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type: "Bill"
title: "Athletic trainers; naloxone or other opioid antagonist."
description: "Athletic trainers; naloxone or other opioidantagonist. Authorizes licensed athletic trainers to possessand administer naloxone or other opioid antagonist for overdose reversalpursuant to an oral or written order or standing protocol issuedby the prescriber within the course of his professional practice."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1261"
citation: "Virginia HB 1261 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Keith Hodges"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4985edd7-42ea-4dff-b977-77c173f99d42"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1261"
source_hash: "965c057f413c339de7e2e8576890f701d6a7897a80210a19b8817b690eb6fc3f"
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 1261 (2020) — Athletic trainers; naloxone or other opioid antagonist.
Athletic trainers; naloxone or other opioidantagonist. Authorizes licensed athletic trainers to possessand administer naloxone or other opioid antagonist for overdose reversalpursuant to an oral or written order or standing protocol issuedby the prescriber within the course of his professional practice.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0927)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0927)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1261ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1261ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB1261)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1261)
## Votes
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — **320** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: (99-Y 0-N) — **980** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- M. Keith Hodges — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102977D `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-15** Impact statement from DPB (HB1261)
- **2020-01-21** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-24** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-01-27** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-01-27** VOTE: (99-Y 0-N)
- **2020-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-01-28** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-12** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-28** Enrolled
- **2020-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB1261ER)
- **2020-02-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-02** Signed by President
- **2020-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2020
- **2020-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-09** Approved by Governor-Chapter 927 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4985edd7-42ea-4dff-b977-77c173f99d42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).