republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-1328.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Early childhood care and education entities; administration of epinephrine."
description: "Early childhood care and education entities; administration of epinephrine. Requires the Board of Education to amend its regulations to require each early childhood care and education entity to implement policies for the possession and administration of epinephrine in every such entity to be administered by any nurse at the entity, employee at the entity, or employee of a local health department who is authorized by a prescriber and trained in the administration of epinephrine to any child believed to be having an anaphylactic reaction. The bill mandates that such policies shall require that at least one school nurse, employee at the entity, or employee of a local health department who is authorized by a prescriber and trained in the administration of epinephrine has the means to access at all times during regular facility hours any such appropriate weight-based dosage of epinephrine that is stored in a locked or otherwise generally inaccessible container or area. This bill shall be known as Elijah's Law. This bill is identical to SB 737."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1328"
citation: "Virginia HB 1328 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Karrie K. Delaney"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-21"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93f2c4ce-78b6-48b7-b7b5-0c1f983bbcbf"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB1328"
source_hash: "909858f874000b7b6b85cb5c41d36a88d28ae1c5110b2fcfca1ef8c5daa356e7"
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 1328 (2022) — Early childhood care and education entities; administration of epinephrine.

Early childhood care and education entities; administration of epinephrine. Requires the Board of Education to amend its regulations to require each early childhood care and education entity to implement policies for the possession and administration of epinephrine in every such entity to be administered by any nurse at the entity, employee at the entity, or employee of a local health department who is authorized by a prescriber and trained in the administration of epinephrine to any child believed to be having an anaphylactic reaction. The bill mandates that such policies shall require that at least one school nurse, employee at the entity, or employee of a local health department who is authorized by a prescriber and trained in the administration of epinephrine has the means to access at all times during regular facility hours any such appropriate weight-based dosage of epinephrine that is stored in a locked or otherwise generally inaccessible container or area. This bill shall be known as Elijah's Law. This bill is identical to SB 737.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0695** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0695)
2. **HB1328ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1328ER)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 22103659D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1328)
4. **Printed as engrossed 22103659D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1328E)

## Votes

- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N) — **38–2** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Karrie K. Delaney — primary (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
- Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
- Robert B. Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Tara A. Durant — cosponsor (person)
- Wendy W. Gooditis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-21** Presented and ordered printed 22103659D `introduction`
- **2022-01-21** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-31** Assigned Education sub: K-12 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02** Impact statement from DPB (HB1328)
- **2022-02-08** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-08** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-09** Reported from Education with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-11** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-14** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2022-02-14** Engrossed by House as amended HB1328E
- **2022-02-14** Printed as engrossed 22103659D-E
- **2022-02-15** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-15** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-16** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-28** Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB1328E)
- **2022-03-03** Enrolled
- **2022-03-03** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (HB1328ER)
- **2022-03-04** Signed by President
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 695 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93f2c4ce-78b6-48b7-b7b5-0c1f983bbcbf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).