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Bill Inhaling drugs or other noxious chemical substances, etc.; distribution of nitrous oxide. Inhaling drugs or other noxious chemical substances or causing, etc., others to do so; distribution of nitrous oxide to persons under 18 prohibited; penalties. Prohibits the sale or distribution of a device that is designed or intended to deliver a gas containing nitrous oxide to persons under 18 years of age with exceptions as defined in the bill. Any person who fails to make diligent inquiry as to whether the person trying to obtain such a device is 18 years of age or older or sells, distributes, or attempts to sell or distribute such a device to a person under 18 years of age is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill also adds nitrous oxide to the list of noxious chemical substances for which it is unlawful to deliberately smell or inhale with the intent to become intoxicated, inebriated, excited, or stupefied or to dull the brain or nervous system, or to deliberately cause another person to do so. This bill is identical to SB 1361. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 HB 2308 Virginia HB 2308 (2025)
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Virginia HB 2308 (2025) — Inhaling drugs or other noxious chemical substances, etc.; distribution of nitrous oxide.

Inhaling drugs or other noxious chemical substances or causing, etc., others to do so; distribution of nitrous oxide to persons under 18 prohibited; penalties. Prohibits the sale or distribution of a device that is designed or intended to deliver a gas containing nitrous oxide to persons under 18 years of age with exceptions as defined in the bill. Any person who fails to make diligent inquiry as to whether the person trying to obtain such a device is 18 years of age or older or sells, distributes, or attempts to sell or distribute such a device to a person under 18 years of age is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill also adds nitrous oxide to the list of noxious chemical substances for which it is unlawful to deliberately smell or inhale with the intent to become intoxicated, inebriated, excited, or stupefied or to dull the brain or nervous system, or to deliberately cause another person to do so. This bill is identical to SB 1361.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. Conference Report (committee substitute) — source
  4. Conference Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  5. Courts of Justice Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  6. Courts of Justice Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  7. Delegate Hodges Amendment (committee substitute) — source
  8. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Conference report agreed to by House (95-Y 1-N) — 95–1 (pass) · lower
  • Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
  • Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
  • Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
  • Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
  • Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 96-N) — 0–96 (fail) · lower
  • Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
  • Senate insisted on amendment (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • M. Keith Hodges — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100988D filing, introduction
  • 2025-01-08 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2025-01-25 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
  • 2025-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) substitution
  • 2025-01-29 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-29 Committee substitute printed 25106256D-H1 substitution
  • 2025-01-31 Read first time reading-1
  • 2025-02-03 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-02-03 Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
  • 2025-02-03 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
  • 2025-02-04 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2025-02-04 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
  • 2025-02-04 Passed House (99-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2025-02-05 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2025-02-10 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-10 Committee substitute printed 25107099D-S1 substitution
  • 2025-02-11 Rules suspended
  • 2025-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-02-11 Passed by for the day
  • 2025-02-12 Read third time reading-3
  • 2025-02-12 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2025-02-12 Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
  • 2025-02-12 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
  • 2025-02-12 Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-14 Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 96-N)
  • 2025-02-18 Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) substitution
  • 2025-02-18 Senate requested conference committee referral-committee
  • 2025-02-19 House acceded to request
  • 2025-02-19 Conferees appointed by House
  • 2025-02-19 Delegates: Cousins, Thomas, Hodges
  • 2025-02-20 Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 2025-02-20 Senators: Pillion, Bagby, Carroll Foy
  • 2025-02-21 Amended by conference committee
  • 2025-02-21 Conference substitute printed 25107900D-H2
  • 2025-02-21 Conference report agreed to by House (95-Y 1-N) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-02-21 Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2308ER) passage
  • 2025-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2025-03-10 Signed by President passage
  • 2025-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 259 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
  • 2025-03-21 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0259)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ad39dfe5-8c2b-49e7-b081-cdf09fb387bd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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