republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/sb-120.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Institutions of Higher Education Substance Use Advisory Committee; established."
description: "Directs the Board of Directors of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (Board) to establish and appoint members to the Virginia Institutions of Higher Education Substance Use Advisory Committee (Advisory Committee). The bill provides that the goal of the Advisory Committee shall be to develop and update a statewide strategic plan for substance use education, prevention, and intervention at Virginia's public and private institutions of higher education. The bill provides that the Advisory Committee shall consist of representatives from Virginia's public and private institutions of higher education, including students and directors of student health, and such other members as the Board may deem appropriate. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 120"
citation: "Virginia SB 120 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverage Control Act", "Authorities", "Study Commissions", "Committees and Reports"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara A. Favola"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-12-15"
last_action: "2018-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1dcfe06c-c9ea-4c73-a016-794f05e834dc"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB120"
source_hash: "17dca7c02ac27706e06f56d0640c7270afca77c5f2bb6a24fb84b8e413df8434"
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 120 (2018) — Virginia Institutions of Higher Education Substance Use Advisory Committee; established.

Directs the Board of Directors of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (Board) to establish and appoint members to the Virginia Institutions of Higher Education Substance Use Advisory Committee (Advisory Committee). The bill provides that the goal of the Advisory Committee shall be to develop and update a statewide strategic plan for substance use education, prevention, and intervention at Virginia's public and private institutions of higher education. The bill provides that the Advisory Committee shall consist of representatives from Virginia's public and private institutions of higher education, including students and directors of student health, and such other members as the Board may deem appropriate. This bill is identical to

## Version chain

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

1. **House: Committee substitute printed 18107155D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB120H1)
2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB120ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB120ER)
3. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 18105753D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB120S1)
4. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101325D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB120)

## Votes

- Read third time and passed Senate — **37–2** (pass) · legislature
- House substitute agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — **12–3** (pass) · legislature
- Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from General Laws with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Finance with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Barbara A. Favola — primary (person)
- Charles W. Carrico, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
- David W. Marsden — cosponsor (person)
- Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-12-15** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101325D `introduction`
- **2017-12-15** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-12** Rereferred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2018-01-25** Reading of substitute waived
- **2018-01-25** Committee substitute agreed to 18105753D-S1
- **2018-01-25** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB120S1
- **2018-01-31** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-19** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-20** Committee substitute agreed to 18107155D-H1
- **2018-02-20** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB120H1
- **2018-02-20** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2018-02-22** Title replaced 18107155D-H1
- **2018-02-26** Enrolled
- **2018-02-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2018-02-28** Signed by President
- **2018-03-02** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2018
- **2018-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 9, 2018
- **2018-03-09** Approved by Governor-Chapter 210 (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/1dcfe06c-c9ea-4c73-a016-794f05e834dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).