---
type: "Bill"
title: "Drug paraphernalia and controlled paraphernalia; drug checking products."
description: "Drug paraphernalia and controlled paraphernalia; drug checking products. Clarifies that drug checking products used to determine the presence or concentration of a contaminant that can cause physical harm or death are not drug paraphernalia or controlled paraphernalia."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 924"
citation: "Virginia SB 924 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christopher T. Head"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-06"
last_action: "2025-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70fa4eb3-9c1c-453d-a3ee-4725c808e283"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB924"
source_hash: "798dc8e7f09bab8d95ab49ccb121de3403d2ac323a3cef7635160afab21a8506"
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 924 (2025) — Drug paraphernalia and controlled paraphernalia; drug checking products.

Drug paraphernalia and controlled paraphernalia; drug checking products. Clarifies that drug checking products used to determine the presence or concentration of a contaminant that can cause physical harm or death are not drug paraphernalia or controlled paraphernalia.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1013984.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073030.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1062213.PDF)

## Votes

- Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) — **39–1** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Christopher T. Head — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101554D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-06** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB924)
- **2025-01-29** Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-31** Rules suspended
- **2025-01-31** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-07** Placed on Calendar
- **2025-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-07** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-07** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-14** Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-18** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-19** Passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB924ER) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled`
- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-11** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB924)
- **2025-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 281 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0281)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70fa4eb3-9c1c-453d-a3ee-4725c808e283`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).