republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-1473.md

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Bill	Fentanyl education and awareness informational one-sheet; Department of Education shall develop.	Department of Education; development and distribution of fentanyl education and awareness informational one-sheet; requirements. Requires the Department of Education to develop, in collaboration with the Department of Health, a fentanyl education and awareness informational one-sheet designed to promote awareness of the dangers associated with and the prevalence of fentanyl and provide essential information on fentanyl overdose prevention and preparedness among high school-age students. The bill requires the Department of Education to make available to each school board and post in a publicly accessible location on its website such informational one-sheet and to annually review and update such informational one-sheet in collaboration with the Department of Health to ensure its currency and accuracy. The bill requires each public high school or secondary school that includes grades nine through 12 to annually distribute such informational one-sheet to each student in grades nine through 12 within the first two weeks of the school year. This bill incorporates HB 1007.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 1473	Virginia HB 1473 (2024)	bill		enacted	Nadarius E. Clark	4	30	6	2024-01-19	2024-04-05	openstates	ocd-bill/767886ea-3fc4-4189-9bac-caab68ce6343	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1473	867bca5831bec5f5bc908314a4348906b24ec465a78a2b4ebd0939619fa4471f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1473 (2024) — Fentanyl education and awareness informational one-sheet; Department of Education shall develop.

Department of Education; development and distribution of fentanyl education and awareness informational one-sheet; requirements. Requires the Department of Education to develop, in collaboration with the Department of Health, a fentanyl education and awareness informational one-sheet designed to promote awareness of the dangers associated with and the prevalence of fentanyl and provide essential information on fentanyl overdose prevention and preparedness among high school-age students. The bill requires the Department of Education to make available to each school board and post in a publicly accessible location on its website such informational one-sheet and to annually review and update such informational one-sheet in collaboration with the Department of Health to ensure its currency and accuracy. The bill requires each public high school or secondary school that includes grades nine through 12 to annually distribute such informational one-sheet to each student in grades nine through 12 within the first two weeks of the school year. This bill incorporates HB 1007.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0564 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24106748D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB1473ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Presented and ordered printed 24105331D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) — 95–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Nadarius E. Clark — primary (person)
• Joshua E. Thomas — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-19 Presented and ordered printed 24105331D introduction
• 2024-01-19 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
• 2024-01-30 Assigned Education sub: Early Childhood referral-committee
• 2024-01-31 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2024-02-05 Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-05 Committee substitute printed 24106748D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-05 Incorporates HB1007 (LovejoyJ
• 2024-02-05 Impact statement from DPB (HB1473H1)
• 2024-02-07 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-08 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-08 Committee substitute agreed to 24106748D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-08 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1473H1 substitution
• 2024-02-09 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-09 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-12 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2024-02-14 Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education referral-committee
• 2024-02-22 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-23 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-26 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-26 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-29 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-29 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1473ER) passage
• 2024-02-29 Impact statement from DPB (HB1473ER)
• 2024-02-29 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-03 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-05 Approved by Governor-Chapter 564 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-05 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0564)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/767886ea-3fc4-4189-9bac-caab68ce6343. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).