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type: "Bill"
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title: "Animals; remedies containing Cannabis plant, exemption."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 2256"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2256 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Agriculture", "Animal Care and Food"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brenda L. Pogge"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2019-01-08"
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last_action: "2019-03-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a3f0f1c-ebec-45ef-a67a-7919467c4791"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2256"
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source_hash: "03d99c3055878546103cfca5e9b35ec5b2143bd0fd8f7fd9056c23528f2bf1d7"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 2256 (2019) — Animals; remedies containing Cannabis plant, exemption.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0267)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0267)
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2. **House amendments adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB2256AH)
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3. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB2256)
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4. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2256ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2256ER)
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5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101875D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2256)
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6. **House: Printed as engrossed 19101875D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2256E)
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7. **Senate amendments engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB2256ASE)
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## Votes
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendments — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate with amendments — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate amendments agreed to by House — **97–1** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendments — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brenda L. Pogge — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101875D `introduction`
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- **2019-01-08** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-16** Assigned ACNR sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-01** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2019-02-01** Engrossed by House as amended HB2256E
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- **2019-02-01** Printed as engrossed 19101875D-E
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- **2019-02-04** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-02-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
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- **2019-02-04** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2019-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-02-05** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-12** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-12** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2019-02-12** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2019-02-12** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2019-02-14** Placed on Calendar
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- **2019-02-14** Senate amendments agreed to by House (97-Y 1-N)
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- **2019-02-19** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-19** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-20** Signed by President
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- **2019-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 21, 2019
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- **2019-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
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- **2019-03-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 267 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a3f0f1c-ebec-45ef-a67a-7919467c4791`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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