Naloxone; possession and administration by school nurses and local health department employees.
Summary
Adds school nurses, local health department employees that are assigned to a public school pursuant to an agreement between the local health department and school board, and other school board employees or individuals contracted by a school board to provide school health services to the list of individuals who may possess and administer naloxone or other opioid antagonist, provided that they have completed a training program.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Mar 2019
Introduced Jan 8, 2019
Signed Mar 5, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 8, 2019
How they voted
37–0
Passed
Total votes 37
Feb 8, 2019
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican20
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
4
Committee
2
Amendments
2
Mar 5, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 212 (effective 7/1/19)
executive
Feb 8, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (37-0)
senate
Feb 5, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (95-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 1, 2019
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB2318E
lower
Feb 1, 2019
Lower · Passed
Amendment by Delegate McGuire agreed to
lower
Jan 8, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
lower
Jan 8, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101441D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
JM
John McGuire
RRepublican
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