HB 2322 Virginia House of Delegates · 2021 Regular Session

Opioid Abatement Authority; established, Fund created, report, membership.

Summary
Opioid Abatement Authority; established, report. Establishes the Opioid Abatement Authority. The Authority, with the assistance of the Office of the Attorney General, would administer the Opioid Abatement Fund, which would receive moneys from settlements, judgments, verdicts, and other court orders relating to claims regarding the manufacturing, marketing, distribution, or sale of opioids and any other funds received on the fund's behalf that would be used to provide grants and loans to Virginia agencies and certain localities for the purpose of treating, preventing, or reducing opioid use disorder and the misuse of opioids or otherwise abating or remediating the opioid epidemic in the Commonwealth.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2021
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2021
Senate Passage
Feb 2021
Signed into Law
Mar 2021
Introduced Jan 21, 2021 Signed Mar 24, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Feb 24, 2021 · House of Delegates Feb 4, 2021

How they voted

330
Passed
Total votes 33
Feb 24, 2021
D Democratic17
17 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican16
16 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
53
Key actions
19
Committee
19
Amendments
3
Mar 24, 2021
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 306 (effective 7/1/21)
executive
Feb 25, 2021
Introduced
Senate substitute with amendment agreed to by House 21200424D-S1 (94-Y 5-N)
lower
Feb 25, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute with amendment (36-Y 0-N 3-A)
upper
Feb 25, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute with amendment (37-Y 0-N 2-A)
upper
Feb 25, 2021
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment HB2322S1
upper
Feb 25, 2021
Upper · Passed
Amendment by Senator Barker agreed to
upper
Feb 25, 2021
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Feb 25, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 21200424D-S1
upper
Feb 24, 2021
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (33-0)
senate
Feb 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 17, 2021
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Feb 17, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (12-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 5, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Feb 4, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (97-Y 3-N)
lower
Feb 3, 2021
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2322H2
lower
Feb 3, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee on Appropriations substitute agreed to 21104247D-H2
lower
Feb 1, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 1, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 1, 2021
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 29, 2021
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Compensation & General Government
lower
Jan 28, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 28, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws with substitute (20-Y 2-N)
lower
Jan 28, 2021
Lower · Passed
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 28, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 28, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
lower
Jan 27, 2021
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process
lower
Jan 21, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Jan 21, 2021
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 21103485D
lower
1 primary · 5 co-sponsors

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