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type: "Bill"
title: "Prescription Monitoring Program; adds controlled substances included in Schedule V and naloxone."
description: "Adds controlled substances included in Schedule V for which a prescription is required and naloxone to the list of covered substances the dispensing of which must be reported to the Prescription Monitoring Program. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1556"
citation: "Virginia HB 1556 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Narcotics and Drugs", "Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Todd E. Pillion"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-19"
last_action: "2018-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fba8d6f0-8dae-46f2-9a2e-39f46ccb3399"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB1556"
source_hash: "2fe3b79ba3a10a2c8d1f7a3ba1eea5f9b24f4d7b9253715fa438abf5bbc30d16"
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 HB 1556 (2018) — Prescription Monitoring Program; adds controlled substances included in Schedule V and naloxone.
Adds controlled substances included in Schedule V for which a prescription is required and naloxone to the list of covered substances the dispensing of which must be reported to the Prescription Monitoring Program. This bill is identical to
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1556ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB1556ER)
2. **House: Presented and ordered printed 18104962D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB1556)
## Votes
- Read third time and passed House — **952** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **100** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Education and Health — **150** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — **210** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **380** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Todd E. Pillion — primary (person)
- John J. Bell — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-01-19** Presented and ordered printed 18104962D `introduction`
- **2018-01-19** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-22** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-02-07** Read third time and passed House (95-Y 2-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2018-02-08** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-21** Enrolled
- **2018-02-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2018-02-23** Signed by President
- **2018-02-26** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
- **2018-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
- **2018-03-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 185 (effective 7/1/18) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fba8d6f0-8dae-46f2-9a2e-39f46ccb3399`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).