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type: "Bill"
title: "Opioid treatment program pharmacy; medication dispensing, registered/licensed practical nurses."
description: "Opioid treatment program pharmacy; medication dispensing; registered nurses and licensed practical nurses. Allows registered nurses and licensed practical nurses practicing at an opioid treatment program pharmacy to perform the duties of a pharmacy technician, provided that all take-home medication doses are verified for accuracy by a pharmacist prior to dispensing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 511"
citation: "Virginia SB 511 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David R. Suetterlein"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7dddaab9-41fc-4842-a149-f07cbeef8785"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB511"
source_hash: "418cf73664a99d5c5543113dd4dda8b24e8751e0cb390b2920b1f9d439bbb7ec"
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 511 (2022) — Opioid treatment program pharmacy; medication dispensing, registered/licensed practical nurses.
Opioid treatment program pharmacy; medication dispensing; registered nurses and licensed practical nurses. Allows registered nurses and licensed practical nurses practicing at an opioid treatment program pharmacy to perform the duties of a pharmacy technician, provided that all take-home medication doses are verified for accuracy by a pharmacist prior to dispensing.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0138** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0138)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101924D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB511)
3. **Printed as engrossed 22101924D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB511E)
4. **SB511ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB511ER)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **990** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- David R. Suetterlein — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101924D `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-21** Impact statement from DPB (SB511)
- **2022-01-31** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-04** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-10** Reported from Education and Health with amendments (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-14** Reading of amendments waived
- **2022-02-14** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2022-02-14** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB511E
- **2022-02-14** Printed as engrossed 22101924D-E
- **2022-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-14** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-15** Impact statement from DPB (SB511E)
- **2022-02-22** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-22** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-22** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-28** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-01** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-01** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-04** Enrolled
- **2022-03-04** Signed by President
- **2022-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (SB511ER)
- **2022-03-04** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-07** Approved by Governor-Chapter 138 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7dddaab9-41fc-4842-a149-f07cbeef8785`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).