---
type: "Bill"
title: "Over-the-counter medications, etc.; DMAS to study plan for a process to allow direct purchase."
description: "Over-the-counter medications, etc.; DMAS to study plan for a process to allow direct purchase."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022S1"
identifier: "HB 1046"
citation: "Virginia HB 1046 (2022S1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott, P.A."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 46
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6351e118-79f7-4fdb-a676-61dcdeaa622e"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?222+sum+HB1046"
source_hash: "d28e95e37c95ea37f025f4b665d809f8ed905ef9a7fb643462de85b8ef0c71a9"
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 1046 (2022S1) — Over-the-counter medications, etc.; DMAS to study plan for a process to allow direct purchase.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0012** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?222+ful+CHAP0012)
2. **HB1046ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?222+ful+HB1046ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101304D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?222+ful+HB1046)
4. **Printed as engrossed 22101304D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?222+ful+HB1046E)

## Votes

- Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 95-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Senate insisted on amendment (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Scott, P.A. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101304D `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-31** Impact statement from DPB (HB1046)
- **2022-02-01** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-02** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-10** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-14** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2022-02-14** Engrossed by House as amended HB1046E
- **2022-02-14** Printed as engrossed 22101304D-E
- **2022-02-15** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-15** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB1046E)
- **2022-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-16** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-21** Assigned Education sub: Health `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-24** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-03** Reading of amendment waived
- **2022-03-03** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2022-03-03** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2022-03-03** Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Senate amendment rejected by House (0-Y 95-N)
- **2022-03-07** VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 95-N)
- **2022-03-08** Senate insisted on amendment (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-08** Senate requested conference committee
- **2022-03-09** House acceded to request
- **2022-03-10** Conferees appointed by House
- **2022-03-10** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2022-03-12** Continued to 2022 Sp. Sess. 1 pursuant to HJR455
- **2022-06-01** Amended by conference committee
- **2022-06-01** Conference report agreed to by House (94-Y 0-N)
- **2022-06-01** VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 0-N)
- **2022-06-17** Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-07-20** Enrolled
- **2022-07-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-07-21** Signed by President
- **2022-07-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on July 28, 2022
- **2022-07-28** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., August 4, 2022
- **2022-08-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 12 (effective on the 1st day of the 4th month following the month `executive-signature`
- **2022-08-04** of adjournment of the 2022 Special Session l)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6351e118-79f7-4fdb-a676-61dcdeaa622e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).