---
type: "Bill"
title: "Drug Control act; distribution of hypodermic needles."
description: "Drug Control act; distribution of hypodermic needles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1409"
citation: "Virginia HB 1409 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brewer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-12-06"
last_action: "2023-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b969a036-f623-4f3e-84f6-572d78dba53b"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1409"
source_hash: "476bc7bfd4cefc8210e9a59d044dea374d161930398f9c9743bdbe0c36462bbb"
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 1409 (2023) — Drug Control act; distribution of hypodermic needles.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0142** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0142)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106517D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1409S1)
3. **HB1409ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1409ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100547D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1409)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brewer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100547D `filing, introduction`
- **2022-12-06** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-10** Impact statement from DPB (HB1409)
- **2023-01-17** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-19** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-20** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-01-23** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-23** VOTE: (99-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-24** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-01-24** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-09** Committee substitute printed 23106517D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-09** Impact statement from DPB (HB1409S1)
- **2023-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-13** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-13** Committee substitute agreed to 23106517D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-13** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1409S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-13** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-15** Senate substitute agreed to by House 23106517D-S1 (97-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-15** VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-20** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-20** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1409ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB1409ER)
- **2023-02-20** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-21** 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`
- **2023-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 142 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0142)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b969a036-f623-4f3e-84f6-572d78dba53b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).