---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pharmaceutical processors; employment, misdemeanors."
description: "Pharmaceutical processors; employment, misdemeanors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1841"
citation: "Virginia HB 1841 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Narcotics and Drugs", "Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel W. Marshall, III"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-02"
last_action: "2019-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26677a15-3502-4d52-aebf-477e2489af63"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1841"
source_hash: "04552590567b33c879436f4fc26f92d9b1a7a7718d2f02ecca5a2d9645cb05aa"
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 1841 (2019) — Pharmaceutical processors; employment, misdemeanors.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0417)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0417)
2. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB1841)
3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1841ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1841ER)
4. **House: Committee substitute printed 19106094D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1841H1)
5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102792D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1841)

## Votes

- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute — **15–7** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House — **75–23** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **5–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daniel W. Marshall, III — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102792D `introduction`
- **2019-01-02** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-11** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-01** Passed by for the day
- **2019-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-04** Committee substitute agreed to 19106094D-H1
- **2019-02-04** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1841H1
- **2019-02-05** Read third time and passed House (75-Y 23-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-21** Enrolled
- **2019-02-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-21** Signed by President
- **2019-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 28, 2019
- **2019-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 417 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26677a15-3502-4d52-aebf-477e2489af63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).