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Marijuana; possession of cannabidiol oil or THC-A oil.

Possession of marijuana; cannabidiol oil orTHC-A oil. Provides that no person shall be arrested or prosecutedfor possession of marijuana, subject to any civil penalty, deniedany right or privilege, or subject to any disciplinary action bya professional licensing board for possessing marijuana in the formof cannabidiol oil or THC-A oil if such person possessed such oilpursuant to a valid written certification issued by a practitionerin the course of his professional practice. The bill also provides that no agent or employee of a pharmaceutical processor shall bearrested or prosecuted for possession or manufacture of marijuanaor for possession, manufacture, or distribution of cannabidiol oilor THC-A oil, or subject to any civil penalty, denied any right orprivilege, or subject to any disciplinary action by a professionallicensing board if such agent or employee (i) possessed or manufacturedsuch marijuana for the purposes of producing cannabidiol oil or THC-Aoil or (ii) possessed, manufactured, or distributed such cannabidioloil or THC-A oil in accordance with law. Current law provides thatsuch possession of marijuana in the form of cannabidiol oil or THC-Aoil in such circumstances is an affirmative defense to such charges.

us/states/va

Virginia General Assembly

2020

SB 1015

Virginia SB 1015 (2020)

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enacted

David W. Marsden

2020-01-16

2020-04-06

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ocd-bill/1582e004-0a2d-4e7e-bdd6-0cb155912e33

https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB1015

5cc90131b43e2746525451d9908ccb2d03c2ccc27171039c75d64589f06a2fa2

2026-07-01

https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump

2026-07-06

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Virginia SB 1015 (2020) — Marijuana; possession of cannabidiol oil or THC-A oil.

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

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0764) (committee substitute) — source
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1015ER) (committee substitute) — source
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1015S1 (committee substitute) — source
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1015S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
Reported from Judiciary with substitute (12-Y 0-N 1-A) — 12–0 (pass) · upper
Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Timeline

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

2020-01-16 Unanimous consent to introduce
2020-01-16 Presented and ordered printed 20105511D introduction
2020-01-16 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
2020-01-17 Introduced bill reprinted 20105511D
2020-02-05 Reported from Judiciary with substitute (12-Y 0-N 1-A) committee-passage
2020-02-05 Committee substitute printed 20107741D-S1 substitution
2020-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
2020-02-10 Read second time reading-2
2020-02-10 Reading of substitute waived
2020-02-10 Committee substitute agreed to 20107741D-S1
2020-02-10 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1015S1
2020-02-11 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
2020-02-13 Impact statement from DPB (SB1015S1)
2020-02-14 Placed on Calendar
2020-02-14 Read first time reading-1
2020-02-14 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
2020-02-18 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
2020-02-19 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
2020-02-24 Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
2020-02-26 Read second time reading-2
2020-02-27 Read third time reading-3
2020-02-27 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
2020-02-27 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
2020-03-04 Enrolled
2020-03-05 Impact statement from DPB (SB1015ER)
2020-03-05 Signed by President
2020-03-05 Signed by Speaker
2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 764 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1582e004-0a2d-4e7e-bdd6-0cb155912e33. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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