republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-1839.md

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Bill	Industrial hemp; federal Farm Bill.	Conforms Virginia law to the provisions of the federal 2018 Farm Bill by amending the definitions of cannabidiol oil, marijuana, and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) to exclude industrial hemp in the possession of a registered person, hemp products, or an oil containing no more than 0.3% THC. The bill defines "industrial hemp" as any part of the plant	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	HB 1839	Virginia HB 1839 (2019)	bill	Agriculture Animal Care and Food Emergency Legislation Narcotics and Drugs Study Commissions Committees and Reports	enacted	Daniel W. Marshall, III	6	25	8	2019-01-02	2019-03-21	openstates	ocd-bill/ec284906-4937-4f56-94b6-c8299633a728	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1839	d7f313891254fc877b187a9c155eb37bea898c3b64284641f6af43a894ac8aa9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1839 (2019) — Industrial hemp; federal Farm Bill.

Conforms Virginia law to the provisions of the federal 2018 Farm Bill by amending the definitions of cannabidiol oil, marijuana, and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) to exclude industrial hemp in the possession of a registered person, hemp products, or an oil containing no more than 0.3% THC. The bill defines "industrial hemp" as any part of the plant

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0653) (committee substitute) — source
2. House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1839ER) (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Committee substitute printed 19106006D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
5. House: Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/09/19 19101287D (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate amendments engrossed (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate amendments agreed to by House — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with amendments — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendments — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Daniel W. Marshall, III — primary (person)
• Brenda L. Pogge — cosponsor (person)
• Glenn R. Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Israel D. O'Quinn — cosponsor (person)
• James E. Edmunds, II — cosponsor (person)
• Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
• Nicholas J. Freitas — cosponsor (person)
• Todd E. Pillion — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2019-01-02 Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/09/19 19101287D introduction
• 2019-01-02 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2019-01-09 Assigned ACNR sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2019-01-28 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 2019-01-31 Read first time reading-1
• 2019-02-01 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-02-01 Committee substitute agreed to 19106006D-H1
• 2019-02-01 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1839H1
• 2019-02-04 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2019-02-04 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
• 2019-02-04 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2019-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2019-02-05 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2019-02-12 Read third time reading-3
• 2019-02-12 Reading of amendments waived
• 2019-02-12 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2019-02-12 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2019-02-14 Placed on Calendar
• 2019-02-14 Senate amendments agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
• 2019-02-19 Enrolled
• 2019-02-19 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-02-20 Signed by President
• 2019-02-21 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 21, 2019
• 2019-02-21 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
• 2019-03-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 653 (effective 3/21/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ec284906-4937-4f56-94b6-c8299633a728. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).