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type: "Bill"
title: "Fluorinated hydrocarbons or vapors; prohibited inhalants or other noxious chemical substances."
description: "Adds fluorinated hydrocarbons or vapors and hydrogenated fluorocarbons to the list of prohibited drugs or noxious chemical substances that a person may deliberately smell or inhale with the intent to become intoxicated, inebriated, excited, or stupefied or to dull the brain or nervous system or that a person may deliberately cause, invite, or induce a person to smell or inhale with the intent to intoxicate, inebriate, excite, stupefy, or dull the brain or nervous system of such person."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2138"
citation: "Virginia HB 2138 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes and Offenses Generally", "Narcotics and Drugs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert M. \"Bob\" Thomas, Jr."]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-08"
last_action: "2019-02-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dff9b621-ceff-438c-826a-2d66d5b85b81"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2138"
source_hash: "52fd94eabf999d5051597a76ab7a35666029bdbe001dd353b022711e0776ef68"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 2138 (2019) — Fluorinated hydrocarbons or vapors; prohibited inhalants or other noxious chemical substances.
Adds fluorinated hydrocarbons or vapors and hydrogenated fluorocarbons to the list of prohibited drugs or noxious chemical substances that a person may deliberately smell or inhale with the intent to become intoxicated, inebriated, excited, or stupefied or to dull the brain or nervous system or that a person may deliberately cause, invite, or induce a person to smell or inhale with the intent to intoxicate, inebriate, excite, stupefy, or dull the brain or nervous system of such person.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0006)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0006)
2. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB2138)
3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2138ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2138ER)
4. **House: Committee substitute printed 19104839D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2138H1)
5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101459D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2138)
## Votes
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **180** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **80** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **400** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **140** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House — **8512** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Robert M. "Bob" Thomas, Jr. — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101459D `introduction`
- **2019-01-08** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-14** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-01-24** Committee substitute agreed to 19104839D-H1
- **2019-01-24** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2138H1
- **2019-01-25** Read third time and passed House (85-Y 12-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-01-28** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-04** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-05** Enrolled
- **2019-02-05** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-05** Signed by President
- **2019-02-06** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 6, 2019
- **2019-02-06** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 13, 2019
- **2019-02-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 6 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dff9b621-ceff-438c-826a-2d66d5b85b81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).