Virginia Senate Bill 1445 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Enrolled on February 8 2021 - 75% progression
Action: 2021-02-08 - Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1445ER)
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

Facilitate the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine; emergency. Facilitates the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine. The bill requires the Department of Health (the Department) to establish a program to enable eligible health care providers to volunteer to administer the COVID-19 vaccine to residents of the Commonwealth during a state of emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic declared by the Governor. The bill defines "eligible health care provider" and provides that the program shall include (i) a process by which an eligible health care provider may register to participate in the program and (ii) the training requirements for participating eligible health care providers related to the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine, including training on the intramuscular injection of the COVID-19 vaccine and contraindications and side effects of the COVID-19 vaccine. The bill specifies requirements that the Department shall ensure that each site at which COVID-19 vaccinations are administered by eligible health care providers satisfies. The bill also requires the Department to establish a process by which entities, including medical care facilities, hospitals, hospital systems, corporations, businesses, pharmacies, public and private institutions of higher education, localities, and any other professional or community entity operating in the Commonwealth, may volunteer their facilities as sites at which the COVID-19 vaccine may be administered to residents of the Commonwealth. The bill permits a public institution of higher education or a private institution of higher education in the Commonwealth to volunteer to provide assistance to the Department and local health departments for data processing, analytics, and program development related to the COVID-19 vaccine through the use of its employees, students, technology, and facilities. The bill also permits localities with fire departments, emergency medical services departments, and volunteer rescue squads to establish and staff vaccine administration clinics. The bill provides civil and criminal immunity to individuals and professional entities acting pursuant to the bill and contains an emergency clause.

COVID-19; facilitates vaccine administration.

Sen. Siobhan Dunnavant [R]	Sen. Jennifer Kiggans [R]	Sen. George Barker [D]	Sen. John Bell [D]
Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]	Sen. Amanda Chase [R]	Sen. John Cosgrove [R]	Sen. Creigh Deeds [D]
Sen. Bill DeSteph [R]	Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]	Sen. John Edwards [D]	Sen. Barbara Favola [D]
Sen. Emmett Hanger [R]	Sen. Ghazala Hashmi [D]	Sen. Janet Howell [D]	Sen. Lynwood Lewis [D]
Sen. Mamie Locke [D]	Sen. Louise Lucas [D]	Sen. Dave Marsden [D]	Sen. Monty Mason [D]
Sen. Jennifer McClellan [D]	Sen. Ryan McDougle [R]	Sen. Jeremy McPike [D]	Sen. Joseph Morrissey [D]
Sen. Stephen Newman [R]	Sen. Thomas Norment [R]	Sen. Mark Obenshain [R]	Sen. Mark Peake [R]
Sen. John Petersen [D]	Sen. Todd Pillion [R]	Sen. Bryce Reeves [R]	Sen. Frank Ruff [R]
Sen. Richard Saslaw [D]	Sen. Lionell Spruill [D]	Sen. William Stanley [R]	Sen. Richard Stuart [R]
Sen. David Suetterlein [R]	Sen. Scott Surovell [D]	Sen. Jill Vogel [R]

2021-02-04 - Senate - Senate: House substitute with amendment agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-02-01 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (94-Y 0-N) (Y: 94 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2021-01-28 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-01-22 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-01-22 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N 1-A) (Y: 36 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2021-01-22 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2021-01-21 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-08	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1445ER)
2021-02-08	Senate	Enrolled
2021-02-04	Senate	Title replaced 21103925D-H1
2021-02-04	Senate	House substitute with amendment agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
2021-02-01	House	VOTE: Passage (94-Y 0-N)
2021-02-01	House	Passed House with substitute with amendment (94-Y 0-N)
2021-02-01	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment SB1445H1
2021-02-01	House	Amendment by Delegate Sickles agreed to
2021-02-01	House	Committee substitute agreed to 21103925D-H1
2021-02-01	House	Read third time
2021-02-01	House	Passed by temporarily
2021-01-29	House	Read second time
2021-01-28	House	Committee substitute printed 21103925D-H1
2021-01-28	House	Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
2021-01-28	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2021-01-28	House	Read first time
2021-01-28	House	Placed on Calendar
2021-01-22	Senate	Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
2021-01-22	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N 1-A)
2021-01-22	Senate	Printed as engrossed 21103452D-ES1
2021-01-22	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB1445ES1
2021-01-22	Senate	Amendment by Senator Mason agreed to
2021-01-22	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2021-01-22	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 21103452D-S1
2021-01-22	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2021-01-22	Senate	Read second time
2021-01-22	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
2021-01-21	Senate	Committee substitute printed 21103452D-S1
2021-01-21	Senate	Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
2021-01-19	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2021-01-19	Senate	Presented and ordered printed with emergency clause 21103261D

HB2333 (Same As) 2021-02-08 - Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2333ER)
HB2333 (Same As) 2021-02-08 - Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2333ER)

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+sum+SB1445
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+SB1445+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+SB1445S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+SB1445ES1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+SB1445H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+SB1445ER+hil
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+amd+SB1445AS
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/21103915D.pdf
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/21103452D.pdf
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+amd+SB1445AH
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+amd+SB1445AHE
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+oth+SB1445FH1122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+S04V0051+SB1445
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+H12V0077+SB1445
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+SV0080SB1445+SB1445
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+SV0081SB1445+SB1445
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+SV0082SB1445+SB1445
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+HV1321+SB1445
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+SV0316SB1445+SB1445