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Bill	Pharmacists; initiation of treatment with and dispensing and administration of vaccines.	Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians; initiation of treatment with and dispensing and administration of vaccines. Allows pharmacists and pharmacy technicians acting under the supervision of a pharmacist to initiate treatment with and dispense and administer vaccines for COVID-19, nicotine replacement and other tobacco cessation therapies, and tests for COVID-19 and other coronaviruses to persons aged 18 years and older and vaccines included on the Immunization Schedule published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and vaccines for COVID-19 and tests for COVID-19 and other coronaviruses to persons three years of age or older in accordance with a statewide protocol established by the Board of Medicine in collaboration with the Board of Pharmacy and the Department of Health. The bill also directs the Board of Medicine, in collaboration with the Board of Pharmacy and the Department of Health to develop such statewide protocol by November 1, 2022, and directs the Board of Pharmacy to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill. The bill also provides that when services related to the initiation of treatment with or dispensing or administration of a vaccination by a pharmacist, pharmacy technician, or pharmacy intern provided for by the state plan for medical assistance services are provided in accordance with the provisions of the bill, the Department of Medical Assistance Services shall provide reimbursement for such services. Finally, the bill provides that provisions related to administration of COVID-19 vaccines to and testing for COVID-19 of minors shall become effective upon the expiration of the provisions of the federal Declaration Under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19 related to the administration of COVID-19 vaccines to and testing for COVID-19 of minors. This bill is identical to HB 1323.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	SB 672	Virginia SB 672 (2022)	bill		enacted	Siobhan S. Dunnavant	6	55	11	2022-01-20	2022-05-27	openstates	ocd-bill/f0f155b6-b641-484f-baa1-25d6648d11c5	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB672	657409f761bde568f087640b9ea4172673e2ebe99b463ef4ce18c9518f83baf0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 672 (2022) — Pharmacists; initiation of treatment with and dispensing and administration of vaccines.

Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians; initiation of treatment with and dispensing and administration of vaccines. Allows pharmacists and pharmacy technicians acting under the supervision of a pharmacist to initiate treatment with and dispense and administer vaccines for COVID-19, nicotine replacement and other tobacco cessation therapies, and tests for COVID-19 and other coronaviruses to persons aged 18 years and older and vaccines included on the Immunization Schedule published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and vaccines for COVID-19 and tests for COVID-19 and other coronaviruses to persons three years of age or older in accordance with a statewide protocol established by the Board of Medicine in collaboration with the Board of Pharmacy and the Department of Health. The bill also directs the Board of Medicine, in collaboration with the Board of Pharmacy and the Department of Health to develop such statewide protocol by November 1, 2022, and directs the Board of Pharmacy to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill. The bill also provides that when services related to the initiation of treatment with or dispensing or administration of a vaccination by a pharmacist, pharmacy technician, or pharmacy intern provided for by the state plan for medical assistance services are provided in accordance with the provisions of the bill, the Department of Medical Assistance Services shall provide reimbursement for such services. Finally, the bill provides that provisions related to administration of COVID-19 vaccines to and testing for COVID-19 of minors shall become effective upon the expiration of the provisions of the federal Declaration Under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19 related to the administration of COVID-19 vaccines to and testing for COVID-19 of minors. This bill is identical to HB 1323.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0790 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 22106389D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee substitute printed 22107066D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Conference substitute printed 22107741D-S2 (committee substitute) — source
5. Governor's substitute printed 22108021D-S3 (committee substitute) — source
6. SB672ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate acceded to request (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 43-N) — 55–43 (pass) · lower
• House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) — 0–40 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• Siobhan S. Dunnavant — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-20 Presented and ordered printed 22104494D introduction
• 2022-01-20 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2022-01-31 Assigned Education sub: Health Professions referral-committee
• 2022-01-31 Impact statement from DPB (SB672)
• 2022-02-04 Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-10 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-10 Committee substitute printed 22106389D-S1 substitution
• 2022-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-14 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-14 Reading of substitute waived
• 2022-02-14 Committee substitute agreed to 22106389D-S1
• 2022-02-14 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB672S1
• 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 (SB672S1)
• 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 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-24 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-24 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-24 Committee substitute printed 22107066D-H1 substitution
• 2022-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (SB672H1)
• 2022-02-28 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-03-01 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-03-01 Committee substitute agreed to 22107066D-H1
• 2022-03-01 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB672H1
• 2022-03-01 Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-03-01 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-03 House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
• 2022-03-04 House insisted on substitute
• 2022-03-04 House requested conference committee
• 2022-03-08 Senate acceded to request (38-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-08 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2022-03-10 Conferees appointed by House
• 2022-03-11 Amended by conference committee
• 2022-03-11 Conference substitute printed 22107741D-S2
• 2022-03-12 Conference report agreed to by House (55-Y 43-N)
• 2022-03-12 VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 43-N)
• 2022-03-12 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-14 Impact statement from DPB (SB672S2)
• 2022-03-21 Enrolled
• 2022-03-21 Impact statement from DPB (SB672ER)
• 2022-03-21 Signed by President
• 2022-03-22 Signed by Speaker
• 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
• 2022-04-11 Governor's substitute printed 22108021D-S3
• 2022-04-27 Passed by temporarily
• 2022-04-27 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-04-27 Motion to pass by Governor's recommendation agreed to
• 2022-04-27 Communicated to Governor on April 27, 2022
• 2022-04-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 27, 2022
• 2022-05-27 Approved by Governor-Chapter 790 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f0f155b6-b641-484f-baa1-25d6648d11c5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).