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type: "Bill"
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title: "Fentanyl and Heroin Enforcement, Task Force on; quarterly meetings."
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description: "Task Force on Fentanyl and Heroin Enforcement; quarterly meetings. Requires the Task Force on Fentanyl and Heroin Enforcement to meet quarterly beginning in July 2025 until the 2025 annual report is provided to the Governor and the General Assembly."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 1278"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1278 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bill DeSteph"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 42
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vote_count: 12
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first_action: "2025-01-08"
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last_action: "2025-03-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/410dea9d-1719-4681-a6e9-aa491e3a7cba"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1278"
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source_hash: "bdc89e2fb15c1a9a0758d0faf41c8a9c9e84ad92a994fa0d38adf08a77750658"
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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 1278 (2025) — Fentanyl and Heroin Enforcement, Task Force on; quarterly meetings.
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Task Force on Fentanyl and Heroin Enforcement; quarterly meetings. Requires the Task Force on Fentanyl and Heroin Enforcement to meet quarterly beginning in July 2025 until the 2025 annual report is provided to the Governor and the General Assembly.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1018648.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072730.PDF)
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3. **Conference Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1067728.HTML)
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4. **House Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1064026.HTML)
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5. **Rules Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1054296.HTML)
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6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1069383.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passed House (98-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate acceded to request (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Conference report agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- House Amendments rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N) — **0–39** (fail) · upper
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- Rereferred from Education and Health and rereferred to Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Rereferred from Education and Health — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Rules with amendment(s) (18-Y 0-N) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bill DeSteph — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103473D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-08** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-16** Rereferred from Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-16** Rereferred from Education and Health to Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-24** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1278)
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- **2025-01-29** Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-31** Rules suspended
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- **2025-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-01-31** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-03** Rules suspended
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- **2025-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-03** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-06** Placed on Calendar
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- **2025-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-06** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-17** Reported from Rules with amendment(s) (18-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-19** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-20** Rules Amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2025-02-20** Passed House with amendments (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-20** House Amendments rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N) `amendment-failure`
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- **2025-02-20** House insisted on amendments
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- **2025-02-20** House requested conference committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-20** Senate acceded to request (37-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-20** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2025-02-20** Delegates: Helmer, Simon, Austin
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- **2025-02-20** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2025-02-20** Senators: DeSteph, Boysko, Bagby
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- **2025-02-22** Amended by conference committee
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- **2025-02-22** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-22** Conference report agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1278ER) `passage`
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- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1278)
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- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled`
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- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 335 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0335)
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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/410dea9d-1719-4681-a6e9-aa491e3a7cba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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