SB 308 VA

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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.

• Stella G. Pekarsky Democratic · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104744D · upper
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education and Health · upper
3. Jan 27, 2026 Assigned Education sub: Health · upper
4. Jan 27, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB308) · upper
5. Jan 27, 2026 Senate subcommittee offered · upper
6. Jan 29, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
7. Jan 29, 2026 Reported from Education and Health with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N 1-A) · upper
8. Jan 30, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26106366D-S1 · upper
9. Feb 5, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) · upper
10. Feb 9, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107252D-S2 · upper
11. Feb 9, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
12. Feb 9, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
13. Feb 9, 2026 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote) · upper
14. Feb 9, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
15. Feb 10, 2026 Read second time · upper
16. Feb 10, 2026 Education and Health Substitute rejected · upper
17. Feb 10, 2026 Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to · upper
18. Feb 10, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote) · upper
19. Feb 11, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
20. Feb 13, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB308) · upper
21. Feb 17, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
22. Feb 17, 2026 Read first time · lower
23. Feb 17, 2026 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services · lower
24. Feb 19, 2026 Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (20-Y 0-N) · lower
25. Feb 19, 2026 Reconsidered by Health and Human Services · lower
26. Feb 19, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26108255D-H1 · lower
27. Feb 19, 2026 Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) · lower
28. Feb 20, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB308) · upper
29. Feb 23, 2026 Assigned HAPP sub: Health & Human Resources · lower
30. Feb 25, 2026 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) · lower
31. Feb 27, 2026 Read second time · lower
32. Mar 2, 2026 Read third time · lower
33. Mar 2, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
34. Mar 2, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
35. Mar 2, 2026 Passed House with substitute (98-Y 0-N 0-A) · lower
36. Mar 2, 2026 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House · lower
37. Mar 2, 2026 Passed House with substitute Block Vote (99-Y 0-N 0-A) · lower
38. Mar 4, 2026 House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
39. Mar 10, 2026 Enrolled · upper
40. Mar 10, 2026 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB308ER) · upper
41. Mar 10, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB308) · upper
42. Mar 10, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
43. Mar 10, 2026 Signed by President · upper
44. Mar 14, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 · upper
45. Mar 14, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
46. Apr 13, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 668 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive
47. Apr 13, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0668) · executive

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Chaptered · PDF
• Chaptered · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Health and Human Services Substitute · PDF
• Health and Human Services Substitute · HTML
• Finance and Appropriations Substitute · PDF
• Finance and Appropriations Substitute · HTML
• Education and Health Substitute · PDF
• Education and Health Substitute · HTML
• Education and Health Substitute · PDF
• Education and Health Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML