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| Bill | Medical cannabis; administration to terminally ill patients, report. | Medical cannabis; administration to terminally ill patients; report. Directs the Department of Health to promulgate regulations specifying that hospital staff may store, dispense, and administer cannabis oil when a patient has valid certification and exempts such staff from criminal penalties for possession of cannabis oil. The bill directs the Department of Health to convene a work group to discuss the implementation process for providing cannabis products to patients in medical care facilities and report on its discussion to the Chairs of the House Committee on Health and Human Services and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by November 1, 2026. This bill incorporates HB 486. This bill is identical to SB 332. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 75 | Virginia HB 75 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 75 (2026) — Medical cannabis; administration to terminally ill patients, report.
Medical cannabis; administration to terminally ill patients; report. Directs the Department of Health to promulgate regulations specifying that hospital staff may store, dispense, and administer cannabis oil when a patient has valid certification and exempts such staff from criminal penalties for possession of cannabis oil. The bill directs the Department of Health to convene a work group to discuss the implementation process for providing cannabis products to patients in medical care facilities and report on its discussion to the Chairs of the House Committee on Health and Human Services and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by November 1, 2026. This bill incorporates HB 486. This bill is identical to SB 332.
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 Report Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Delegate Keys-Gamarra Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Education and Health Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Health Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Health and Human Services Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 7–0 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 95–1 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute — 18–2 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Committee Report R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 94–1 (pass) · lower
- Insist & Request R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 2–94 (fail) · lower
Sponsors
- Karen Keys-Gamarra — primary (person)
- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-12-31 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103193D
filing, introduction - 2025-12-31 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
referral-committee - 2026-01-16 Assigned sub: Health
referral-committee - 2026-01-30 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB75)
- 2026-02-10 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N 1-A)
substitution - 2026-02-12 Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (18-Y 2-N 1-A)
committee-passage - 2026-02-12 Incorporates HB486 (Shin)
- 2026-02-12 Committee substitute printed 26107743D-H1
substitution - 2026-02-15 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-16 Floor substitute printed 26108023D-H2 (Keys-Gamarra)
- 2026-02-16 Floor offered Delegate Keys-Gamarra Substitute
- 2026-02-16 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-16 committee substitute rejected
- 2026-02-16 Delegate Keys-Gamarra Floor substitute agreed to
substitution - 2026-02-16 Engrossed by House - floor substitute
- 2026-02-17 Read third time and passed House (95-Y 1-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-18 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2026-02-23 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB75)
- 2026-02-26 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-27 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-27 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-27 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-27 Committee substitute printed 26108827D-S1
substitution - 2026-03-02 Education and Health Substitute agreed to
- 2026-03-02 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-02 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-03-02 Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-04 Senate substitute rejected by House (2-Y 94-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-06 Senate insisted on amendments (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-06 Senate requested conference committee
referral-committee - 2026-03-09 House acceded to request
- 2026-03-10 Conferees appointed by House
- 2026-03-10 House Conferees: Keys-Gamarra, Laufer, Kent
- 2026-03-10 Conferees appointed by Senate
- 2026-03-10 Senate Conferees: Favola, Bagby, Head
- 2026-03-11 Conference Report released
- 2026-03-11 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-03-11 Conference report agreed to by House (95-Y 1-N 0-A)
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-03-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB75)
- 2026-03-30 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB75ER)
passage - 2026-03-30 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-01 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB75)
- 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 555 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-13 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0555)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7abaf6e2-dbf9-454d-8584-ca0fade27782. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).