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Bill Drug paraphernalia and controlled paraphernalia; narcotic testing products. Clarifies that narcotic testing products used to determine whether a controlled substance contains fentanyl or a fentanyl analog are not drug paraphernalia or controlled paraphernalia. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2019 HB 2563 Virginia HB 2563 (2019)
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Crimes and Offenses Generally
Narcotics and Drugs
Professions and Occupations
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Roxann L. Robinson
6 20 7 2019-01-09 2019-03-05 openstates ocd-bill/21ea2f61-afac-43db-b8d8-19b02f14e6f1 http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2563 ea722206808dec4d78141825d4d80c8581b683e45643ca8d24229163d0e86455 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Virginia HB 2563 (2019) — Drug paraphernalia and controlled paraphernalia; narcotic testing products.

Clarifies that narcotic testing products used to determine whether a controlled substance contains fentanyl or a fentanyl analog are not drug paraphernalia or controlled paraphernalia.

Version chain

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

  1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0215) (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 (HB2563ER) (committee substitute) — source
  5. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103249D (committee substitute) — source
  6. House: Printed as engrossed 19103249D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Education and Health — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 970 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — 100 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate — 400 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Roxann L. Robinson — primary (person)
  • Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
  • Wendy W. Gooditis — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103249D introduction
  • 2019-01-09 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
  • 2019-01-16 Assigned HWI 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 HB2563E
  • 2019-02-01 Printed as engrossed 19103249D-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 Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2019-02-11 Read third time reading-3
  • 2019-02-14 Enrolled
  • 2019-02-14 Signed by Speaker
  • 2019-02-14 Signed by President
  • 2019-02-18 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 18, 2019
  • 2019-02-18 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
  • 2019-03-05 Approved by Governor-Chapter 215 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/21ea2f61-afac-43db-b8d8-19b02f14e6f1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).