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Bill Animals; remedies containing Cannabis plant, exemption. Exempts animal remedies that contain any part of the Cannabis plant from certain provisions governing animal remedies, including the requirement that the manufacturer or distributor of an animal remedy obtain a registration for such remedy from the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2019 HB 2256 Virginia HB 2256 (2019)
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7 25 8 2019-01-08 2019-03-08 openstates ocd-bill/5a3f0f1c-ebec-45ef-a67a-7919467c4791 http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2256 03d99c3055878546103cfca5e9b35ec5b2143bd0fd8f7fd9056c23528f2bf1d7 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Virginia HB 2256 (2019) — Animals; remedies containing Cannabis plant, exemption.

Exempts animal remedies that contain any part of the Cannabis plant from certain provisions governing animal remedies, including the requirement that the manufacturer or distributor of an animal remedy obtain a registration for such remedy from the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

Version chain

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

  1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0267) (committee substitute) — source
  2. House amendments adopted (committee substitute) — source
  3. House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted (committee substitute) — source
  4. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2256ER) (committee substitute) — source
  5. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101875D (committee substitute) — source
  6. House: Printed as engrossed 19101875D-E (committee substitute) — source
  7. Senate amendments engrossed (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendments — 140 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 970 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate with amendments — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Senate amendments agreed to by House — 971 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendments — 220 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Brenda L. Pogge — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101875D introduction
  • 2019-01-08 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2019-01-16 Assigned ACNR sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
  • 2019-01-31 Read first time reading-1
  • 2019-02-01 Read second time reading-2
  • 2019-02-01 Committee amendments agreed to
  • 2019-02-01 Engrossed by House as amended HB2256E
  • 2019-02-01 Printed as engrossed 19101875D-E
  • 2019-02-04 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2019-02-04 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
  • 2019-02-04 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2019-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2019-02-05 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2019-02-12 Read third time reading-3
  • 2019-02-12 Reading of amendments waived
  • 2019-02-12 Committee amendments agreed to
  • 2019-02-12 Engrossed by Senate as amended
  • 2019-02-14 Placed on Calendar
  • 2019-02-14 Senate amendments agreed to by House (97-Y 1-N)
  • 2019-02-19 Enrolled
  • 2019-02-19 Signed by Speaker
  • 2019-02-20 Signed by President
  • 2019-02-21 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 21, 2019
  • 2019-02-21 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
  • 2019-03-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 267 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5a3f0f1c-ebec-45ef-a67a-7919467c4791. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).