republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-566.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Naloxone or other opioid antagonist; possession and administration, liability.	Naloxone; possession and administration. Provides that a person who is not otherwise authorized to administer naloxone or other opioid antagonist used for overdose reversal may administer naloxone or other opioid antagonist used for overdose reversal to a person who is believed to be experiencing or about to experience a life-threatening opioid overdose, provided that the administration is in good faith and absent gross negligence or willful and wanton misconduct.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 566	Virginia SB 566 (2020)	bill		enacted	John S. Edwards	4	29	6	2020-01-07	2020-04-10	openstates	ocd-bill/f8173f3b-a3ea-4a9e-a468-7b122f697934	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB566	c26767049261b959d5fb5a3eaab8a29fc602ea2f0716fc8acd388359c7cf5680	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 566 (2020) — Naloxone or other opioid antagonist; possession and administration, liability.

Naloxone; possession and administration. Provides that a person who is not otherwise authorized to administer naloxone or other opioid antagonist used for overdose reversal may administer naloxone or other opioid antagonist used for overdose reversal to a person who is believed to be experiencing or about to experience a life-threatening opioid overdose, provided that the administration is in good faith and absent gross negligence or willful and wanton misconduct.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1095) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB566ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by Senate as amended SB566E (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (SB566) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper

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 20104900D introduction
• 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2020-01-27 Assigned Education sub: Health Professions referral-committee
• 2020-01-28 Impact statement from DPB (SB566)
• 2020-02-06 Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-10 Reading of amendment waived
• 2020-02-10 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2020-02-10 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB566E
• 2020-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-10 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-10 Printed as engrossed 20104900D-E
• 2020-02-11 Impact statement from DPB (SB566E)
• 2020-02-18 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-18 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-18 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
• 2020-02-25 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (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 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-28 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-05 Enrolled
• 2020-03-05 Impact statement from DPB (SB566ER)
• 2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-07 Signed by President
• 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
• 2020-04-10 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1095 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f8173f3b-a3ea-4a9e-a468-7b122f697934. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).