---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pharmacies; prohibits refusal to fill prescription from telemedicine provider."
description: "Pharmacies; prohibits refusal to fill prescription from telemedicine provider."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2374"
citation: "Virginia HB 2374 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 34
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-16"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df15b227-ed93-4eb5-a666-fa09ef41a77b"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2374"
source_hash: "6794b45a3f0a9ea3666e83d02ff4e466f8b9eaf3a555e1d9efa54bc9ac26a35b"
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 2374 (2023) — Pharmacies; prohibits refusal to fill prescription from telemedicine provider.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0368** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0368)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105186D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2374H1)
3. **HB2374EH1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2374EH1)
4. **HB2374ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2374ER)
5. **Presented and ordered printed 23104125D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2374+pdf)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (20-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Davis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16** Presented and ordered printed 23104125D `introduction`
- **2023-01-16** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** Impact statement from DPB (HB2374)
- **2023-01-31** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-02** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-02** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (20-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Committee substitute printed 23105186D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB2374H1)
- **2023-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 23105186D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Amendments by Delegate Davis agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments HB2374EH1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Printed as engrossed 23105186D-EH1
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB2374EH1)
- **2023-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-20** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-23** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2374ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Impact statement from DPB (HB2374ER)
- **2023-02-23** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 368 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0368)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df15b227-ed93-4eb5-a666-fa09ef41a77b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).