republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/sb-1333.md

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Bill	Pharmaceutical processors; permits processors to produce & distribute cannabis products.	Pharmaceutical processors; cannabis products.Permits pharmaceutical processors to produce and distribute cannabisproducts other than cannabis oil. The bill defines the terms "botanicalcannabis," "cannabis product," and "usable cannabis." The bill requiresthe Board of Pharmacy to establish testing standards for botanical cannabis and botanical cannabis products, establish a registrationprocess for botanical cannabis products, and promulgate emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill. The bill allowsthe Board of Pharmacy to assess and collect a one-time botanicalcannabis regulatory fee from each pharmaceutical processor, not toexceed $50,000, to cover costs associated with the implementationof the provisions of the bill, including costs for new personnel,training, promulgation of regulations and guidance documents, andinformation technology.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2021	SB 1333	Virginia SB 1333 (2021)	bill		enacted	L. Louise Lucas	6	47	8	2021-01-12	2021-03-18	openstates	ocd-bill/1dd12eca-aa41-4a3c-a0d3-363f9519763c	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1333	e9b93fd3f9f4922425d7358d9161fad29f7651b8efd71d4bbe45eba073450c43	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1333 (2021) — Pharmaceutical processors; permits processors to produce & distribute cannabis products.

Pharmaceutical processors; cannabis products.Permits pharmaceutical processors to produce and distribute cannabisproducts other than cannabis oil. The bill defines the terms "botanicalcannabis," "cannabis product," and "usable cannabis." The bill requiresthe Board of Pharmacy to establish testing standards for botanical cannabis and botanical cannabis products, establish a registrationprocess for botanical cannabis products, and promulgate emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill. The bill allowsthe Board of Pharmacy to assess and collect a one-time botanicalcannabis regulatory fee from each pharmaceutical processor, not toexceed $50,000, to cover costs associated with the implementationof the provisions of the bill, including costs for new personnel,training, promulgation of regulations and guidance documents, andinformation technology.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0228 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 21103698D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee substitute printed 21104258D-S2 (committee substitute) — source
4. Committee substitute printed 21104492D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102491D (committee substitute) — source
6. SB1333ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed Senate (32-Y 5-N) — 32–5 (pass) · upper
• House substitute agreed to by Senate (34-Y 5-N) — 34–5 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education and Health with substitute (13-Y 1-N 1-A) — 13–1 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (87-Y 9-N 2-A) — 86–9 (pass) · lower
• Continued to Special Session 1 in Health, Welfare and Institutions — 0–0 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• L. Louise Lucas — primary (person)
• Adam P. Ebbin — cosponsor (person)
• Jeremy S. McPike — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph D. Morrissey — cosponsor (person)
• Siobhan S. Dunnavant — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102491D introduction
• 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2021-01-22 Assigned Education sub: Health referral-committee
• 2021-01-27 Impact statement from DPB (SB1333)
• 2021-01-28 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-01-28 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (13-Y 1-N 1-A) committee-passage
• 2021-01-28 Committee substitute printed 21103698D-S1 substitution
• 2021-01-28 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-01-29 Impact statement from DPB (SB1333S1)
• 2021-02-01 Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-02-03 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-02-03 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-03 Committee substitute printed 21104258D-S2 substitution
• 2021-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-04 Impact statement from DPB (SB1333S2)
• 2021-02-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-02-04 Reading of substitute waived
• 2021-02-04 Committee substitute rejected 21103698D-S1
• 2021-02-04 Reading of substitute waived
• 2021-02-04 Committee substitute agreed to 21104258D-S2
• 2021-02-04 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1333S2
• 2021-02-05 Passed by temporarily
• 2021-02-05 Read third time and passed Senate (32-Y 5-N) passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-07 Placed on Calendar
• 2021-02-07 Read first time reading-1
• 2021-02-07 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
• 2021-02-08 Continued to Special Session 1 in Health, Welfare and Institutions
• 2021-02-16 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-02-16 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-16 Committee substitute printed 21104492D-H1 substitution
• 2021-02-17 Impact statement from DPB (SB1333H1)
• 2021-02-18 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-02-19 Read third time reading-3
• 2021-02-19 Passed by temporarily
• 2021-02-19 Committee substitute agreed to 21104492D-H1
• 2021-02-19 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1333H1
• 2021-02-19 Passed House with substitute (87-Y 9-N 2-A) passage
• 2021-02-19 VOTE: Passage (87-Y 9-N 2-A)
• 2021-02-23 House substitute agreed to by Senate (34-Y 5-N)
• 2021-02-23 Title replaced 21104492D-H1
• 2021-02-25 Enrolled
• 2021-02-25 Impact statement from DPB (SB1333ER)
• 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 228 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1dd12eca-aa41-4a3c-a0d3-363f9519763c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).