---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medical marijuana program; additional cultivation facility."
description: "Medical marijuana program; additional cultivation facility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1533"
citation: "Virginia SB 1533 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deeds"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 54
vote_count: 15
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0814500-b75a-49ee-94dc-bdf50d6e4636"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1533"
source_hash: "f043f6a745643524e48543c1f9fdf30299199ebb17b82bba0b0bd580a001b0bb"
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 SB 1533 (2023) — Medical marijuana program; additional cultivation facility.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0812** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0812)
2. **Presented and ordered printed 23104080D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1533)
3. **Printed as engrossed 23104080D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1533E)
4. **SB1533ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1533ER)
5. **SB1533ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1533ER2)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation #1 (39-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (30-Y 10-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (78-Y 18-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Senate rejected Governor's recommendation #2 (18-Y 22-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (78-Y 16-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation #1 agreed to (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (9-Y 6-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation #1 (39-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- House amendments agreed to by Senate (32-Y 8-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Deeds — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-20** Presented and ordered printed 23104080D `introduction`
- **2023-01-20** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** Impact statement from DPB (SB1533)
- **2023-01-27** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-27** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Passed by for the day
- **2023-02-07** Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-07** Reading of amendment waived
- **2023-02-07** Amendment by Senator Deeds agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-07** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1533E
- **2023-02-07** Printed as engrossed 23104080D-E
- **2023-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 2-N)
- **2023-02-07** Passed Senate (30-Y 10-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Impact statement from DPB (SB1533E)
- **2023-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-13** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-16** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-16** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-21** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2023-02-21** Passed House with amendments (78-Y 18-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** VOTE: Passage (78-Y 18-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** House amendments agreed to by Senate (32-Y 8-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1533ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Impact statement from DPB (SB1533ER)
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Governor's recommendation received by Senate `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2023-04-12** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation #1 (39-Y 1-N)
- **2023-04-12** Senate rejected Governor's recommendation #2 (18-Y 22-N) `veto-override-passage`
- **2023-04-12** Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation #1 agreed to (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-04-12** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation #1 (39-Y 1-N)
- **2023-04-12** House concurred in Governor's recommendation #1 (78-Y 16-N)
- **2023-04-12** VOTE: Adoption (78-Y 16-N)
- **2023-04-12** Governor's recommendation adopted in-part `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled bill text (SB1533ER2) `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Communicated to Governor
- **2023-04-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 12, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-12** Approved by Governor-Chapter 812 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-12** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0812)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d0814500-b75a-49ee-94dc-bdf50d6e4636`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).