HB 2649 Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Prescription Monitoring Program; exemptions, licensed narcotic maintenance treatment programs.

Summary

Prescription Monitoring Program; exemptions; licensed narcotic maintenance treatment programs. Removes dispensing of covered substances within a licensed narcotic maintenance treatment program from the list of circumstances that are exempt from the reporting requirements of the Prescription Monitoring Program. The bill specifies that any reporting of information related to dispensing covered substances within a licensed narcotic maintenance treatment program shall comply with applicable federal laws and regulations. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

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 14, 2025 Signed Mar 21, 2025

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What changed between versions

Enrolled → Chaptered · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill converts HB 2649 from an enrolled bill to a chaptered act, making it officially part of Virginia law. The substantive content remains unchanged, with the only modifications being formatting adjustments and the addition of the effective date of July 1, 2026. No new policy provisions, funding amounts, or eligibility criteria were added or removed.

TECHNICAL

Formatting changes to align the bill with official chaptered act standards, including header reorganization and spacing adjustments.

Minor line breaks and indentation adjustments throughout the text to conform to chaptered act formatting requirements.

TIMELINE

Added effective date provision stating the act becomes effective on July 1, 2026.

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

How they voted

40–0

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

Key actions

Committee

Mar 21, 2025

Signed into law

Approved by Governor-Chapter 298 (Effective 07/01/26)

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 (HB2649ER)

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 (15-Y 0-N)

upper

Feb 7, 2025

Committee

Assigned Education sub: Health Professions

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: Behavioral Health

lower

Jan 14, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services

lower

Jan 14, 2025

Introduced

Presented and ordered printed 25103899D

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors