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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.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Courts of Justice Amendments (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (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).