republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-192.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Opioids; amends sunset provisions relating to prescriber requesting information about a patient."
description: "Prescription of opioids; sunset. Extends for five years the sunset provisions for the requirement that a prescriber registered with the Prescription Monitoring Program request information about a patient from the Program upon initiating a new course of treatment that includes the prescribing of opioids anticipated, at the onset of treatment, to last more than seven consecutive days."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 192"
citation: "Virginia HB 192 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Keith Hodges"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 33
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-10"
last_action: "2022-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8fb10fe3-8360-4791-afd2-d01c680dd5fd"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB192"
source_hash: "4a8558fce0c1139673603f91214e49d68e3f4f786c2f19bf37eb15904be37655"
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 192 (2022) — Opioids; amends sunset provisions relating to prescriber requesting information about a patient.

Prescription of opioids; sunset. Extends for five years the sunset provisions for the requirement that a prescriber registered with the Prescription Monitoring Program request information about a patient from the Program upon initiating a new course of treatment that includes the prescribing of opioids anticipated, at the onset of treatment, to last more than seven consecutive days.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0747** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0747)
2. **Governor's substitute printed 22108032D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB192H1)
3. **HB192ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB192ER)
4. **HB192ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB192ER2)
5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101714D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB192)

## Votes

- VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 1-N) — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (18-Y 3-N) — **18–3** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (88-Y 11-N) — **87–11** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- M. Keith Hodges — primary (person)
- Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101714D `introduction`
- **2022-01-10** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-11** Impact statement from DPB (HB192)
- **2022-02-01** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (18-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-04** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-07** Read third time and passed House (88-Y 11-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-07** VOTE: Passage (88-Y 11-N)
- **2022-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-08** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `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 (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-02** Enrolled
- **2022-03-02** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB192ER)
- **2022-03-03** 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** Governor's recommendation received by House
- **2022-04-11** Governor's substitute printed 22108032D-H1
- **2022-04-27** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-04-27** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (97-Y 1-N)
- **2022-04-27** VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 1-N)
- **2022-04-27** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-04-27** Governor's recommendation adopted
- **2022-04-27** Reenrolled
- **2022-04-27** Reenrolled bill text (HB192ER2)
- **2022-04-27** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- **2022-04-27** Signed by President as reenrolled
- **2022-04-27** Enacted, Chapter 747 (effective 7/1/22) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8fb10fe3-8360-4791-afd2-d01c680dd5fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).