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| Bill | Medical marijuana; administration to terminally ill patients. | 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 is identical to HB 75. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 332 | Virginia SB 332 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 332 (2026) — Medical marijuana; administration to terminally ill patients.
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 is identical to HB 75.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Education and Health Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Health and Human Services Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — 13–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 39–1 (pass) · upper
- Concur House Substitute R — 39–1 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute — 20–1 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 97–1 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Barbara A. Favola — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104526D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2026-02-03 Assigned Education sub: Health
referral-committee - 2026-02-03 Senate subcommittee offered
- 2026-02-05 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (13-Y 0-N 2-A)
committee-passage - 2026-02-05 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB332)
- 2026-02-06 Committee substitute printed 26107093D-S1
substitution - 2026-02-06 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-06 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-06 Passed by for the day
- 2026-02-09 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-09 Education and Health Substitute agreed to
- 2026-02-09 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote)
substitution - 2026-02-09 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB332)
- 2026-02-10 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-13 Placed on Calendar
- 2026-02-13 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-13 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
referral-committee - 2026-02-19 House committee offered
- 2026-02-19 Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (20-Y 1-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-19 Committee substitute printed 26108200D-H1
substitution - 2026-02-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB332)
- 2026-02-23 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-24 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-24 committee substitute agreed to
substitution - 2026-02-24 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-02-24 Passed House with substitute (97-Y 1-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-02-26 House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N 0-A)
substitution - 2026-03-02 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-02 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB332ER)
passage - 2026-03-02 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB332)
- 2026-03-02 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-02 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 556 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-13 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0556)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/84a4d990-fa0e-419b-932c-7d6f69e325ba. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).