HB 2473 Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Long-acting injectable or extended-release prescription drugs; correctional facilities.

Summary
Board of Pharmacy; long-acting injectable or extended-release prescription drugs; correctional facilities. Allows the Board of Pharmacy to register a correctional facility to maintain a floor stock of long-acting injectable or extended-release prescription drugs for the treatment of mental illness or substance use disorder. The bill requires such long-acting injectable or extended-release prescription drugs to be stored in an area accessible only to persons who are licensed to administer such prescription drugs, regardless of whether the prescriber is on site. The bill provides that each correctional facility shall maintain an ongoing perpetual inventory of all such drugs in Schedules II through V and that such perpetual inventory shall (i) accurately indicate the physical count of each drug on hand at the time the inventory is performed and (ii) no less than once per month, include a reconciliation of each drug with a written explanation for any difference between the physical count and the theoretical count. This bill is identical to SB 1367.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 8, 2025 Signed Mar 21, 2025
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What changed between versions

Enrolled Chaptered · 3 edits
MINOR
This bill converts HB 2473 from an enrolled legislative document to its final chaptered form, adding official state act formatting, chapter numbering, and approval dates while preserving the original statutory text regarding pharmacy board registration requirements for controlled substances. The substantive policy content remains unchanged from the enrolled version.
TECHNICAL

Added official chapter heading (Chapter 278), approval date (March 21, 2025), and Virginia Acts of Assembly formatting

Changed document title from 'ENROLLED' to 'VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY - 2025 SESSION' with multiple blank lines for formatting

Reformatted statutory text with consistent indentation and line breaks for publication standards

Floor votes · Senate Feb 18, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 4, 2025

How they voted

400
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 18, 2025
D Democratic21
21 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
28
Key actions
11
Committee
6
Mar 21, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 278 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive
Mar 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2473ER)
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 5, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed House (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Health and Human Services (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 21, 2025
Committee
Assigned sub: Health
lower
Jan 8, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Mark Sickles
Mark Sickles
DDemocratic
VA
17