Virginia House Bill 532 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: Introduced on January 5 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-11 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Safe reporting of overdoses; immunity from prosecution. Provides Safe reporting of overdoses; immunity from prosecution. Provides that no individual (i) who sought or obtained emergency medical attention for himself or for another individual because of a drug or alcohol-related overdose or (ii) is experiencing a drug or alcohol-related overdose and another individual, in good faith, seeks or obtains emergency medical attention for such individual shall be prosecuted for unlawful purchase, possession, or consumption of alcohol, simple possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana, intoxication in public, or possession of controlled paraphernalia. Under current law, an affirmative defense against such offenses is available for an individual who sought or obtained emergency medical attention for himself or for another individual because of a drug-related or alcohol-related overdose. The bill also adds the statewide poison control system to the list of emergency care providers to whom individuals must contemporaneously report such overdoses in order to qualify for immunity from prosecution. The bill also states that no individual who is immune from prosecution pursuant to the provisions of the bill shall be found to be in violation of any term or condition of probation, parole, postrelease supervision, pretrial supervision, a suspended sentence, or bail, bond, or recognizance on the basis of evidence obtained as a result of an individual's seeking or obtaining emergency medical attention and that the real or personal property of an individual who is immune from prosecution that was used in connection with or derived from the specified offenses shall not be subject to forfeiture to the Commonwealth. The bill also provides that immunity from prosecution does not apply to an individual who seeks or obtains emergency medical attention for himself or another individual, or who is experiencing an overdose when another individual seeks or obtains emergency medical attention for such individual, during the execution of a search warrant or during the

Safe reporting of overdoses; immunity from prosecution.

Del. Betsy Carr [D]	Sen. Lamont Bagby [D]	Del. Patrick Hope [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]
Del. Dave LaRock [R]	Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]	Del. Ibraheem Samirah [D]	Del. Marcus Simon [D]

2020-01-29 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-11	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2020-01-29	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N)
2020-01-28	House	Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
2020-01-17	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2020-01-17	House	Referred from Public Safety by voice vote
2020-01-05	House	Referred to Committee on Public Safety
2020-01-05	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102254D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	251.03	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB532
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB532+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H0801V0085+HB0532