HB 378 Virginia House of Delegates · 2020 Regular Session

Comprehensive harm reduction programs; public health emergency, repeals sunset provision.

Summary

Comprehensive harm reduction programs; public health emergency; repeal sunset. Repeals the sunset on the program established in 2017 that allows the Commissioner of Health to establish and operate local or regional comprehensive harm reduction programs during a declared public health emergency that include a provision for the distribution of sterile hypodermic needles and syringes and the disposal of used hypodermic needles and syringes. This bill is identical to SB 864.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2020

Committee Review

Feb 2020

House of Delegates Passage

Jan 2020

Senate Passage

Feb 2020

Signed into Law

Mar 2020

Introduced Jan 2, 2020 Signed Mar 10, 2020

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.

Full legislative history

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Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 10, 2020

Signed into law

Approved by Governor-Chapter 212 (effective 7/1/20)

executive

Feb 21, 2020

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)

upper

Feb 19, 2020

Upper · Passed

Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)

upper

Feb 13, 2020

Committee

Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations

upper

Feb 13, 2020

Upper · Passed

Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N)

upper

Jan 28, 2020

Committee

Referred to Committee on Education and Health

upper

Jan 27, 2020

Lower · Passed

Read third time and passed House (95-Y 3-N)

lower

Jan 21, 2020

Lower · Passed

Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 2, 2020

Committee

Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions

lower

Jan 2, 2020

Introduced

Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102454D

lower

1 primary · 2 co-sponsors