Naloxone; possession and administration, employee or person acting on behalf of a public place.
Summary
Naloxone; possession and administration; employeeor person acting on behalf of a public place. Provides that anemployee or other person acting on behalf of a public place who hascompleted a training program on the administration of naloxone orother opioid antagonist may possess and administer naloxone or otheropioid antagonist, other than naloxone in an injectable formulationwith a hypodermic needle or syringe, in accordance with protocolsdeveloped by the Board of Pharmacy in consultation with the Boardof Medicine and the Department of Health. The bill defines "publicplace" as any enclosed area that is used or held out for use by thepublic, whether owned or operated by a public or private interest.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Jan 8, 2020
Signed Mar 11, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
5
Committee
5
Mar 11, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 302 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 21, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 18, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 13, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
lower
Feb 10, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 6, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 27, 2020
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
upper
Jan 8, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Jan 8, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104831D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
David Suetterlein
RRepublican
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