---
type: "Bill"
title: "Marijuana; advertising restrictions, penalties."
description: "Marijuana; advertising restrictions, penalties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2428"
citation: "Virginia HB 2428 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wilt"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 58
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/867f9067-185c-4f76-a60a-45475fc98e53"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2428"
source_hash: "7562c06a955cfeb6fb94a10b9c760ec8dabb28f26958640ecd423e637394d01d"
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 2428 (2023) — Marijuana; advertising restrictions, penalties.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0711** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0711)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106057D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2428H1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 23106281D-H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2428H2)
4. **Committee substitute printed 23106593D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2428S1)
5. **Conference substitute printed 23107590D-H3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2428H3)
6. **HB2428ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2428ER)

## Votes

- Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (92-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 99-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wilt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** Presented and ordered printed 23104308D `introduction`
- **2023-01-18** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #5 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-31** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-01-31** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-31** Committee substitute printed 23106057D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-31** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-03** Committee substitute printed 23106281D-H2 `substitution`
- **2023-02-04** Impact statement from DPB (HB2428H1)
- **2023-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Committee on General Laws substitute rejected 23106057D-H1
- **2023-02-06** Committee on Courts of Justice substitute agreed to 23106281D-H2 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2428H2 `substitution`
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Impact statement from DPB (HB2428H2)
- **2023-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-10** Committee substitute printed 23106593D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-14** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-14** Committee substitute agreed to 23106593D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-14** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2428S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-14** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-14** Impact statement from DPB (HB2428S1)
- **2023-02-16** Senate substitute rejected by House 23106593D-S1 (0-Y 99-N)
- **2023-02-16** VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 99-N)
- **2023-02-20** Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-20** Senate requested conference committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** House acceded to request
- **2023-02-21** Conferees appointed by House
- **2023-02-21** Delegates: Wilt, Bell, Delaney
- **2023-02-22** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2023-02-22** Senators: Obenshain, Surovell, Boysko
- **2023-02-25** Amended by conference committee
- **2023-02-25** Conference substitute printed 23107590D-H3
- **2023-02-25** Conference report agreed to by House (92-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-25** VOTE: Adoption (92-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-25** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2428ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Impact statement from DPB (HB2428ER)
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 711 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-27** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0711)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/867f9067-185c-4f76-a60a-45475fc98e53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).