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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 1035: Opioid antagonists; dispensing and administration by person acting on behalf of an organization.

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

SB 1035 is a bill introduced in the Virginia Senate on January 7, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Opioid antagonists; dispensing and administration by person acting on behalf of an organization. Primary sponsor: Stella Pekarsky (Democratic). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (March 24, 2025): Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0386).

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.

Opioid antagonists; dispensing and administration by person acting on behalf of an organization. Permits persons acting on behalf of an organization that provides services to individuals at risk of experiencing an opioid overdose or training in the administration of naloxone or other opioid antagonists to dispense other opioid antagonists. The bill also allows persons to whom other opioid antagonists are dispensed to possess and administer such opioid antagonists. Under current law, persons acting on behalf of such organizations may only dispense naloxone. This bill incorporates SB 790 and is identical to HB 1637.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Stella PekarskyPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate36
Chris HeadCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate3

“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 (CHAP0386)
  2. Approved by Governor-Chapter 386 (Effective 07/01/25)
  3. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
  4. Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025
  5. Signed by President
  6. Signed by Speaker
  7. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1035)
  8. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1035ER)
  9. Enrolled
  10. Passed House (91-Y 3-N)
  11. Read third time
  12. Read second time

Showing 12 most recent of 33 actions. Full history

Sources

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