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type: "Bill"
title: "Naloxone or other opioid antagonist; certain employees of DJJ authorized to administer."
description: "Certain employees of the Department of JuvenileJustice; naloxone or other opioid antagonist. Authorizes employeesof the Department of Juvenile Justice designated as probation andparole officers or as juvenile correctional officers to possess andadminister naloxone or other opioid antagonist for overdose reversalpursuant to an oral or written order or standing protocol issuedby the prescriber within the course of his professional practice."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1894"
citation: "Virginia HB 1894 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kaye Kory"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-08"
last_action: "2021-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7dc1547a-2362-4cab-93f8-6ccde990071f"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1894"
source_hash: "471b8aead0fbc689278044be7897e90d122be2752e3eef921abf7f5be1919f3e"
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 HB 1894 (2021) — Naloxone or other opioid antagonist; certain employees of DJJ authorized to administer.
Certain employees of the Department of JuvenileJustice; naloxone or other opioid antagonist. Authorizes employeesof the Department of Juvenile Justice designated as probation andparole officers or as juvenile correctional officers to possess andadminister naloxone or other opioid antagonist for overdose reversalpursuant to an oral or written order or standing protocol issuedby the prescriber within the course of his professional practice.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0181** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0181)
2. **HB1894ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1894ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101928D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1894)
## Votes
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Public Safety (21-Y 0-N) — **210** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **980** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — **320** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Kaye Kory — primary (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101928D `introduction`
- **2021-01-08** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-12** Assigned PS sub: Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-12** Impact statement from DPB (HB1894)
- **2021-01-14** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-15** Reported from Public Safety (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-18** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-01-19** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-01-20** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-20** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-21** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2021-01-21** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-10** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-22** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-25** Enrolled
- **2021-02-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB1894ER)
- **2021-02-25** Signed by President
- **2021-02-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-01** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
- **2021-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 181 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7dc1547a-2362-4cab-93f8-6ccde990071f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).