republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-794.md

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Bill	Drug overdose and drug overdose deaths; VDH to develop plan for opioid overdose response.	Department of Health; reduction of opioid overdose and opioid overdose deaths; report. Directs the Department of Health to develop a strategic plan for opioid overdose response to reduce rates of drug overdose and drug overdose deaths in the Commonwealth and to provide a report on the status of such strategic plan and its implementation to the Governor, the Chairs of the House Committees on Appropriations and Health and Human Services and the Senate Committees on Education and Health and Finance and Appropriations, and the Joint Commission on Health Care by November 1, 2026, and annually thereafter. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care. This bill is identical to SB 308.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 794	Virginia HB 794 (2026)	bill		enacted	Atoosa R. Reaser	7	38	9	2026-01-13	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/497349ec-8aaf-4bd9-aa36-b20d8cc331b7	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB794	204ac85889303ccb2772eb2c56d7c97ea50e004130790b87cd41c3cff0635d49	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 794 (2026) — Drug overdose and drug overdose deaths; VDH to develop plan for opioid overdose response.

Department of Health; reduction of opioid overdose and opioid overdose deaths; report. Directs the Department of Health to develop a strategic plan for opioid overdose response to reduce rates of drug overdose and drug overdose deaths in the Commonwealth and to provide a report on the status of such strategic plan and its implementation to the Governor, the Chairs of the House Committees on Appropriations and Health and Human Services and the Senate Committees on Education and Health and Finance and Appropriations, and the Joint Commission on Health Care by November 1, 2026, and annually thereafter. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care. This bill is identical to SB 308.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Appropriations Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. Health & Human Resources Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. Health and Human Services Substitute (committee substitute) — source
6. Social Services Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
7. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Appropriations with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 8–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Atoosa R. Reaser — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104743D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2026-01-21 Assigned sub: Social Services referral-committee
• 2026-01-22 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-01-22 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2026-01-27 Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-01-27 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB794)
• 2026-01-27 Committee substitute printed 26106031D-H1 substitution
• 2026-01-27 Assigned HAPP sub: Health & Human Resources referral-committee
• 2026-02-06 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2026-02-06 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-02-09 Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-09 Committee substitute printed 26107377D-H2 substitution
• 2026-02-11 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-12 committee substitute rejected
• 2026-02-12 committee substitute agreed to substitution
• 2026-02-12 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-02-13 Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-13 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB794)
• 2026-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-02-16 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2026-02-26 Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-03 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-03 Rules suspended
• 2026-03-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-03 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
• 2026-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-04 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-11 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-11 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB794ER) passage
• 2026-03-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB794)
• 2026-03-11 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-12 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-14 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-14 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 667 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
• 2026-04-13 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0667)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/497349ec-8aaf-4bd9-aa36-b20d8cc331b7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).