---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medical marijuana program; product, registration, dispensing, and recordkeeping requirements."
description: "Medical marijuana program; product, registration, dispensing, and recordkeeping requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1846"
citation: "Virginia HB 1846 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Head"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 51
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2fb661c6-adac-4536-be42-6f80e7bf187a"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1846"
source_hash: "e84c1b062a61de2e1e9acab97b217fd7c8b04f22c86d403e7c42d47072f08562"
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 1846 (2023) — Medical marijuana program; product, registration, dispensing, and recordkeeping requirements.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0780** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0780)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106205D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1846H1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 23107137D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1846S1)
4. **Governor's substitute printed 23107790D-H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1846H2)
5. **HB1846ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1846ER)
6. **HB1846ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1846ER2)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute (37-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (12-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (75-Y 22-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (89-Y 10-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (78-Y 17-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (20-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (32-Y 7-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Head — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104096D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13** Impact statement from DPB (HB1846)
- **2023-01-25** 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 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Committee substitute printed 23106205D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB1846H1)
- **2023-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 23106205D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1846H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House (89-Y 10-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Passage (89-Y 10-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-17** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (12-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-17** Committee substitute printed 23107137D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB1846S1)
- **2023-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-21** Committee substitute agreed to 23107137D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1846S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** Passed Senate with substitute (37-Y 2-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-21** Passed Senate with substitute (32-Y 7-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Senate substitute agreed to by House 23107137D-S1 (75-Y 22-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-22** VOTE: Adoption (75-Y 22-N)
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1846ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Impact statement from DPB (HB1846ER)
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **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** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2023-03-27** Governor's substitute printed 23107790D-H2
- **2023-04-12** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-04-12** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (78-Y 17-N)
- **2023-04-12** VOTE: Adoption (78-Y 17-N)
- **2023-04-12** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-04-12** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled bill text (HB1846ER2) `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Enacted, Chapter 780 (effective 7/1/23) `became-law`
- **2023-04-12** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0780)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2fb661c6-adac-4536-be42-6f80e7bf187a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).