Virginia Senate Bill 892 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 23 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-03-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0418)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Safe reporting of overdoses. Establishes an affirmative defense to prosecution of an individual for (i) simple possession of a controlled substance, marijuana, or controlled paraphernalia; (ii) intoxication in public; or (iii) the unlawful purchase, possession, or consumption of alcohol if such individual sought or obtained emergency medical attention for himself or for another individual because of a drug-related or alcohol-related overdose and if the evidence for the charge was obtained as a result of the individual seeking or obtaining emergency medical attention. The bill provides that the affirmative defense may only be invoked by an individual who (a) remains at the scene of the overdose or at any location to which he is transported for emergency medical attention until a law-enforcement officer responds to the report of an overdose or, if no law-enforcement officer is present at either the scene or the other location, cooperates with law enforcement, (b) identifies himself to the responding law-enforcement officer, and (c) cooperates, upon request, with any criminal investigation reasonably related to the drug or alcohol that resulted in the overdose. No individual may assert this affirmative defense if the emergency medical attention sought or obtained was during the execution of a search warrant or during the conduct of a lawful search or a lawful arrest.

Overdoses; establishes an affirmative defense to prosecution of an individual, etc., safe reporting.

Sen. John Petersen [D]

2015-02-27 - Senate - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-27 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of conference report agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-27 - Senate - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (36-Y 1-N) (Y: 36 N: 1 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-26 - House - House: VOTE: ADOPTION (97-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-20 - Senate - Senate: Senate acceded to request (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-17 - Senate - Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (3-Y 34-N) (Y: 3 N: 34 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2015-02-13 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (90-Y 4-N) (Y: 92 N: 4 NV: 6 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-11 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-01-29 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-01-27 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-01-26 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-23		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0418)
2015-03-23		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 418 (effective 7/1/15)
2015-03-10		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015
2015-03-10	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/10/15
2015-03-07	Senate	Signed by President
2015-03-06	House	Signed by Speaker
2015-03-06	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB892ER)
2015-03-06	Senate	Enrolled
2015-02-27	Senate	Conference report agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N)
2015-02-27	Senate	Reconsideration of conference report agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N)
2015-02-27	Senate	Conference report agreed to by Senate (36-Y 1-N)
2015-02-26	House	VOTE: ADOPTION (97-Y 0-N)
2015-02-26	House	Conference report agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N)
2015-02-26	Senate	Conference substitute printed 15105528D-S1
2015-02-26		Conference: Amended by conference committee
2015-02-23	House	Delegates: Gilbert, Bell, Robert B., Carr
2015-02-23	House	Conferees appointed by House
2015-02-20	Senate	Senators: Petersen, Stuart, Garrett
2015-02-20	Senate	Conferees appointed by Senate
2015-02-20	Senate	Senate acceded to request (38-Y 0-N)
2015-02-18	House	House requested conference committee
2015-02-18	House	House insisted on substitute
2015-02-17	Senate	House substitute rejected by Senate (3-Y 34-N)
2015-02-13	House	VOTE: PASSAGE (90-Y 4-N)
2015-02-13	House	Passed House with substitute (90-Y 4-N)
2015-02-13	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB892H1
2015-02-13	House	Committee substitute agreed to 15105004D-H1
2015-02-13	House	Read third time
2015-02-12	House	Read second time
2015-02-11	House	Committee substitute printed 15105004D-H1
2015-02-11	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N)
2015-02-06	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2015-02-06	House	Read first time
2015-02-06	House	Placed on Calendar
2015-01-29	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2015-01-28	Senate	Printed as engrossed 15102035D-E
2015-01-28	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended SB892E
2015-01-28	Senate	Committee amendments agreed to
2015-01-28	Senate	Reading of amendments waived
2015-01-28	Senate	Read second time
2015-01-27	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2015-01-26	Senate	Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
2015-01-07	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2015-01-07	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15102035D

HB1500 (Same As) 2015-03-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0436)

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?151+sum+SB892
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+SB892+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+SB892E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+SB892H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+SB892S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+SB892ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+CHAP0418+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+S03V0082+SB0892
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+SV0136SB0892+SB0892
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+SV0155SB0892+SB0892
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+H08V0303+SB0892
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+HV2322+SB0892
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+SV0505SB0892+SB0892
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+SV0661SB0892+SB0892
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+HV2877+SB0892
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+SV0994SB0892+SB0892
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+SV0996SB0892+SB0892
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+SV0997SB0892+SB0892