---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterinarians; compounding of drugs."
description: "Increases the quantity, from a 72-hour supply to a seven-day supply, of a compounded drug that a veterinarian may dispense to the owner of a companion animal for which the veterinarian is providing treatment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 875"
citation: "Virginia HB 875 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Narcotics and Drugs", "Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert D. Orrock, Sr."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-03-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e96a699f-1fe4-4fbe-a952-25fcd15f28dd"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB875"
source_hash: "87a61ead3ec20779de029f489b76c3c32f0a3e43de8c30aa351f17af18937fdf"
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 875 (2018) — Veterinarians; compounding of drugs.

Increases the quantity, from a 72-hour supply to a seven-day supply, of a compounded drug that a veterinarian may dispense to the owner of a companion animal for which the veterinarian is providing treatment.

## 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 (HB875ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB875ER)
2. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102431D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB875)

## Votes

- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — primary (person)
- C. Matthew Fariss — cosponsor (person)
- Gordon C. Helsel, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102431D `introduction`
- **2018-01-09** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2018-01-26** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-01-29** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2018-01-30** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-09** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-21** Enrolled
- **2018-02-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2018-02-23** Signed by President
- **2018-02-26** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
- **2018-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
- **2018-03-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 100 (effective 7/1/18) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e96a699f-1fe4-4fbe-a952-25fcd15f28dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).