republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-74.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prescription Monitoring Program; release of records to drug court administrators."
description: "Prescription Monitoring Program; release ofrecords to drug court administrators and behavioral health docketadministrators. Requires the Director of the Department of HealthProfessions to release otherwise confidential information from thePrescription Monitoring Program when such information is relevantto a specific investigation, supervision, or monitoring of a specific recipient for purposes of the administration of criminal justiceto drug court administrators and behavioral health docket administratorswho have completed the Virginia State Police Drug Diversion Schooldesignated by the Director of the Department of Corrections or hisdesignee. The bill requires release of the information upon receivinga request for information in accordance with the Department of HealthProfession's regulations and in compliance with applicable federallaw and regulations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 74"
citation: "Virginia SB 74 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tara A. Durant"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-12-28"
last_action: "2024-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4c17143-aa6f-4e5f-a65a-7c7389abf591"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB74"
source_hash: "8b6cb26539d11906a705ebb5f1475a26043dc261d6c1c1d50eaf02ae9bcf3b6f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia SB 74 (2024) — Prescription Monitoring Program; release of records to drug court administrators.

Prescription Monitoring Program; release ofrecords to drug court administrators and behavioral health docketadministrators. Requires the Director of the Department of HealthProfessions to release otherwise confidential information from thePrescription Monitoring Program when such information is relevantto a specific investigation, supervision, or monitoring of a specific recipient for purposes of the administration of criminal justiceto drug court administrators and behavioral health docket administratorswho have completed the Virginia State Police Drug Diversion Schooldesignated by the Director of the Department of Corrections or hisdesignee. The bill requires release of the information upon receivinga request for information in accordance with the Department of HealthProfession's regulations and in compliance with applicable federallaw and regulations.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0033** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0033)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102595D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB74)
3. **SB74ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB74ER)

## Votes

- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tara A. Durant — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-28** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102595D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-12-28** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-11** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-11** Impact statement from DPB (SB74)
- **2024-01-18** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2024-01-22** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-01-23** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2024-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-13** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13** Assigned sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-19** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-20** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-20** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-22** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB74ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (SB74ER)
- **2024-02-22** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2024 `enrolled`
- **2024-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 33 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0033)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4c17143-aa6f-4e5f-a65a-7c7389abf591`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).