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type: "Bill"
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title: "Nursing homes, hospices, etc.; possession and administration of cannabidiol or THC-A."
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description: "Nursing homes, assisted living facilities, hospice programs, and hospice facilities; possession and administration of cannabidiol or THC-A oil. Allows nursing home, assisted living facility, hospice program, and hospice facility employees and staff members who are authorized to possess, distribute, or administer medications to residents to store, dispense, or administer cannabidiol oil or THC-A oil to a resident who has been issued a valid written certification for such medication."
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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: "SB 185"
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citation: "Virginia SB 185 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Siobhan S. Dunnavant"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2019-12-27"
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last_action: "2020-04-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb721990-3f05-4440-bfdd-00073f775160"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB185"
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source_hash: "8f71931e106781975e837f73c41c48b47d1e24f214df176efafdc29bf26e0583"
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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 SB 185 (2020) — Nursing homes, hospices, etc.; possession and administration of cannabidiol or THC-A.
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Nursing homes, assisted living facilities, hospice programs, and hospice facilities; possession and administration of cannabidiol or THC-A oil. Allows nursing home, assisted living facility, hospice program, and hospice facility employees and staff members who are authorized to possess, distribute, or administer medications to residents to store, dispense, or administer cannabidiol oil or THC-A oil to a resident who has been issued a valid written certification for such medication.
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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 (CHAP0846)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0846)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB185ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB185ER)
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3. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB185S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB185S1)
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4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB185)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB185)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Siobhan S. Dunnavant — primary (person)
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- Jennifer A. Kiggans — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-12-27** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103901D `introduction`
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- **2019-12-27** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-13** Impact statement from DPB (SB185)
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- **2020-01-24** Assigned Education sub: Health `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-06** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-06** Committee substitute printed 20105723D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2020-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-10** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2020-02-10** Committee substitute agreed to 20105723D-S1
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- **2020-02-10** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB185S1
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- **2020-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-10** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-13** Impact statement from DPB (SB185S1)
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- **2020-02-13** Assigned HWI sub: Health `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-18** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-25** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-27** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-28** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-28** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-03-05** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-05** Impact statement from DPB (SB185ER)
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- **2020-03-06** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-07** 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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- **2020-04-07** Approved by Governor-Chapter 846 (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/fb721990-3f05-4440-bfdd-00073f775160`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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