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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 HB 2308. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | SB 1361 | Virginia SB 1361 (2025) |
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Virginia SB 1361 (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 HB 2308.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Conference Report (committee substitute) — source
- Conference Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Courts of Justice Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Courts of Justice Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Senate acceded to request (38-Y 0-N 1-A) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed House (96-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by House (94-Y 0-N) — 94–0 (pass) · lower
- House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N) — 0–39 (fail) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Todd E. Pillion — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25100989D
filing, introduction - 2025-01-13 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2025-01-24 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1361)
- 2025-01-29 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-31 Rules suspended
- 2025-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N)
- 2025-01-31 Passed by for the day
- 2025-02-03 Read second time
reading-2 - 2025-02-03 Reading of amendment waived
- 2025-02-03 Courts of Justice Amendment agreed to
amendment-passage - 2025-02-03 Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 2025-02-03 Printed as engrossed 25100989D-E
- 2025-02-03 Rules suspended
- 2025-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- 2025-02-03 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-06 Placed on Calendar
- 2025-02-06 Read first time
reading-1 - 2025-02-06 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2025-02-06 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1361)
- 2025-02-10 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-10 Committee substitute printed 25107007D-H1
substitution - 2025-02-12 Read second time
reading-2 - 2025-02-13 Read third time
reading-3 - 2025-02-13 Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
- 2025-02-13 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 2025-02-13 Passed House with substitute (96-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-14 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1361)
- 2025-02-17 House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N)
- 2025-02-18 House insisted on substitute
substitution - 2025-02-18 House requested conference committee
referral-committee - 2025-02-19 Senate acceded to request (38-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 2025-02-19 Conferees appointed by Senate
- 2025-02-19 Senators: Pillion, Bagby, Carroll Foy
- 2025-02-20 Conferees appointed by House
- 2025-02-20 Delegates: Cousins, Thomas, Hodges
- 2025-02-21 Amended by conference committee
- 2025-02-21 Conference substitute printed 25107896D-S1
- 2025-02-21 Conference report agreed to by House (94-Y 0-N)
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-02-21 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-02-25 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1361)
- 2025-03-07 Enrolled
enrolled - 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1361ER)
passage - 2025-03-07 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2025-03-10 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1361)
- 2025-03-10 Signed by President
passage - 2025-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
enrolled - 2025-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2024
executive-receipt - 2025-03-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 264 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive-signature - 2025-03-21 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0264)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0f05635d-0db8-4234-98d0-1ccc2e858bab. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).