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| Bill | Naloxone or other opioid antagonists; possession by state agencies, guidelines for private employer. | Naloxone or other opioid antagonists; possession and administration by state agencies. Requires state agencies to possess naloxone or other opioid antagonists used for overdose reversal to a person who is believed to be experiencing or about to experience a life-threatening opioid overdose and permits employees of any state agency to possess and administer naloxone or other opioid antagonists. The bill also directs the Department of Health to post on its website informational resources relating to the use of naloxone and other opioid antagonists for opioid overdose reversal and prevention in public places. Finally, the bill directs the Department of Health to develop a plan for the procurement and distribution of naloxone or other opioid antagonists to each state agency and for the possession of naloxone or other opioid antagonists by each state agency and to report its progress in developing such plan to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health and Human Services and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by November 1, 2024. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2024 | HB 342 | Virginia HB 342 (2024) |
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Virginia HB 342 (2024) — Naloxone or other opioid antagonists; possession by state agencies, guidelines for private employer.
Naloxone or other opioid antagonists; possession and administration by state agencies. Requires state agencies to possess naloxone or other opioid antagonists used for overdose reversal to a person who is believed to be experiencing or about to experience a life-threatening opioid overdose and permits employees of any state agency to possess and administer naloxone or other opioid antagonists. The bill also directs the Department of Health to post on its website informational resources relating to the use of naloxone and other opioid antagonists for opioid overdose reversal and prevention in public places. Finally, the bill directs the Department of Health to develop a plan for the procurement and distribution of naloxone or other opioid antagonists to each state agency and for the possession of naloxone or other opioid antagonists by each state agency and to report its progress in developing such plan to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health and Human Services and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by November 1, 2024.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0440 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 24106801D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 24108846D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
- Conference substitute printed 24109115D-H2 (committee substitute) — source
- HB342ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100674D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N) — 94–0 (pass) · lower
- Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 99-N) — 0–98 (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2024-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100674D
filing, introduction - 2024-01-05 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
referral-committee - 2024-01-17 Assigned sub: Health
referral-committee - 2024-01-23 Impact statement from DPB (HB342)
- 2024-02-01 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2024-02-01 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
substitution - 2024-02-01 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
referral-committee - 2024-02-06 Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2024-02-06 Committee substitute printed 24106801D-H1
substitution - 2024-02-08 Read first time
reading-1 - 2024-02-09 Impact statement from DPB (HB342H1)
- 2024-02-09 Read second time
reading-2 - 2024-02-09 Committee substitute agreed to 24106801D-H1
substitution - 2024-02-09 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB342H1
substitution - 2024-02-12 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2024-02-12 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
passage - 2024-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2024-02-13 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 (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2024-02-29 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
referral-committee - 2024-03-04 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2024-03-04 Committee substitute printed 24108846D-S1
substitution - 2024-03-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2024-03-05 Impact statement from DPB (HB342S1)
- 2024-03-06 Read third time
reading-3 - 2024-03-06 Reading of substitute waived
- 2024-03-06 Committee substitute agreed to 24108846D-S1
substitution - 2024-03-06 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB342S1
substitution - 2024-03-06 Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2024-03-07 Senate substitute rejected by House 24108846D-S1 (0-Y 99-N)
- 2024-03-07 VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 99-N)
- 2024-03-07 Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N)
substitution - 2024-03-07 Senate requested conference committee
referral-committee - 2024-03-07 House acceded to request
- 2024-03-07 Conferees appointed by Senate
- 2024-03-07 Senators: Favola, Aird, Head
- 2024-03-07 Conferees appointed by House
- 2024-03-07 Delegates: Hope, Shin, Higgins
- 2024-03-08 Amended by conference committee
- 2024-03-08 Conference substitute printed 24109115D-H2
- 2024-03-08 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
committee-passage-favorable - 2024-03-08 Conference report agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N)
committee-passage-favorable - 2024-03-08 VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 0-N)
- 2024-03-08 Impact statement from DPB (HB342H2)
- 2024-03-25 Enrolled
enrolled - 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB342ER)
passage - 2024-03-25 Signed by President
passage - 2024-03-26 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2024-03-27 Impact statement from DPB (HB342ER)
- 2024-03-27 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2024-03-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
executive-receipt - 2024-04-04 Approved by Governor-Chapter 440 (effective 7/1/24)
executive-signature - 2024-04-04 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0440)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/20de1ce6-dfe7-4fa4-8d36-2003899f8bf7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).