Drug overdose and drug overdose deaths; VDH to develop plan for opioid overdose response.
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “An Act to direct 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; report.” Read the full text
2026 session
What it does
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
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Where it is
Introduced · Jan 13, 2026
Acts of Assembly Chapter 667 (latest official status)
Latest official status shown, exactly as the official record states it. The step by step history lives on the official page linked below.
The numbers
1
sponsor on the bill
Sponsors
Atoosa R. Reaser
Recorded votes
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-04 · P · Y 40
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-03 · P · Y 40
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)Senate · 2026-03-03 · P · Y 14, X 1
Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)Senate · 2026-02-26 · P · Y 15
Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-02-13 · P · Y 96, X 4
Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-09 · P · Y 22
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-06 · P · Y 7
Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute and rereferred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)House of Delegates · 2026-01-27 · P · Y 22
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and rereferred to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N)House of Delegates · 2026-01-22 · P · Y 8
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Virginia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Acts of Assembly Chapter 667.