republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-815.md

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Bill	Medical cannabis program; product expiration, confidentiality, penalty.	Medical cannabis program; product expiration; confidentiality; penalty. Increases from six months to 12 months the maximum expiration date allowable for a cannabis product after registration absent stability testing. The bill allows pharmaceutical processors to employ as pharmacy technician trainees individuals who have less than one year of experience and allows pharmaceutical processors to employ persons with less than one year of experience to perform certain other supervised duties for which current law requires two years of experience. The bill also provides for the confidentiality of certain records and other information of the Board of Directors of the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority, including the exemption of certain information from the mandatory disclosure provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 815	Virginia HB 815 (2024)	bill		enacted	Mike A. Cherry	4	30	6	2024-01-09	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/6d1ead18-fe8a-44bf-8942-6d44841eacb3	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB815	cb5d01194d1221fbeab28c27ca9265bb146a84476787a0eb6f08a66ec0863178	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 815 (2024) — Medical cannabis program; product expiration, confidentiality, penalty.

Medical cannabis program; product expiration; confidentiality; penalty. Increases from six months to 12 months the maximum expiration date allowable for a cannabis product after registration absent stability testing. The bill allows pharmaceutical processors to employ as pharmacy technician trainees individuals who have less than one year of experience and allows pharmaceutical processors to employ persons with less than one year of experience to perform certain other supervised duties for which current law requires two years of experience. The bill also provides for the confidentiality of certain records and other information of the Board of Directors of the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority, including the exemption of certain information from the mandatory disclosure provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0732 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB815ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104786D (committee substitute) — source
4. Printed as engrossed 24104786D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (19-Y 0-N) — 19–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mike A. Cherry — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104786D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2024-01-16 Impact statement from DPB (HB815)
• 2024-01-26 Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming referral-committee
• 2024-02-06 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-06 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-08 Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (19-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-11 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-12 Committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-12 Engrossed by House as amended HB815E
• 2024-02-12 Printed as engrossed 24104786D-E
• 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 Impact statement from DPB (HB815E)
• 2024-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2024-02-23 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-26 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-27 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-27 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-04 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-04 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB815ER) passage
• 2024-03-04 Impact statement from DPB (HB815ER)
• 2024-03-04 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 732 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0732)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6d1ead18-fe8a-44bf-8942-6d44841eacb3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).