republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/sb-308.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 HB 794.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	SB 308	Virginia SB 308 (2026)	bill		enacted	Stella G. Pekarsky	6	47	10	2026-01-13	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/53216e36-fb0e-47eb-a3e3-58ce466d9ac9	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB308	022b16d5103bf122de18a550b660455e510b7d9b24bf5e0f408b8c2d2c6d7e90	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 308 (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 HB 794.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. Education and Health Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Finance and Appropriations Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. Health and Human Services Substitute (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Reported from Appropriations — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health with substitute — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Concur House Substitute R — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Stella G. Pekarsky — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104744D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2026-01-27 Assigned Education sub: Health referral-committee
• 2026-01-27 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB308)
• 2026-01-27 Senate subcommittee offered
• 2026-01-29 Senate committee offered
• 2026-01-29 Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N 1-A) committee-passage
• 2026-01-30 Committee substitute printed 26106366D-S1 substitution
• 2026-02-05 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-09 Committee substitute printed 26107252D-S2 substitution
• 2026-02-09 Rules suspended
• 2026-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-09 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
• 2026-02-09 Passed by for the day
• 2026-02-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-10 Education and Health Substitute rejected
• 2026-02-10 Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
• 2026-02-10 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote) substitution
• 2026-02-11 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-13 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB308)
• 2026-02-17 Placed on Calendar
• 2026-02-17 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-17 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2026-02-19 Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (20-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-19 Reconsidered by Health and Human Services
• 2026-02-19 Committee substitute printed 26108255D-H1 substitution
• 2026-02-19 Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB308)
• 2026-02-23 Assigned HAPP sub: Health & Human Resources referral-committee
• 2026-02-25 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-03-02 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-02 committee substitute agreed to substitution
• 2026-03-02 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-03-02 Passed House with substitute (98-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-02 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
• 2026-03-02 Passed House with substitute Block Vote (99-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-04 House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) substitution
• 2026-03-10 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-10 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB308ER) passage
• 2026-03-10 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB308)
• 2026-03-10 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-10 Signed by President 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 668 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
• 2026-04-13 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0668)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/53216e36-fb0e-47eb-a3e3-58ce466d9ac9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).