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Bill Comprehensive harm reduction programs; public health emergency, repeals sunset provision. Comprehensive harm reduction programs; public health emergency; repeal sunset. Repeals the sunset on the program established in 2017 that allows the Commissioner of Health to establish and operate local or regional comprehensive harm reduction programs during a declared public health emergency that include a provision for the distribution of sterile hypodermic needles and syringes and the disposal of used hypodermic needles and syringes. This bill is identical to SB 864. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2020 HB 378 Virginia HB 378 (2020)
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Virginia HB 378 (2020) — Comprehensive harm reduction programs; public health emergency, repeals sunset provision.

Comprehensive harm reduction programs; public health emergency; repeal sunset. Repeals the sunset on the program established in 2017 that allows the Commissioner of Health to establish and operate local or regional comprehensive harm reduction programs during a declared public health emergency that include a provision for the distribution of sterile hypodermic needles and syringes and the disposal of used hypodermic needles and syringes. This bill is identical to SB 864.

Version chain

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

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0212) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB378ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Impact statement from DPB (HB378) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) — 130 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — 380 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Passage (95-Y 3-N) — 943 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Sam Rasoul — primary (person)
  • Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
  • Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-01-02 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102454D introduction
  • 2020-01-02 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
  • 2020-01-21 Impact statement from DPB (HB378)
  • 2020-01-21 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-01-23 Read first time reading-1
  • 2020-01-24 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2020-01-27 Read third time and passed House (95-Y 3-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2020-01-27 VOTE: Passage (95-Y 3-N)
  • 2020-01-28 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2020-01-28 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2020-02-13 Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-13 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2020-02-19 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-20 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-21 Read third time reading-3
  • 2020-02-21 Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2020-02-26 Enrolled
  • 2020-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (HB378ER)
  • 2020-02-27 Signed by Speaker
  • 2020-02-27 Signed by President
  • 2020-03-05 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2020
  • 2020-03-05 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 12, 2020
  • 2020-03-10 Approved by Governor-Chapter 212 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/360636cc-37d0-4cee-90ff-5ccd389e514b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).