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type: "Bill"
title: "Certified registered nurse anesthetists; prescriptive authority."
description: "Certified registered nurse anesthetists; prescriptive authority. Authorizes certified registered nurse anesthetists to prescribe Schedule II through Schedule VI controlled substances and devices to a patient requiring anesthesia, as part of the periprocedural care of the patient, provided that such prescribing is in accordance with requirements for practice by certified registered nurse anesthetists and is done under the supervision of a doctor of medicine, osteopathy, podiatry, or dentistry. This bill is identical to HB 1059."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 264"
citation: "Virginia SB 264 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John J. Bell"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-03"
last_action: "2020-03-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55f7ab4b-e8b9-4563-acd2-0d188289be03"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB264"
source_hash: "9dc0482f9b41f3426c180f915bd52dfe566826a5ef8c72cead8ebd6915e87c74"
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 264 (2020) — Certified registered nurse anesthetists; prescriptive authority.
Certified registered nurse anesthetists; prescriptive authority. Authorizes certified registered nurse anesthetists to prescribe Schedule II through Schedule VI controlled substances and devices to a patient requiring anesthesia, as part of the periprocedural care of the patient, provided that such prescribing is in accordance with requirements for practice by certified registered nurse anesthetists and is done under the supervision of a doctor of medicine, osteopathy, podiatry, or dentistry. This bill is identical to HB 1059.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0161)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0161)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB264ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB264ER)
3. **Engrossed by Senate as amended SB264E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB264E)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB264)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB264)
## Votes
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **370** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **970** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- John J. Bell — primary (person)
- David R. Suetterlein — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer A. Kiggans — cosponsor (person)
- John S. Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102284D `introduction`
- **2020-01-03** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13** Impact statement from DPB (SB264)
- **2020-01-16** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30** Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-03** Reading of amendment waived
- **2020-02-03** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2020-02-03** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB264E
- **2020-02-03** Printed as engrossed 20102284D-E
- **2020-02-04** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-04** Impact statement from DPB (SB264E)
- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-21** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-21** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-25** Enrolled
- **2020-02-25** Impact statement from DPB (SB264ER)
- **2020-02-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-26** Signed by President
- **2020-03-03** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 3, 2020
- **2020-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 10, 2020
- **2020-03-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 161 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/55f7ab4b-e8b9-4563-acd2-0d188289be03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).