---
type: "Bill"
title: "Industrial hemp; regulated hemp products, etc."
description: "Industrial hemp; regulated hemp products, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 903"
citation: "Virginia SB 903 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hanger"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 74
vote_count: 15
first_action: "2023-01-05"
last_action: "2023-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ca8708b-caa5-4578-953f-a36ff28f9b61"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB903"
source_hash: "a8e13b22f36a24339df4c6b12d96d72df23f8f86df62cf519410fbaf601a4f2c"
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 903 (2023) — Industrial hemp; regulated hemp products, etc.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0744** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0744)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106689D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB903H1)
3. **Conference substitute printed 23107497D-S3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB903S3)
4. **Governor's substitute printed 23107772D-S4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB903S4)
5. **SB903ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB903ER)
6. **SB903ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB903ER2)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Amendments specific and severable (28-Y 12-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (78-Y 14-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (33-Y 7-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (10-Y 5-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (22-Y 18-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Ruling of Chair Sustained (20-Y 20-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 4-N 1-A) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Senate acceded to request (38-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (81-Y 15-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (25-Y 15-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (16-Y 3-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 41-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hanger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102827D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-05** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Impact statement from VCSC (SB903)
- **2023-01-23** Impact statement from DPB (SB903)
- **2023-01-24** Assigned Rehab sub: Cannabis `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-27** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-27** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (10-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-27** Committee substitute printed 23105767D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-27** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 4-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Floor substitute printed 23106389D-S2 (Hanger)
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Committee substitute rejected 23105767D-S1
- **2023-02-06** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-06** Substitute by Senator Hanger agreed to 23106389D-S2
- **2023-02-06** Passed by for the day
- **2023-02-07** Impact statement from VCSC (SB903S2)
- **2023-02-07** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-07** Reading of amendment waived
- **2023-02-07** Chair rules amendment by Senator Surovell not germane
- **2023-02-07** Ruling of Chair Sustained (20-Y 20-N)
- **2023-02-07** Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB903S2
- **2023-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-07** Passed Senate (25-Y 15-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-09** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Impact statement from DPB (SB903S2)
- **2023-02-13** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (16-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Committee substitute printed 23106689D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-14** Impact statement from VCSC (SB903H1)
- **2023-02-15** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** Committee substitute agreed to 23106689D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB903H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** Passed House with substitute (81-Y 15-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** VOTE: Passage (81-Y 15-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Impact statement from DPB (SB903H1)
- **2023-02-20** House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
- **2023-02-21** House insisted on substitute `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** House requested conference committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Senate acceded to request (38-Y 2-N)
- **2023-02-22** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2023-02-22** Senators: Hanger, Favola, Ebbin
- **2023-02-23** Conferees appointed by House
- **2023-02-23** Delegates: Kilgore, Leftwich, Herring
- **2023-02-24** Amended by conference committee
- **2023-02-24** Conference substitute printed 23107497D-S3
- **2023-02-24** Conference report agreed to by Senate (22-Y 18-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** Conference report agreed to by House (78-Y 14-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** VOTE: Adoption (78-Y 14-N)
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB903ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-09** Impact statement from DPB (SB903ER)
- **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`
- **2023-03-27** Governor's substitute printed 23107772D-S4
- **2023-03-29** Impact statement from VCSC (SB903S4)
- **2023-04-12** Amendments specific and severable (28-Y 12-N)
- **2023-04-12** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (33-Y 7-N)
- **2023-04-12** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (52-Y 41-N)
- **2023-04-12** VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 41-N)
- **2023-04-12** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled bill text (SB903ER2) `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Enacted, Chapter 744 (effective 7/1/23) `became-law`
- **2023-04-12** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0744)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ca8708b-caa5-4578-953f-a36ff28f9b61`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).