republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2023/hb-1598.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medical cannabis program; transition from Bd. of Pharmacy to Va. Cannabis Control Authority, report."
description: "Medical cannabis program; transition from Bd. of Pharmacy to Va. Cannabis Control Authority, report."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1598"
citation: "Virginia HB 1598 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robinson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 42
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-01-06"
last_action: "2023-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/350caea2-bbe4-4343-9d5f-ac55cc92d706"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1598"
source_hash: "47590b8e60eed1aa6e8872aab3aeaa26487ae5541451cac73f4205a5f88fdcd8"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 1598 (2023) — Medical cannabis program; transition from Bd. of Pharmacy to Va. Cannabis Control Authority, report.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0773** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0773)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106176D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1598H1)
3. **HB1598ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1598ER)
4. **HB1598ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1598ER2)
5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104034D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1598)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 1-N 1-A) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Adoption (95-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (29-Y 11-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health (11-Y 4-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Robinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104034D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-06** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-02** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-02** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Committee substitute printed 23106176D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-02** Impact statement from DPB (HB1598)
- **2023-02-04** Impact statement from DPB (HB1598H1)
- **2023-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 23106176D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1598H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** Reported from Education and Health (11-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-10** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 1-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-15** Passed Senate (29-Y 11-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-20** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1598ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB1598ER)
- **2023-02-20** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2023-04-12** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-04-12** House concurred in Governor's recommendation BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N)
- **2023-04-12** VOTE: Block Vote Adoption (95-Y 0-N)
- **2023-04-12** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-04-12** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled bill text (HB1598ER2) `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Enacted, Chapter 773 (effective - see bill) `became-law`
- **2023-04-12** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0773)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/350caea2-bbe4-4343-9d5f-ac55cc92d706`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).