---
type: "Bill"
title: "Drug paraphernalia and controlled paraphernalia; narcotic testing products."
description: "Clarifies that narcotic testing products used to determine whether a controlled substance contains fentanyl or a fentanyl analog are not drug paraphernalia or controlled paraphernalia."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2563"
citation: "Virginia HB 2563 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes and Offenses Generally", "Narcotics and Drugs", "Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roxann L. Robinson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21ea2f61-afac-43db-b8d8-19b02f14e6f1"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2563"
source_hash: "ea722206808dec4d78141825d4d80c8581b683e45643ca8d24229163d0e86455"
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 2563 (2019) — Drug paraphernalia and controlled paraphernalia; narcotic testing products.

Clarifies that narcotic testing products used to determine whether a controlled substance contains fentanyl or a fentanyl analog are not drug paraphernalia or controlled paraphernalia.

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0215)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0215)
2. **House amendments adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB2563AH)
3. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB2563)
4. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2563ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2563ER)
5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103249D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2563)
6. **House: Printed as engrossed 19103249D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2563E)

## Votes

- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Roxann L. Robinson — primary (person)
- Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
- Wendy W. Gooditis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103249D `introduction`
- **2019-01-09** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-16** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-01** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2019-02-01** Engrossed by House as amended HB2563E
- **2019-02-01** Printed as engrossed 19103249D-E
- **2019-02-04** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2019-02-04** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2019-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-02-05** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-14** Enrolled
- **2019-02-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-14** Signed by President
- **2019-02-18** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 18, 2019
- **2019-02-18** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 215 (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/21ea2f61-afac-43db-b8d8-19b02f14e6f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).