republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-149.md

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Bill	Employee protections; medicinal use of cannabis oil.	Employee protections; medicinal use of cannabisproduct. Amends the provision that prohibits an employer from discriminatingagainst an employee for such employee's lawful use of cannabis productpursuant to a valid written certification issued by a practitionerfor the treatment or to eliminate the symptoms of the employee'sdiagnosed condition or disease, with certain exceptions, by specifyingthat such use must conform to the laws of the Commonwealth and thatsuch protections extend to the employees of the Commonwealth andother public bodies.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 149	Virginia HB 149 (2024)	bill		enacted	Dan I. Helmer	5	38	8	2024-01-02	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/07bad6d2-e17e-434a-8564-e1a837146090	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB149	49809f8c9deec5ac055cb881ef664f739a87b7561819836dbe777e48a2d05e10	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 149 (2024) — Employee protections; medicinal use of cannabis oil.

Employee protections; medicinal use of cannabisproduct. Amends the provision that prohibits an employer from discriminatingagainst an employee for such employee's lawful use of cannabis productpursuant to a valid written certification issued by a practitionerfor the treatment or to eliminate the symptoms of the employee'sdiagnosed condition or disease, with certain exceptions, by specifyingthat such use must conform to the laws of the Commonwealth and thatsuch protections extend to the employees of the Commonwealth andother public bodies.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0632 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24108207D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB149ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100935D (committee substitute) — source
5. Printed as engrossed 24100935D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Rereferred from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with substitute (26-Y 13-N) — 26–13 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (78-Y 20-N) — 77–20 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (10-Y 5-N) — 10–5 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (82-Y 17-N) — 81–17 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (19-Y 2-N) — 19–2 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dan I. Helmer — primary (person)
• Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
• Laura Jane Cohen — cosponsor (person)
• Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
• Phil M. Hernandez — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-02 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100935D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-02 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2024-01-15 Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2024-01-18 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-18 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-23 Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (19-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-25 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-01-26 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-01-26 Committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-01-26 Engrossed by House as amended HB149E
• 2024-01-26 Printed as engrossed 24100935D-E
• 2024-01-29 Read third time and passed House (78-Y 20-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-01-29 VOTE: Passage (78-Y 20-N) passage
• 2024-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-01-30 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2024-01-31 Impact statement from DPB (HB149E)
• 2024-02-19 Rereferred from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N) referral-committee
• 2024-02-19 Rereferred to Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2024-02-23 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (10-Y 5-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-23 Committee substitute printed 24108207D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-26 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-27 Impact statement from DPB (HB149S1)
• 2024-02-27 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-27 Reading of substitute waived
• 2024-02-27 Committee substitute agreed to 24108207D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-27 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB149S1 substitution
• 2024-02-27 Passed Senate with substitute (26-Y 13-N) passage
• 2024-02-29 Senate substitute agreed to by House 24108207D-S1 (82-Y 17-N) substitution
• 2024-02-29 VOTE: Adoption (82-Y 17-N)
• 2024-03-06 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-06 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB149ER) passage
• 2024-03-06 Impact statement from DPB (HB149ER)
• 2024-03-06 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-07 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 632 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0632)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/07bad6d2-e17e-434a-8564-e1a837146090. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).