republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/hb-2019.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public elementary and secondary schools; administration of undesignated stock albuterol inhalers."
description: "Public elementary and secondary schools; possession and administration of undesignated stock albuterol inhalers and valved holding chambers. Requires each local school board to adopt and implement policies for the possession and administration of undesignated stock albuterol inhalers and valved holding chambers in every public school in the local school division, to be administered by any school nurse, employee of the school board, employee of a local governing body, or employee of a local health department who is authorized by the local health director and trained in the administration of albuterol inhalers and valved holding chambers for any student believed in good faith to be in need of such medication. The bill requires the Department of Health, in conjunction with the Department of Education, to develop and implement policies for the administration of stock albuterol in public schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2019"
citation: "Virginia HB 2019 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Delores L. McQuinn"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 40
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7cc42538-1ad6-4d6f-9a49-efc06d957659"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2019"
source_hash: "1220a7ffa289f5ebb6eaa16dd9637f5a782df89daa7d2a8df69f69feb41a0b38"
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 2019 (2021) — Public elementary and secondary schools; administration of undesignated stock albuterol inhalers.

Public elementary and secondary schools; possession and administration of undesignated stock albuterol inhalers and valved holding chambers. Requires each local school board to adopt and implement policies for the possession and administration of undesignated stock albuterol inhalers and valved holding chambers in every public school in the local school division, to be administered by any school nurse, employee of the school board, employee of a local governing body, or employee of a local health department who is authorized by the local health director and trained in the administration of albuterol inhalers and valved holding chambers for any student believed in good faith to be in need of such medication. The bill requires the Department of Health, in conjunction with the Department of Education, to develop and implement policies for the administration of stock albuterol in public schools.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0508** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0508)
2. **Committee substitute printed 21200123D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2019S1)
3. **HB2019ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2019ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102599D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2019)
5. **Printed as engrossed 21102599D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2019E)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (86-Y 12-N) — **85–12** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education with amendment(s) (16-Y 6-N) — **16–6** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (37-Y 2-N) — **37–2** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N) — **6–2** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (13-Y 1-N) — **13–1** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (82-Y 18-N) — **81–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Delores L. McQuinn — primary (person)
- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Chris L. Hurst — cosponsor (person)
- David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
- Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey M. Bourne — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
- L. Louise Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)
- Lee J. Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102599D `introduction`
- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (HB2019)
- **2021-01-19** Assigned Education sub: Pre-K-12 `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-22** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
- **2021-01-25** Reported from Education with amendment(s) (16-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-01-27** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2021-01-27** Engrossed by House as amended HB2019E
- **2021-01-27** Printed as engrossed 21102599D-E
- **2021-01-28** Read third time and passed House (82-Y 18-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-28** VOTE: Passage (82-Y 18-N)
- **2021-01-29** Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (HB2019)
- **2021-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2021-01-29** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** Impact statement from DPB (HB2019E)
- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-10** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-02-18** Committee substitute printed 21200123D-S1 `substitution`
- **2021-02-18** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (13-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB2019S1)
- **2021-02-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-22** Reading of substitute waived
- **2021-02-22** Committee substitute agreed to 21200123D-S1
- **2021-02-22** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2019S1
- **2021-02-22** Passed Senate with substitute (37-Y 2-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-23** Placed on Calendar
- **2021-02-23** Passed by for the day
- **2021-02-24** Senate substitute agreed to by House 21200123D-S1 (86-Y 12-N)
- **2021-02-24** VOTE: Adoption (86-Y 12-N)
- **2021-02-26** Enrolled
- **2021-02-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB2019ER)
- **2021-02-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-27** Signed by President
- **2021-03-01** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 20201
- **2021-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 508 (effective - 1/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7cc42538-1ad6-4d6f-9a49-efc06d957659`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).