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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Naloxone or other opioid antagonist; possession and administration, liability."
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description: "Naloxone; possession and administration. Provides that a person who is not otherwise authorized to administer naloxone or other opioid antagonist used for overdose reversal may administer naloxone or other opioid antagonist used for overdose reversal to a person who is believed to be experiencing or about to experience a life-threatening opioid overdose, provided that the administration is in good faith and absent gross negligence or willful and wanton misconduct."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 566"
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citation: "Virginia SB 566 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["John S. Edwards"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2020-01-07"
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last_action: "2020-04-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8173f3b-a3ea-4a9e-a468-7b122f697934"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB566"
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source_hash: "c26767049261b959d5fb5a3eaab8a29fc602ea2f0716fc8acd388359c7cf5680"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 566 (2020) — Naloxone or other opioid antagonist; possession and administration, liability.
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Naloxone; possession and administration. Provides that a person who is not otherwise authorized to administer naloxone or other opioid antagonist used for overdose reversal may administer naloxone or other opioid antagonist used for overdose reversal to a person who is believed to be experiencing or about to experience a life-threatening opioid overdose, provided that the administration is in good faith and absent gross negligence or willful and wanton misconduct.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1095)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1095)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB566ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB566ER)
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3. **Engrossed by Senate as amended SB566E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB566E)
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4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB566)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB566)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- John S. Edwards — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104900D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-27** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-28** Impact statement from DPB (SB566)
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- **2020-02-06** Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-10** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2020-02-10** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2020-02-10** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB566E
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- **2020-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-10** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-10** Printed as engrossed 20104900D-E
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- **2020-02-11** Impact statement from DPB (SB566E)
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- **2020-02-18** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-18** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-18** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-25** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-27** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-28** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-28** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-03-05** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-05** Impact statement from DPB (SB566ER)
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- **2020-03-06** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-07** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-04-10** Approved by Governor-Chapter 1095 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8173f3b-a3ea-4a9e-a468-7b122f697934`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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