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type: "Bill"
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title: "Sickle cell anemia; prescription of opioids for pain management."
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description: "Prescription of opioids; sickle cell anemia.Exempts prescribers from certain requirements of the PrescriptionMonitoring Program related to prescribing opioids if the opioid isprescribed to a patient for pain management related to sickle cellanemia."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 257"
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citation: "Virginia HB 257 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Candi Mundon King"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2024-01-04"
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last_action: "2024-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3103e47-8c29-44d3-934e-e8863da4e217"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB257"
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source_hash: "3c235e513d0aad1073c3f511cc8dca5ef10719e22f3a4034147299ebb15082d8"
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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 HB 257 (2024) — Sickle cell anemia; prescription of opioids for pain management.
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Prescription of opioids; sickle cell anemia.Exempts prescribers from certain requirements of the PrescriptionMonitoring Program related to prescribing opioids if the opioid isprescribed to a patient for pain management related to sickle cellanemia.
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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. **CHAP0635** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0635)
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2. **HB257ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB257ER)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101289D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB257)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Health and Human Services (15-Y 7-N) — **15–7** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 2-N) — **13–2** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (63-Y 35-N) — **62–35** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N) — **6–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Candi Mundon King — primary (person)
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- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
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- Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
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- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
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- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
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- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
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- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
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- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
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- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
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- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-04** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101289D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-04** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-11** Impact statement from DPB (HB257)
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- **2024-01-17** Assigned sub: Health `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
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- **2024-01-25** Reported from Health and Human Services (15-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-01-30** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2024-01-31** Read third time and passed House (63-Y 35-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-01-31** VOTE: Passage (63-Y 35-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2024-02-01** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-21** Assigned Education and Health Sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-29** Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-03-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-04** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB257ER) `passage`
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- **2024-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB257ER)
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- **2024-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 635 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0635)
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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/b3103e47-8c29-44d3-934e-e8863da4e217`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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