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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Pharmacy technicians and pharmacy technician trainees; registration."
+description: "Pharmacy technicians and pharmacy technician trainees; registration. Amends eligibility criteria for registration as a pharmacy technician to include a requirement that the individual has (i) successfully completed or was enrolled in a Board of Pharmacy-approved pharmacy technician training program or (ii) passed a national certification examination required by the Board of Pharmacy but did not complete a Board-approved pharmacy technician training program. The bill also directs the Board to establish requirements for the issuance of a registration as a pharmacy technician to a person who (a) has previously practiced as a pharmacy technician in another U.S. jurisdiction and (b) has passed a national certification examination required by the Board. The bill defines \"pharmacy technician trainee\" and sets out requirements for registration as a pharmacy technician trainee. The bill also directs the Board to convene a workgroup composed of stakeholders deemed appropriate by the Board to develop recommendations related to the addition of duties that a pharmacy technician registered by the Board may perform. This bill is identical to SB 830."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 1304"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1304 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["M. Keith Hodges"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 29
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2020-01-08"
+last_action: "2020-03-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df95e744-bb69-4bcd-8f49-6d2155cc3bce"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1304"
+source_hash: "43f4b48fd3bf3027f64e1b4630807338731bdc29c15912f3373d1e5186e17d90"
+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 1304 (2020) — Pharmacy technicians and pharmacy technician trainees; registration.
+
+Pharmacy technicians and pharmacy technician trainees; registration. Amends eligibility criteria for registration as a pharmacy technician to include a requirement that the individual has (i) successfully completed or was enrolled in a Board of Pharmacy-approved pharmacy technician training program or (ii) passed a national certification examination required by the Board of Pharmacy but did not complete a Board-approved pharmacy technician training program. The bill also directs the Board to establish requirements for the issuance of a registration as a pharmacy technician to a person who (a) has previously practiced as a pharmacy technician in another U.S. jurisdiction and (b) has passed a national certification examination required by the Board. The bill defines "pharmacy technician trainee" and sets out requirements for registration as a pharmacy technician trainee. The bill also directs the Board to convene a workgroup composed of stakeholders deemed appropriate by the Board to develop recommendations related to the addition of duties that a pharmacy technician registered by the Board may perform. This bill is identical to SB 830.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0102)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0102)
+2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1304ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1304ER)
+3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB1304)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1304)
+4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB1304H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1304H1)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- VOTE: Passage (97-Y 1-N) — **96–1** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- M. Keith Hodges — primary (person)
+- James E. Edmunds, II — cosponsor (person)
+- Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
+- Terry G. Kilgore — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104811D `introduction`
+- **2020-01-08** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-15** Assigned HWI sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-15** Impact statement from DPB (HB1304)
+- **2020-01-23** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
+- **2020-01-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-01-28** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-01-28** Committee substitute printed 20105913D-H1 `substitution`
+- **2020-01-29** Impact statement from DPB (HB1304H1)
+- **2020-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2020-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2020-01-31** Committee substitute agreed to 20105913D-H1
+- **2020-01-31** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1304H1
+- **2020-02-03** Passed by for the day
+- **2020-02-04** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 1-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2020-02-04** VOTE: Passage (97-Y 1-N)
+- **2020-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2020-02-05** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-13** Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-17** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2020-02-20** Enrolled
+- **2020-02-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB1304ER)
+- **2020-02-20** Signed by Speaker
+- **2020-02-21** Signed by President
+- **2020-02-25** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2020
+- **2020-02-25** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 3, 2020
+- **2020-03-03** Approved by Governor-Chapter 102 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df95e744-bb69-4bcd-8f49-6d2155cc3bce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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