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type: "Bill"
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title: "Commonwealth's medical cannabis program; SHHR to convene work group to review & make recommendation."
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description: "Commonwealth's medical cannabis program; work group to review; report. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to convene a work group to review the Commonwealth's medical cannabis program and issues of critical importance to the medical cannabis industry and patients, including expansion of the medical cannabis program and the medical use of cannabis flowers, and to report its findings and recommendations, including any legislative recommendations, to the Governor, the Attorney General, and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Education and Health no later than October 1, 2020."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 347"
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citation: "Virginia HB 347 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Glenn R. Davis"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2020-01-01"
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last_action: "2020-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4879d9b8-10c8-4538-bcec-afa9c9de94c0"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB347"
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source_hash: "7de09a451697182c3e90da51a9b7132ae99b84581a128bb0aee4d4c7528993a9"
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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 347 (2020) — Commonwealth's medical cannabis program; SHHR to convene work group to review & make recommendation.
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Commonwealth's medical cannabis program; work group to review; report. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to convene a work group to review the Commonwealth's medical cannabis program and issues of critical importance to the medical cannabis industry and patients, including expansion of the medical cannabis program and the medical use of cannabis flowers, and to report its findings and recommendations, including any legislative recommendations, to the Governor, the Attorney General, and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Education and Health no later than October 1, 2020.
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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. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0711)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0711)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB347ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB347ER)
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3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB347H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB347H1)
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4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB347)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB347)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 0-N) — **5–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Rules (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (60-Y 35-N) — **60–34** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Glenn R. Davis — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-01** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103173D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-01** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-15** Assigned HWI sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-29** Impact statement from DPB (HB347)
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- **2020-01-30** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2020-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-04** Committee substitute printed 20107261D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2020-02-04** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-06** Passed by for the day
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- **2020-02-07** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-07** Committee substitute agreed to 20107261D-H1
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- **2020-02-07** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB347H1
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- **2020-02-10** Read third time and passed House (60-Y 35-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-10** VOTE: Passage (60-Y 35-N)
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- **2020-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-02-11** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB347H1)
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- **2020-02-21** Reported from Rules (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-25** Passed by for the day
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- **2020-02-26** Passed by for the day
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- **2020-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-27** Amendments by Senator McClellan withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
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- **2020-02-27** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-03-04** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (HB347ER)
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- **2020-03-05** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-05** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 711 (effective 7/1/20) `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/4879d9b8-10c8-4538-bcec-afa9c9de94c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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