---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pharmacist scope of practice; initiation of treatment for certain diseases and conditions."
description: "Pharmacist scope of practice; initiation of treatment for certain diseases and conditions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2274"
citation: "Virginia HB 2274 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kilgore"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8974625a-e08c-47ff-9155-2dfebb3b75e0"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2274"
source_hash: "fc93c3c33b0297f1ffce636b8e92fefb2094d55a5acb67e6639a74ea99924c67"
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 2274 (2023) — Pharmacist scope of practice; initiation of treatment for certain diseases and conditions.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0171** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0171)
2. **HB2274ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2274ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104138D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2274)
4. **Printed as engrossed 23104138D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2274E)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (57-Y 42-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 4-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (11-Y 10-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kilgore — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104138D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-17** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 4-N)
- **2023-01-24** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (11-Y 10-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB2274)
- **2023-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-27** Passed by for the day
- **2023-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-30** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-30** Engrossed by House as amended HB2274E
- **2023-01-30** Printed as engrossed 23104138D-E
- **2023-01-31** Read third time and passed House (57-Y 42-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-31** Impact statement from DPB (HB2274E)
- **2023-01-31** VOTE: Passage (57-Y 42-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-13** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-16** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2274ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB2274ER)
- **2023-02-16** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 171 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0171)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8974625a-e08c-47ff-9155-2dfebb3b75e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).