Institutions of higher education; possession and administration of epinephrine. (SB944)

Introduced By

Sen. Ben Chafin (R-Lebanon) with support from co-patron Del. Sam Rasoul (D-Roanoke)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Institutions of higher education; possession and administration of epinephrine. Authorizes and provides liability protection for employees of a public or private institution of higher education who are authorized by a prescriber and trained in the administration of epinephrine to possess and administer epinephrine. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
12/30/2016Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100256D
12/30/2016Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/25/2017Committee substitute printed 17104796D-S1
01/25/2017Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (12-Y 2-N) (see vote tally)
01/27/2017Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/30/2017Read second time
01/30/2017Reading of substitute waived
01/30/2017Committee substitute agreed to 17104796D-S1
01/30/2017Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB944S1
01/31/2017Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/03/2017Placed on Calendar
02/03/2017Read first time
02/03/2017Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
02/08/2017Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/10/2017Read second time
02/13/2017Read third time
02/13/2017Committee amendment agreed to
02/13/2017Engrossed by House as amended
02/13/2017Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
02/13/2017VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/15/2017House amendment agreed to by Senate (34-Y 5-N) (see vote tally)
02/15/2017Reconsideration of House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/15/2017Passed by temporarily
02/15/2017House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/20/2017Enrolled
02/20/2017Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB944ER)
02/20/2017Signed by Speaker
02/21/2017Signed by President
02/21/2017Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
02/21/2017G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
03/03/2017G Approved by Governor-Chapter 304 (effective 7/1/17)
03/03/2017G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0304)

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 2 clips in all, totaling 2 minutes.

Transcript

This is a transcript of the video clips in which this bill is discussed.

SENATOR McDOUGLE.

Sen. Ryan McDougle (R-Mechanicsville): MR. PRESIDENT, I'D LIKE YOU TO OFFER THE WARM WELCOME OF THE SENATE TO SOME MEMBERS FROM THE ARC OF HANOVER, KATHY WILSON AND HER GROUP ARE HERE TODAY AND WITH MANY OF THE OTHER GROUPS FROM DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE COMMONWEALTH, REPRESENTING ARC AND JUST THANK THEM FOR THEIR ADVOCACY AND FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS TO COME DOWN AND SHARE THEIR PERSONAL EXPERIENCES WITH US IN THE SENATE.

[Unknown]: THANK YOU, SENATOR. WOULD MEMBERS FROM THE ARC OF HANOVER PLEASE RISE. SENATOR, THEY MAY BE WATCHING FROM ANOTHER VIEWING AREA, BUT IT'S GREAT TO SEE ALL THE FOLKS FROM ARC WITH US AND WE CAN SPOT YOU WITH YOUR ORANGE SCARVES AND I HAD -- OH, I'M SORRY, WE NEED TO GET YOU ALL SOME SCARVES AS WELL. BUT ANYWAY, THANKS FOR BEING HERE AND HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE VISIT TO THE CAPITOL AND BEING OUT ON THE CAPITOL LAWN TODAY. SO THANKS FOR MAKING THE TRIP TO ALL OF YOU AND THANKS FOR ADVOCATING FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. I'D ASK THE MEMBERS OF THE SENATE TO PLEASE JOIN ME IN OFFERING MEMBERS FROM THE ARC OF HANOVER THE WARM WELCOME OF THE SENATE.

Duplicate Bills

The following bills are identical to this one: HB1746.