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type: "Bill"
title: "Pharmacy outsourcing and pharmacy technician remote database access; regulations."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1068"
citation: "Virginia HB 1068 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Keith Hodges"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 39
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f403203c-e364-40d2-952e-11c7629f1628"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1068"
source_hash: "622a8e8221cf79701a611d2d73e5ff7c5c5bbcca47f793f6414a3b79f99ca8ac"
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 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](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0407)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24107286D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1068H1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 24107659D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1068S1)
4. **HB1068ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1068ER)
5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102395D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1068)
## Votes
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) — **70** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N) — **980** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **980** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f403203c-e364-40d2-952e-11c7629f1628`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).