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+type: "Bill"
+title: "CBD oil and THC-A oil; certification for use, dispensing."
+description: "Provides that a practitioner may issue a written certification for the use of cannabidiol (CBD) oil or THC-A oil for the treatment or to alleviate the symptoms of any diagnosed condition or disease determined by the practitioner to benefit from such use. Under current law, a practitioner may only issue such certification for the treatment or to alleviate the symptoms of intractable epilepsy. The bill increases the supply of CBD oil or THC-A oil a pharmaceutical processor may dispense from a 30-day supply to a 90-day supply. The bill reduces the minimum amount of cannabidiol or tetrahydrocannabinol acid per milliliter for a dilution of the Cannabis plant to fall under the definition of CBD oil or THC-A oil, respectively. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2018"
+identifier: "HB 1251"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1251 (2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crimes and Offenses Generally", "Emergency Legislation", "Professions and Occupations"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Benjamin L. Cline"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2018-01-10"
+last_action: "2018-03-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/efb87a71-cf68-4819-9dd4-953da1144a19"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB1251"
+source_hash: "cb2bb8f9054af98aac8d59f3352bb9e1a736fd511ffc0f6113982dfafe7d3e96"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia HB 1251 (2018) — CBD oil and THC-A oil; certification for use, dispensing.
+
+Provides that a practitioner may issue a written certification for the use of cannabidiol (CBD) oil or THC-A oil for the treatment or to alleviate the symptoms of any diagnosed condition or disease determined by the practitioner to benefit from such use. Under current law, a practitioner may only issue such certification for the treatment or to alleviate the symptoms of intractable epilepsy. The bill increases the supply of CBD oil or THC-A oil a pharmaceutical processor may dispense from a 30-day supply to a 90-day supply. The bill reduces the minimum amount of cannabidiol or tetrahydrocannabinol acid per milliliter for a dilution of the Cannabis plant to fall under the definition of CBD oil or THC-A oil, respectively. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1251ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB1251ER)
+2. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102110D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB1251)
+3. **House: Printed as engrossed 18102110D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB1251E)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Education and Health with amendment — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed House — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments — **18–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Senate amendment agreed to by House — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate with amendment — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Benjamin L. Cline — primary (person)
+- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
+- Charniele L. Herring — cosponsor (person)
+- Christopher K. Peace — cosponsor (person)
+- Daniel W. Marshall, III — cosponsor (person)
+- David J. Toscano — cosponsor (person)
+- Eileen Filler-Corn — cosponsor (person)
+- Glenn R. Davis — cosponsor (person)
+- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
+- Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
+- Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Margaret B. Ransone — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
+- Nicholas J. Freitas — cosponsor (person)
+- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
+- R. Steven Landes — cosponsor (person)
+- Steve E. Heretick — cosponsor (person)
+- Timothy D. Hugo — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102110D `introduction`
+- **2018-01-10** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-18** Referred from Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote
+- **2018-01-18** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-23** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2018-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2018-02-01** Committee amendments agreed to
+- **2018-02-01** Engrossed by House as amended HB1251E
+- **2018-02-01** Printed as engrossed 18102110D-E
+- **2018-02-02** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2018-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2018-02-05** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2018-02-19** Reading of amendment waived
+- **2018-02-19** Committee amendment agreed to
+- **2018-02-19** Emergency clause added
+- **2018-02-19** Engrossed by Senate as amended
+- **2018-02-21** Placed on Calendar
+- **2018-02-21** Senate amendment agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
+- **2018-02-26** Enrolled
+- **2018-02-26** Signed by Speaker
+- **2018-02-28** Signed by President
+- **2018-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2018
+- **2018-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 9, 2018
+- **2018-03-09** Approved by Governor-Chapter 246 (effective 3/9/18) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/efb87a71-cf68-4819-9dd4-953da1144a19`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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