republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/hb-1251.md

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Bill	CBD oil and THC-A oil; certification for use, dispensing.	Provides that a practitioner may issue a written certification for the use of cannabidiol (CBD) oil or THC-A oil for the treatment or to alleviate the symptoms of any diagnosed condition or disease determined by the practitioner to benefit from such use. Under current law, a practitioner may only issue such certification for the treatment or to alleviate the symptoms of intractable epilepsy. The bill increases the supply of CBD oil or THC-A oil a pharmaceutical processor may dispense from a 30-day supply to a 90-day supply. The bill reduces the minimum amount of cannabidiol or tetrahydrocannabinol acid per milliliter for a dilution of the Cannabis plant to fall under the definition of CBD oil or THC-A oil, respectively. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	HB 1251	Virginia HB 1251 (2018)	bill	Crimes and Offenses Generally Emergency Legislation Professions and Occupations	enacted	Benjamin L. Cline	3	26	7	2018-01-10	2018-03-09	openstates	ocd-bill/efb87a71-cf68-4819-9dd4-953da1144a19	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB1251	cb2bb8f9054af98aac8d59f3352bb9e1a736fd511ffc0f6113982dfafe7d3e96	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1251 (2018) — CBD oil and THC-A oil; certification for use, dispensing.

Provides that a practitioner may issue a written certification for the use of cannabidiol (CBD) oil or THC-A oil for the treatment or to alleviate the symptoms of any diagnosed condition or disease determined by the practitioner to benefit from such use. Under current law, a practitioner may only issue such certification for the treatment or to alleviate the symptoms of intractable epilepsy. The bill increases the supply of CBD oil or THC-A oil a pharmaceutical processor may dispense from a 30-day supply to a 90-day supply. The bill reduces the minimum amount of cannabidiol or tetrahydrocannabinol acid per milliliter for a dilution of the Cannabis plant to fall under the definition of CBD oil or THC-A oil, respectively. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is identical to

Version chain

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

1. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1251ER) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102110D (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Printed as engrossed 18102110D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Education and Health with amendment — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 38–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House — 98–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — 8–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments — 18–0 (pass) · legislature
• Senate amendment agreed to by House — 99–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate with amendment — 40–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Benjamin L. Cline — primary (person)
• Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
• Charniele L. Herring — cosponsor (person)
• Christopher K. Peace — cosponsor (person)
• Daniel W. Marshall, III — cosponsor (person)
• David J. Toscano — cosponsor (person)
• Eileen Filler-Corn — cosponsor (person)
• Glenn R. Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
• Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
• Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Margaret B. Ransone — cosponsor (person)
• Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
• Nicholas J. Freitas — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
• R. Steven Landes — cosponsor (person)
• Steve E. Heretick — cosponsor (person)
• Timothy D. Hugo — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102110D introduction
• 2018-01-10 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
• 2018-01-18 Referred from Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote
• 2018-01-18 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2018-01-23 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2018-01-31 Read first time reading-1
• 2018-02-01 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-02-01 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2018-02-01 Engrossed by House as amended HB1251E
• 2018-02-01 Printed as engrossed 18102110D-E
• 2018-02-02 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2018-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2018-02-05 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2018-02-19 Read third time reading-3
• 2018-02-19 Reading of amendment waived
• 2018-02-19 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2018-02-19 Emergency clause added
• 2018-02-19 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2018-02-21 Placed on Calendar
• 2018-02-21 Senate amendment agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
• 2018-02-26 Enrolled
• 2018-02-26 Signed by Speaker
• 2018-02-28 Signed by President
• 2018-03-02 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2018
• 2018-03-02 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 9, 2018
• 2018-03-09 Approved by Governor-Chapter 246 (effective 3/9/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/efb87a71-cf68-4819-9dd4-953da1144a19. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).