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type: "Bill"
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title: "Drug overdose and drug overdose deaths; VDH to develop plan for opioid overdose response."
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description: "Department of Health; reduction of opioid overdose and opioid overdose deaths; report. Directs the Department of Health to develop a strategic plan for opioid overdose response to reduce rates of drug overdose and drug overdose deaths in the Commonwealth and to provide a report on the status of such strategic plan and its implementation to the Governor, the Chairs of the House Committees on Appropriations and Health and Human Services and the Senate Committees on Education and Health and Finance and Appropriations, and the Joint Commission on Health Care by November 1, 2026, and annually thereafter. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care. This bill is identical to HB 794."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 308"
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citation: "Virginia SB 308 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Stella G. Pekarsky"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 47
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2026-01-13"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53216e36-fb0e-47eb-a3e3-58ce466d9ac9"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB308"
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source_hash: "022b16d5103bf122de18a550b660455e510b7d9b24bf5e0f408b8c2d2c6d7e90"
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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 308 (2026) — Drug overdose and drug overdose deaths; VDH to develop plan for opioid overdose response.
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Department of Health; reduction of opioid overdose and opioid overdose deaths; report. Directs the Department of Health to develop a strategic plan for opioid overdose response to reduce rates of drug overdose and drug overdose deaths in the Commonwealth and to provide a report on the status of such strategic plan and its implementation to the Governor, the Chairs of the House Committees on Appropriations and Health and Human Services and the Senate Committees on Education and Health and Finance and Appropriations, and the Joint Commission on Health Care by November 1, 2026, and annually thereafter. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care. This bill is identical to HB 794.
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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/1088886.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1221784.PDF)
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3. **Education and Health Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1104911.PDF)
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4. **Finance and Appropriations Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1133936.PDF)
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5. **Health and Human Services Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1169906.PDF)
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6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1198832.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Appropriations — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute — **20–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Concur House Substitute R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Stella G. Pekarsky — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104744D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-27** Assigned Education sub: Health `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-27** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB308)
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- **2026-01-27** Senate subcommittee offered
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- **2026-01-29** Senate committee offered
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- **2026-01-29** Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-30** Committee substitute printed 26106366D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-05** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-09** Committee substitute printed 26107252D-S2 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-09** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-09** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-09** Passed by for the day
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- **2026-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-10** Education and Health Substitute rejected
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- **2026-02-10** Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
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- **2026-02-10** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-11** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-13** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB308)
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- **2026-02-17** Placed on Calendar
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- **2026-02-17** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-17** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-19** Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-19** Reconsidered by Health and Human Services
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- **2026-02-19** Committee substitute printed 26108255D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-19** Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB308)
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- **2026-02-23** Assigned HAPP sub: Health & Human Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-25** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-27** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-02** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
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- **2026-03-02** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-03-02** Passed House with substitute (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-02** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
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- **2026-03-02** Passed House with substitute Block Vote (99-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-04** House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `substitution`
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- **2026-03-10** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-10** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB308ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB308)
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- **2026-03-10** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 668 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-13** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0668)
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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/53216e36-fb0e-47eb-a3e3-58ce466d9ac9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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