Fentanyl education and awareness informational one-sheet; Department of Education shall develop.
Summary
Department of Education; development and distribution of fentanyl education and awareness informational one-sheet; requirements. Requires the Department of Education to develop, in collaboration with the Department of Health, a fentanyl education and awareness informational one-sheet designed to promote awareness of the dangers associated with and the prevalence of fentanyl and provide essential information on fentanyl overdose prevention and preparedness among high school-age students. The bill requires the Department of Education to make available to each school board and post in a publicly accessible location on its website such informational one-sheet and to annually review and update such informational one-sheet in collaboration with the Department of Health to ensure its currency and accuracy. The bill requires each public high school or secondary school that includes grades nine through 12 to annually distribute such informational one-sheet to each student in grades nine through 12 within the first two weeks of the school year. This bill incorporates HB 1007.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
Signed into Law
Apr 2024
Introduced Jan 19, 2024
Signed Apr 5, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 26, 2024 · House of Delegates Feb 9, 2024
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 26, 2024
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
30
Key actions
9
Committee
6
Apr 5, 2024
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 564 (effective 7/1/24)
executive
Mar 3, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1473ER)
lower
Feb 26, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 22, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 14, 2024
Committee
Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education
upper
Feb 12, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 9, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 9, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 5, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 30, 2024
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Early Childhood
lower
Jan 19, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
Jan 19, 2024
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 24105331D
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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