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| Bill | Public health emergency; Comm. of Health to authorize administration, etc., of necessary drugs, etc. | Commissioner of Health; administration and dispensing of necessary drugs, devices, and vaccines during public health emergency; emergency. Allows the Commissioner of Health to authorize persons who are not authorized by law to administer or dispense drugs or devices to do so in accordance with protocols established by the Commissioner when the Board of Health has made an emergency order for the purpose of suppressing nuisances dangerous to the public health and communicable, contagious, and infectious diseases and other dangers to the public life and health for the limited purpose of administering vaccines as an approved countermeasure for such communicable, contagious, and infectious diseases. Current law limits the Commissioner's ability to make such authorizations to circumstances when the Governor has declared a disaster or a state of emergency or the federal Secretary of Health and Human Services has issued a declaration of an actual or potential bioterrorism incident or other actual or potential public health emergency. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to HB 939. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2022 | SB 647 | Virginia SB 647 (2022) |
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Virginia SB 647 (2022) — Public health emergency; Comm. of Health to authorize administration, etc., of necessary drugs, etc.
Commissioner of Health; administration and dispensing of necessary drugs, devices, and vaccines during public health emergency; emergency. Allows the Commissioner of Health to authorize persons who are not authorized by law to administer or dispense drugs or devices to do so in accordance with protocols established by the Commissioner when the Board of Health has made an emergency order for the purpose of suppressing nuisances dangerous to the public health and communicable, contagious, and infectious diseases and other dangers to the public life and health for the limited purpose of administering vaccines as an approved countermeasure for such communicable, contagious, and infectious diseases. Current law limits the Commissioner's ability to make such authorizations to circumstances when the Governor has declared a disaster or a state of emergency or the federal Secretary of Health and Human Services has issued a declaration of an actual or potential bioterrorism incident or other actual or potential public health emergency. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to HB 939.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0733 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 22107065D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
- Presented and ordered printed 22104480D (committee substitute) — source
- SB647ER (committee substitute) — source
- SB647ER2 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (39-Y 1-N) — 39–1 (pass) · upper
- Committee amendments reconsidered (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (97-Y 3-N) — 96–3 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 1-N) — 39–1 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (93-Y 4-N) — 92–4 (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation agreed to (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Siobhan S. Dunnavant — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2022-01-17 Presented and ordered printed 22104480D
introduction - 2022-01-17 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2022-01-25 Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
referral-committee - 2022-02-02 Impact statement from DPB (SB647)
- 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 SB647E
- 2022-02-14 Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (39-Y 1-N)
- 2022-02-14 Committee amendments reconsidered (39-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-14 Committee amendments rejected
- 2022-02-14 Engrossed by Senate
- 2022-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-14 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2022-02-23 Placed on Calendar
- 2022-02-23 Read first time
reading-1 - 2022-02-23 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
referral-committee - 2022-02-24 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2022-02-24 Committee substitute printed 22107065D-H1
substitution - 2022-02-28 Read second time
reading-2 - 2022-03-01 Passed by for the day
- 2022-03-02 Impact statement from DPB (SB647H1)
- 2022-03-02 Read third time
reading-3 - 2022-03-02 Committee substitute agreed to 22107065D-H1
- 2022-03-02 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB647H1
- 2022-03-02 Passed House with substitute (97-Y 3-N)
passage - 2022-03-02 VOTE: Passage (97-Y 3-N)
- 2022-03-04 House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 2022-03-04 Emergency clause added
- 2022-03-04 Title replaced 22107065D-H1
- 2022-03-09 Enrolled
- 2022-03-09 Signed by Speaker
- 2022-03-10 Impact statement from DPB (SB647ER)
- 2022-03-10 Signed by President
- 2022-03-22 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- 2022-03-22 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- 2022-04-11 Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 2022-04-27 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 1-N)
- 2022-04-27 VOTE: Adoption (93-Y 4-N)
- 2022-04-27 Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation agreed to (40-Y 0-N)
- 2022-04-27 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- 2022-04-27 Reenrolled
- 2022-04-27 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (93-Y 4-N)
- 2022-04-27 Governor's recommendation adopted
- 2022-04-27 Reenrolled bill text (SB647ER2)
- 2022-04-27 Signed by President as reenrolled
- 2022-04-27 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 2022-04-27 Enacted, Chapter 733 (effective 4/27/22)
became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9db9b4ea-e759-4a09-ba0e-b68c19e348e4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).