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type: "Bill"
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title: "Pharmacist scope of practice; initiation of treatment for certain diseases and conditions."
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description: "Pharmacist scope of practice; initiation of treatment for certain diseases and conditions."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "SB 948"
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citation: "Virginia SB 948 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Suetterlein"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 37
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2023-01-06"
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last_action: "2023-03-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d95ba8c1-b5e3-4852-899c-5fbfb7df9263"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB948"
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source_hash: "f33ecb07252e6f8d9918eaae7f4edcd5f2b181992126f405833e1902d3a3f04a"
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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 948 (2023) — Pharmacist scope of practice; initiation of treatment for certain diseases and conditions.
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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. **CHAP0172** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0172)
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2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102717D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB948)
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3. **Printed as engrossed 23102717D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB948E)
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4. **SB948ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB948ER)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (12-Y 9-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- VOTE: Passage (65-Y 34-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- House amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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- Reported from Education and Health with amendments (14-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Suetterlein — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102717D `filing, introduction`
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- **2023-01-06** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-11** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-13** Impact statement from DPB (SB948)
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- **2023-01-16** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2023-01-19** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2023-01-19** Reported from Education and Health with amendments (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2023-01-19** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2023-01-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2023-01-23** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2023-01-23** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2023-01-23** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-01-23** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB948E
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- **2023-01-23** Printed as engrossed 23102717D-E
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- **2023-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB948E)
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- **2023-01-24** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-02-09** Placed on Calendar
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- **2023-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-09** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-14** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2023-02-14** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (12-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2023-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2023-02-17** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-02-17** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2023-02-17** Passed House with amendments (65-Y 34-N) `passage`
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- **2023-02-17** VOTE: Passage (65-Y 34-N) `passage`
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- **2023-02-20** House amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N) `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-02-23** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-02-23** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB948ER) `passage`
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- **2023-02-23** Impact statement from DPB (SB948ER)
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- **2023-02-23** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled`
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- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 172 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
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- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0172)
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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/d95ba8c1-b5e3-4852-899c-5fbfb7df9263`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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