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type: "Bill"
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title: "Unused dispensed drugs; guidelines for provision of counseling and information on proper disposal."
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description: "Requires the Board of Pharmacy to develop guidelines for the provision of counseling and information regarding proper disposal of unused dispensed drugs, including information about pharmacy drug disposal programs in which the pharmacy may participate, by pharmacists to patients for whom a prescription is dispensed."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 2046"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2046 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Commissions", "Boards and Institutions Generally", "Narcotics and Drugs"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Kathleen Murphy"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2017-01-10"
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last_action: "2017-02-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f9424b8-3b8e-4b32-84d7-4f7e69490949"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2046"
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source_hash: "a42b13826e78e69529e427a544c5e547dbd54e06873603165bcba673fbe93af9"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 2046 (2017) — Unused dispensed drugs; guidelines for provision of counseling and information on proper disposal.
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Requires the Board of Pharmacy to develop guidelines for the provision of counseling and information regarding proper disposal of unused dispensed drugs, including information about pharmacy drug disposal programs in which the pharmacy may participate, by pharmacists to patients for whom a prescription is dispensed.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0114)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0114)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2046ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2046ER)
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3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104928D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2046H1)
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4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103610D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2046)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Kathleen Murphy — primary (person)
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- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103610D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-17** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-02** Passed by for the day
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- **2017-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-03** Committee substitute agreed to 17104928D-H1
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- **2017-02-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2046H1
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- **2017-02-06** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-02-07** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-15** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-15** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-17** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-17** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
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- **2017-02-17** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
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- **2017-02-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 114 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f9424b8-3b8e-4b32-84d7-4f7e69490949`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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