republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-1068.md

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Bill	Pharmacy outsourcing and pharmacy technician remote database access; regulations.	Board of Pharmacy; regulations related to pharmacy outsourcing and pharmacy technician remote database access; work group related to prescription processing delays; report. Directs the Board of Pharmacy to promulgate regulations related to pharmacy outsourcing and pharmacy technician remote database access. The bill also requires the Board to convene a work group to review issues related to prescription processing delays affecting the health, safety, and welfare of patients. The bill directs the Board to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 1068	Virginia HB 1068 (2024)	bill		enacted	M. Keith Hodges	5	39	7	2024-01-10	2024-04-04	openstates	ocd-bill/f403203c-e364-40d2-952e-11c7629f1628	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1068	622a8e8221cf79701a611d2d73e5ff7c5c5bbcca47f793f6414a3b79f99ca8ac	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1068 (2024) — Pharmacy outsourcing and pharmacy technician remote database access; regulations.

Board of Pharmacy; regulations related to pharmacy outsourcing and pharmacy technician remote database access; work group related to prescription processing delays; report. Directs the Board of Pharmacy to promulgate regulations related to pharmacy outsourcing and pharmacy technician remote database access. The bill also requires the Board to convene a work group to review issues related to prescription processing delays affecting the health, safety, and welfare of patients. The bill directs the Board to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0407 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24107286D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee substitute printed 24107659D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB1068ER (committee substitute) — source
5. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102395D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• M. Keith Hodges — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102395D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-10 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2024-01-17 Impact statement from DPB (HB1068)
• 2024-01-19 Assigned sub: Health referral-committee
• 2024-02-06 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2024-02-08 Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-08 Committee substitute printed 24107286D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-08 Impact statement from DPB (HB1068H1)
• 2024-02-11 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-12 Committee substitute agreed to 24107286D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-12 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1068H1 substitution
• 2024-02-13 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2024-02-21 Assigned Education and Health Sub: Health Professions referral-committee
• 2024-02-23 Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-29 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-29 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-29 Committee substitute printed 24107659D-S1 substitution
• 2024-03-01 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-04 Impact statement from DPB (HB1068S1)
• 2024-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-04 Reading of substitute waived
• 2024-03-04 Committee substitute agreed to 24107659D-S1 substitution
• 2024-03-04 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1068S1 substitution
• 2024-03-04 Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-05 Senate substitute agreed to by House 24107659D-S1 (99-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2024-03-05 VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1068ER) passage
• 2024-03-25 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-27 Impact statement from DPB (HB1068ER)
• 2024-03-27 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-04 Approved by Governor-Chapter 407 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-04 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0407)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f403203c-e364-40d2-952e-11c7629f1628. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).