republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-530.md

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Bill	Epinephrine; possession and administration by a restaurant employee.	Possession and administration of epinephrine; restaurant employee. Authorizes any employee of a licensed restaurant to possess and administer epinephrine on the premises of the restaurant at which the employee is employed, provided that such employee is authorized by a prescriber and trained in the administration of epinephrine. The bill also requires 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 restaurants.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 530	Virginia SB 530 (2020)	bill		enacted	John S. Edwards	3	32	9	2020-01-07	2020-04-07	openstates	ocd-bill/f8132afa-bda4-4345-bec1-8e6b2916caf5	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB530	f91dadf5a5ce4e8484370ea4ce3adbaf3d0c67d8455023d655fc9a0947e5f4ad	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 530 (2020) — Epinephrine; possession and administration by a restaurant employee.

Possession and administration of epinephrine; restaurant employee. Authorizes any employee of a licensed restaurant to possess and administer epinephrine on the premises of the restaurant at which the employee is employed, provided that such employee is authorized by a prescriber and trained in the administration of epinephrine. The bill also requires 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 restaurants.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0853) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB530ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from DPB (SB530) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Referred from Courts of Justice — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (6-Y 0-N) — 6–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• John S. Edwards — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104203D introduction
• 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2020-01-27 Assigned Education sub: Health Professions referral-committee
• 2020-01-27 Impact statement from DPB (SB530)
• 2020-02-06 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-10 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2020-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-10 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-13 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2020-02-14 Referred from Courts of Justice
• 2020-02-14 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
• 2020-02-18 Assigned HWI sub: Health Professions referral-committee
• 2020-02-21 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-02-21 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (6-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-25 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-28 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-28 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2020-02-28 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2020-02-28 Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-28 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-02 House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-06 Enrolled
• 2020-03-06 Impact statement from DPB (SB530ER)
• 2020-03-06 Signed by President
• 2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
• 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-07 Approved by Governor-Chapter 853 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f8132afa-bda4-4345-bec1-8e6b2916caf5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).