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type: "Bill"
title: "Pharmacy outsourcing and pharmacy technician remote database access; regulations."
description: "Central fill pharmacies. Establishes requirementsfor central fill pharmacies, which are defined in the bill as permittedpharmacy facilities that, upon the request of an originating pharmacy,perform the product fulfillment of a drug order and return the filledprescription to the originating pharmacy for delivery to the patientor patient's agent or, for non-federally controlled substances,send the filled prescription directly to the patient. The bill directsthe Board of Pharmacy to adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 607"
citation: "Virginia SB 607 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ryan T. McDougle"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 44
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99320bcf-19c9-416f-8ffc-abf7ce73a6d4"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB607"
source_hash: "4c375ca8bc9b96080831897f655f8ff2ed24ecc7316e96178a2eb6d78a5063b5"
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 SB 607 (2024) — Pharmacy outsourcing and pharmacy technician remote database access; regulations.
Central fill pharmacies. Establishes requirementsfor central fill pharmacies, which are defined in the bill as permittedpharmacy facilities that, upon the request of an originating pharmacy,perform the product fulfillment of a drug order and return the filledprescription to the originating pharmacy for delivery to the patientor patient's agent or, for non-federally controlled substances,send the filled prescription directly to the patient. The bill directsthe Board of Pharmacy 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. **CHAP0408** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0408)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24107236D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB607S1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 24108339D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB607H1)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102013D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB607)
5. **SB607ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB607ER)
## Votes
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — **960** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — **210** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Ryan T. McDougle — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102013D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-10** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB607)
- **2024-01-31** Assigned Education and Health Sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-08** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-08** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-08** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-08** Committee substitute printed 24107236D-S1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-09** Impact statement from DPB (SB607S1)
- **2024-02-09** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-09** Reading of substitute waived
- **2024-02-09** Committee substitute agreed to 24107236D-S1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-09** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB607S1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-09** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-15** Placed on Calendar
- **2024-02-15** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-15** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-16** Assigned sub: Health `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2024-02-27** Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-27** Committee substitute printed 24108339D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (SB607H1)
- **2024-02-29** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-01** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** Committee substitute agreed to 24108339D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-03-01** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB607H1 `substitution`
- **2024-03-01** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-01** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Passed by for the day
- **2024-03-05** House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2024-03-05** Title replaced 24108339D-H1
- **2024-03-08** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-08** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB607ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Impact statement from DPB (SB607ER)
- **2024-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-09** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 408 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-04** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0408)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/99320bcf-19c9-416f-8ffc-abf7ce73a6d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).