Files
2026-07-06 17:28:36 -04:00

4.8 KiB
Raw Permalink Blame History

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
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 Pharmacist; remote verification and counseling in opioid treatment programs. Remote pharmacist verification and counseling in opioid treatment programs. Authorizes a pharmacist licensed in the Commonwealth to exercise verification, counseling, and supervision duties remotely when a pharmacy technician or other authorized personnel dispenses medication prescribed for the management of opioid use disorder at a federally certified opioid treatment program. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2026 SB 421 Virginia SB 421 (2026)
bill
enacted
Barbara A. Favola
3 30 6 2026-01-13 2026-04-06 openstates ocd-bill/e757039f-223d-435d-b1b5-b877028592e7 https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB421 2d5780a41f033c60812dcc90bef09efe24e8a03cc19bc838cfab8c473150c09b 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
legislation
bill
us-va

Virginia SB 421 (2026) — Pharmacist; remote verification and counseling in opioid treatment programs.

Remote pharmacist verification and counseling in opioid treatment programs. Authorizes a pharmacist licensed in the Commonwealth to exercise verification, counseling, and supervision duties remotely when a pharmacy technician or other authorized personnel dispenses medication prescribed for the management of opioid use disorder at a federally certified opioid treatment program.

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. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Education and Health — 140 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Health and Human Services — 193 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed R — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Passage R — 400 (pass) · upper
  • H VOTE: — 915 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting — 100 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Barbara A. Favola — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104861D filing, introduction
  • 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2026-01-29 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB421)
  • 2026-01-30 Assigned Education sub: Health Professions referral-committee
  • 2026-02-05 Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-06 Rules suspended
  • 2026-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
  • 2026-02-06 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
  • 2026-02-06 Passed by for the day
  • 2026-02-09 Read second time reading-2
  • 2026-02-09 Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
  • 2026-02-10 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
  • 2026-02-13 Placed on Calendar
  • 2026-02-13 Read first time reading-1
  • 2026-02-13 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
  • 2026-02-16 Assigned sub: Health Professions referral-committee
  • 2026-02-19 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
  • 2026-02-24 Reported from Health and Human Services (19-Y 3-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-26 Read second time reading-2
  • 2026-02-27 Read third time reading-3
  • 2026-02-27 Passed House (91-Y 5-N 0-A) passage
  • 2026-03-04 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2026-03-04 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB421ER) passage
  • 2026-03-04 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB421)
  • 2026-03-04 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2026-03-04 Signed by President passage
  • 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
  • 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 345 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
  • 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0345)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e757039f-223d-435d-b1b5-b877028592e7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).