republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-257.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Sickle cell anemia; prescription of opioids for pain management.	Prescription of opioids; sickle cell anemia.Exempts prescribers from certain requirements of the PrescriptionMonitoring Program related to prescribing opioids if the opioid isprescribed to a patient for pain management related to sickle cellanemia.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 257	Virginia HB 257 (2024)	bill		enacted	Candi Mundon King	3	26	6	2024-01-04	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/b3103e47-8c29-44d3-934e-e8863da4e217	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB257	3c235e513d0aad1073c3f511cc8dca5ef10719e22f3a4034147299ebb15082d8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 257 (2024) — Sickle cell anemia; prescription of opioids for pain management.

Prescription of opioids; sickle cell anemia.Exempts prescribers from certain requirements of the PrescriptionMonitoring Program related to prescribing opioids if the opioid isprescribed to a patient for pain management related to sickle cellanemia.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0635 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB257ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101289D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Health and Human Services (15-Y 7-N) — 15–7 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 2-N) — 13–2 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (63-Y 35-N) — 62–35 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N) — 6–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Candi Mundon King — primary (person)
• Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
• Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
• Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
• Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
• Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
• Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
• Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
• Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
• Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
• Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-04 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101289D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-04 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2024-01-11 Impact statement from DPB (HB257)
• 2024-01-17 Assigned sub: Health referral-committee
• 2024-01-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
• 2024-01-25 Reported from Health and Human Services (15-Y 7-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-29 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-01-30 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-01-31 Read third time and passed House (63-Y 35-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-01-31 VOTE: Passage (63-Y 35-N) passage
• 2024-02-01 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-01 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2024-02-21 Assigned Education and Health Sub: Health Professions referral-committee
• 2024-02-29 Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2024-03-01 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-04 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-07 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB257ER) passage
• 2024-03-07 Impact statement from DPB (HB257ER)
• 2024-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-08 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
• 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 635 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0635)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b3103e47-8c29-44d3-934e-e8863da4e217. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).