republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-791.md

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Bill	Comprehensive harm reduction programs; authority to establish and operate.	Comprehensive harm reduction programs. Repeals the sunset on the authority of the Commissioner of Health to establish and operate local or regional comprehensive harm reduction programs that include the distribution of sterile hypodermic needles and syringes and the disposal of used hypodermic needles and syringes; allows a local health department or other organization that promotes scientifically proven methods of mitigating health risks associated with drug use and other high-risk behaviors to establish comprehensive harm reduction programs, if authorized by the Commissioner of Health; and eliminates the requirement that comprehensive harm reduction programs be located in communities for which data indicates an increase in or increased risk of transmission of HIV, viral hepatitis, or other blood-borne disease as a result of injection drug use.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 791	Virginia HB 791 (2020)	bill		enacted	Kenneth R. Plum	4	30	6	2020-01-07	2020-04-07	openstates	ocd-bill/c1ac95d5-b0d6-4df0-ac25-b4a1829b7a51	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB791	63e2afdf2f3bc023a760a7c1a7cd6f5d9302d3a93509032e40e7fe10180450dd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 791 (2020) — Comprehensive harm reduction programs; authority to establish and operate.

Comprehensive harm reduction programs. Repeals the sunset on the authority of the Commissioner of Health to establish and operate local or regional comprehensive harm reduction programs that include the distribution of sterile hypodermic needles and syringes and the disposal of used hypodermic needles and syringes; allows a local health department or other organization that promotes scientifically proven methods of mitigating health risks associated with drug use and other high-risk behaviors to establish comprehensive harm reduction programs, if authorized by the Commissioner of Health; and eliminates the requirement that comprehensive harm reduction programs be located in communities for which data indicates an increase in or increased risk of transmission of HIV, viral hepatitis, or other blood-borne disease as a result of injection drug use.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0839) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB791ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House as amended HB791E (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (HB791) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (21-Y 1-N) — 21–1 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (83-Y 14-N) — 82–14 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — 32–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kenneth R. Plum — primary (person)
• Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
• Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
• Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
• Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-07 Presented and ordered printed with emergency clause 20105027D introduction
• 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
• 2020-01-17 Assigned HWI sub: Health referral-committee
• 2020-01-28 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-29 Impact statement from DPB (HB791)
• 2020-02-04 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (21-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-05 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-06 Passed by for the day
• 2020-02-07 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-07 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2020-02-07 Emergency clause deleted
• 2020-02-07 Engrossed by House as amended HB791E
• 2020-02-07 Printed as engrossed 20105027D-E
• 2020-02-10 Read third time and passed House (83-Y 14-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-10 VOTE: Passage (83-Y 14-N)
• 2020-02-10 Impact statement from DPB (HB791E)
• 2020-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-11 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2020-02-17 Assigned Education sub: Health referral-committee
• 2020-02-20 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-21 Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-24 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-24 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-28 Enrolled
• 2020-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (HB791ER)
• 2020-02-28 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-02 Signed by President
• 2020-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2020
• 2020-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-07 Approved by Governor-Chapter 839 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c1ac95d5-b0d6-4df0-ac25-b4a1829b7a51. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).