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Bill Controlled substances; prohibited equipment related to manufacturing, selling, etc., penalties. Prohibited equipment related to manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing, or possessing with intent to manufacture, sell, give, or distribute a controlled substance; penalties. Exempts permitted outsourcing facilities and pharmacies from the prohibition for any person to possess, purchase, sell, give, distribute, or possess with intent to sell, give, or distribute an encapsulating machine or a tableting machine that manufactures, compounds, converts, produces, processes, prepares, or otherwise introduces into the human body a controlled substance. Current law exempts permitted manufacturers. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 HB 2708 Virginia HB 2708 (2025)
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Virginia HB 2708 (2025) — Controlled substances; prohibited equipment related to manufacturing, selling, etc., penalties.

Prohibited equipment related to manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing, or possessing with intent to manufacture, sell, give, or distribute a controlled substance; penalties. Exempts permitted outsourcing facilities and pharmacies from the prohibition for any person to possess, purchase, sell, give, distribute, or possess with intent to sell, give, or distribute an encapsulating machine or a tableting machine that manufactures, compounds, converts, produces, processes, prepares, or otherwise introduces into the human body a controlled substance. Current law exempts permitted manufacturers.

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. Courts of Justice Amendments (committee substitute) — source
  4. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
  5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 970 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-16 Presented and ordered printed 25105242D introduction
  • 2025-01-16 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2025-01-23 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
  • 2025-01-24 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-01-29 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-31 Read first time reading-1
  • 2025-02-03 Read second time reading-2
  • 2025-02-03 Courts of Justice Amendments agreed to amendment-passage
  • 2025-02-03 Engrossed by House as amended
  • 2025-02-03 Printed as engrossed 25105242D-E
  • 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
  • 2025-02-17 Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-18 Rules suspended
  • 2025-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-02-18 Passed by for the day
  • 2025-02-19 Read third time reading-3
  • 2025-02-19 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2708ER) 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
  • 2025-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 418 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
  • 2025-03-24 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0418)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/08b91e8e-e5f8-4386-9c5f-a7e58a7e20b9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).