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Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 712: Office-based buprenorphine treatment; Board of Medicine to amend regulations.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 712 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 13, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Office-based buprenorphine treatment; Board of Medicine to amend regulations. Primary sponsor: Otto Wachsmann (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 6, 2026): Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0207).

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Board of Medicine; office-based buprenorphine treatment; counseling. Directs the Board of Medicine to amend its regulations regarding office-based buprenorphine treatment to require providers to offer counseling or referral to counseling to each patient as clinically necessary and mutually agreed-upon. The bill specifies that a patient's refusal of counseling does not preclude the patient from receiving office-based buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care and is identical to SB 641.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Otto WachsmannPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse83

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0207)
  2. Approved by Governor-Chapter 207 (effective 7/1/2026)
  3. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
  4. Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
  5. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB712)
  6. Signed by President
  7. Signed by Speaker
  8. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB712ER)
  9. Enrolled
  10. Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
  11. Read third time
  12. Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)

Showing 12 most recent of 26 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source