorized by a prescriber and trained in the administration of epinephrine and who administers or assists in the administration of epinephrine to a person present in the public place believed in good faith to be having an anaphylactic reaction, or is the prescriber of the epinephrine, shall not be liable for any civil damages for ordinary negligence in acts or omissions resulting from the rendering of such treatment. The bill directs the Department of Health, in conjunction with the Department of Health Professions, to develop policies and guidelines for the recognition and treatment of anaphylaxis in public places. Such policies and guidelines shall be provided to the Commissioner of Health no later than July 1, 2021.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0556) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1147ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by House as amended HB1147E (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (HB1147) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Referred from Courts of Justice — 0–0 (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (5-Y 0-N) — 5–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Mark L. Keam — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103677D
introduction - 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2020-01-17 Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (HB1147)
- 2020-01-22 Referred from Courts of Justice
- 2020-01-22 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
referral-committee - 2020-01-24 Assigned HWI sub: Health Professions
referral-committee - 2020-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (5-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-03 Impact statement from DPB (HB1147)
- 2020-02-04 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-05 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-06 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-06 Committee amendment agreed to
- 2020-02-06 Engrossed by House as amended HB1147E
- 2020-02-06 Printed as engrossed 20103677D-E
- 2020-02-07 Impact statement from DPB (HB1147E)
- 2020-02-07 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-07 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2020-02-10 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2020-02-12 Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
referral-committee - 2020-02-18 Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
referral-committee - 2020-02-27 Reported from Education and Health with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-28 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 2020-03-02 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-03-02 Reading of amendments waived
- 2020-03-02 Committee amendments agreed to
- 2020-03-02 Passed by for the day
- 2020-03-03 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-03-03 Passed by for the day
- 2020-03-04 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-03-04 Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 2020-03-04 Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2020-03-05 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-03-05 Senate amendments agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N)
- 2020-03-05 VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N)
- 2020-03-12 Enrolled
- 2020-03-12 Impact statement from DPB (HB1147ER)
- 2020-03-12 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-03-12 Signed by President
- 2020-03-17 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
- 2020-03-17 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 2020-03-31 Approved by Governor-Chapter 556 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/22f0d08b-0386-4efa-8fdc-aa68415f43b7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).