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| Bill | Cannabis oil; processing and dispensing by pharmaceutical processors. | Board of Pharmacy; pharmaceutical processors; processing and dispensing cannabis oil; report. Effects numerous changes to the processing and dispensing of cannabis oil by pharmaceutical processors in the Commonwealth. The bill allows written certifications for use of cannabis oil to include an electronic practitioner signature. The bill also eliminates the requirement that a pharmacist have oversight of the cultivation and processing areas of a pharmaceutical processor, instead requiring pharmaceutical processors to designate a person to oversee cultivation and production areas; removes the requirement that a cannabis dispensing facility undergo quarterly inspections, instead requiring that inspections occur no more than once annually; and allows pharmaceutical processors to remediate cannabis oil that fails any quality testing standard. The bill requires pharmaceutical processors to maintain evidence of criminal background checks for all employees and delivery agents of the pharmaceutical processor. The bill directs the Board of Pharmacy to promulgate regulations implementing the provisions of the bill and regulations creating reasonable restrictions on advertising and promotion by pharmaceutical processors by July 1, 2021, and directs the Board of Pharmacy to solicit input from stakeholders and appropriate agencies of the Commonwealth in order to develop recommendations for legislative action to permit the acceptance of cannabis products by hospices and hospice facilities in the Commonwealth and report its findings and recommendations to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by October 1, 2021. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2021 | HB 1988 | Virginia HB 1988 (2021) |
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Virginia HB 1988 (2021) — Cannabis oil; processing and dispensing by pharmaceutical processors.
Board of Pharmacy; pharmaceutical processors; processing and dispensing cannabis oil; report. Effects numerous changes to the processing and dispensing of cannabis oil by pharmaceutical processors in the Commonwealth. The bill allows written certifications for use of cannabis oil to include an electronic practitioner signature. The bill also eliminates the requirement that a pharmacist have oversight of the cultivation and processing areas of a pharmaceutical processor, instead requiring pharmaceutical processors to designate a person to oversee cultivation and production areas; removes the requirement that a cannabis dispensing facility undergo quarterly inspections, instead requiring that inspections occur no more than once annually; and allows pharmaceutical processors to remediate cannabis oil that fails any quality testing standard. The bill requires pharmaceutical processors to maintain evidence of criminal background checks for all employees and delivery agents of the pharmaceutical processor. The bill directs the Board of Pharmacy to promulgate regulations implementing the provisions of the bill and regulations creating reasonable restrictions on advertising and promotion by pharmaceutical processors by July 1, 2021, and directs the Board of Pharmacy to solicit input from stakeholders and appropriate agencies of the Commonwealth in order to develop recommendations for legislative action to permit the acceptance of cannabis products by hospices and hospice facilities in the Commonwealth and report its findings and recommendations to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by October 1, 2021.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0205 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 21103668D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 21200148D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
- HB1988ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101833D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) — 6–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 0-N 1-A) — 93–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N 1-A) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Dawn M. Adams — primary (person)
- Carrie E. Coyner — cosponsor (person)
- Charniele L. Herring — cosponsor (person)
- Chris L. Hurst — cosponsor (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
- Dave A. LaRock — cosponsor (person)
- David W. Marsden — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer A. Kiggans — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy S. McPike — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
- Roxann L. Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
- Suhas Subramanyam — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101833D
introduction - 2021-01-11 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
referral-committee - 2021-01-15 Assigned HWI sub: Health Professions
referral-committee - 2021-01-27 Impact statement from DPB (HB1988)
- 2021-01-28 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2021-01-28 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N)
- 2021-01-28 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2021-01-28 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-01-28 Committee substitute printed 21103668D-H1
substitution - 2021-01-29 Impact statement from DPB (HB1988H1)
- 2021-02-01 Read first time
reading-1 - 2021-02-02 Read second time
reading-2 - 2021-02-02 Committee substitute agreed to 21103668D-H1
- 2021-02-02 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1988H1
- 2021-02-03 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N 1-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2021-02-03 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 2021-02-03 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 2021-02-03 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
passage - 2021-02-03 VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2021-02-04 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-10 Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
referral-committee - 2021-02-12 Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2021-02-18 Committee substitute printed 21200148D-S1
substitution - 2021-02-18 Impact statement from DPB (HB1988S1)
- 2021-02-18 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-19 Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-22 Read third time
reading-3 - 2021-02-22 Reading of substitute waived
- 2021-02-22 Committee substitute agreed to 21200148D-S1
- 2021-02-22 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1988S1
- 2021-02-22 Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N)
passage - 2021-02-23 Placed on Calendar
- 2021-02-23 Senate substitute agreed to by House 21200148D-S1 (94-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 2021-02-23 VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 2021-02-25 Enrolled
- 2021-02-25 Impact statement from DPB (HB1988ER)
- 2021-02-25 Signed by President
- 2021-02-26 Signed by Speaker
- 2021-03-01 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
- 2021-03-01 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 2021-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 205 (effective 7/1/21)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9e719319-bc4f-4735-b449-c9f0b8adde58. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).