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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Drug paraphernalia and controlled paraphernalia; drug checking products."
+description: "Drug paraphernalia and controlled paraphernalia; drug checking products. Clarifies that drug checking products used to determine the presence or concentration of a contaminant that can cause physical harm or death are not drug paraphernalia or controlled paraphernalia."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "SB 924"
+citation: "Virginia SB 924 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Christopher T. Head"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2025-01-06"
+last_action: "2025-03-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70fa4eb3-9c1c-453d-a3ee-4725c808e283"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB924"
+source_hash: "798dc8e7f09bab8d95ab49ccb121de3403d2ac323a3cef7635160afab21a8506"
+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 SB 924 (2025) — Drug paraphernalia and controlled paraphernalia; drug checking products.
+
+Drug paraphernalia and controlled paraphernalia; drug checking products. Clarifies that drug checking products used to determine the presence or concentration of a contaminant that can cause physical harm or death are not drug paraphernalia or controlled paraphernalia.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1013984.PDF)
+2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073030.PDF)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1062213.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
+- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) — **39–1** (pass) · upper
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Christopher T. Head — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101554D `filing, introduction`
+- **2025-01-06** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB924)
+- **2025-01-29** Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
+- **2025-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N)
+- **2025-01-31** Rules suspended
+- **2025-01-31** Passed by for the day
+- **2025-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-02-07** Placed on Calendar
+- **2025-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-07** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-07** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-10** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
+- **2025-02-14** Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-18** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-19** Passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB924ER) `passage`
+- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled`
+- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-03-11** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB924)
+- **2025-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 281 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
+- **2025-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0281)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70fa4eb3-9c1c-453d-a3ee-4725c808e283`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+