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type: "Bill"
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title: "Industrial hemp; federal Farm Bill."
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description: "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"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 1839"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1839 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Agriculture", "Animal Care and Food", "Emergency Legislation", "Narcotics and Drugs", "Study Commissions", "Committees and Reports"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Daniel W. Marshall, III"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2019-01-02"
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last_action: "2019-03-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec284906-4937-4f56-94b6-c8299633a728"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1839"
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source_hash: "d7f313891254fc877b187a9c155eb37bea898c3b64284641f6af43a894ac8aa9"
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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 1839 (2019) — Industrial hemp; federal Farm Bill.
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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
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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 (CHAP0653)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0653)
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2. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB1839)
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3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1839ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1839ER)
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4. **House: Committee substitute printed 19106006D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1839H1)
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5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/09/19 19101287D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1839)
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6. **Senate amendments engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB1839ASE)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate amendments agreed to by House — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate with amendments — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendments — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Daniel W. Marshall, III — primary (person)
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- Brenda L. Pogge — cosponsor (person)
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- Glenn R. Davis — cosponsor (person)
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- Israel D. O'Quinn — cosponsor (person)
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- James E. Edmunds, II — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
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- Nicholas J. Freitas — cosponsor (person)
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- Todd E. Pillion — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/09/19 19101287D `introduction`
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- **2019-01-02** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-09** Assigned ACNR sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-28** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee for Courts of Justice
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- **2019-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-01** Committee substitute agreed to 19106006D-H1
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- **2019-02-01** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1839H1
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- **2019-02-04** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-02-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
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- **2019-02-04** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2019-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-02-05** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-12** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-12** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2019-02-12** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2019-02-12** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2019-02-14** Placed on Calendar
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- **2019-02-14** Senate amendments agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
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- **2019-02-19** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-19** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-20** Signed by President
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- **2019-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 21, 2019
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- **2019-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
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- **2019-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 653 (effective 3/21/19) `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/ec284906-4937-4f56-94b6-c8299633a728`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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