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type: "Bill"
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title: "Tobacco products, etc.; possession by persons under 21 years of age."
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description: "Possession of tobacco products, nicotine vaporproducts, and alternative nicotine products by persons under 21 yearsof age; exception; scientific study. Provides an exception tothe law prohibiting possession of tobacco products, nicotine vaporproducts, or alternative nicotine products by a person less than21 years of age when such possession is part of a scientific studybeing conducted by an organization for the purpose of medical researchto further efforts in cigarette and tobacco use prevention and cessationand tobacco product regulation, provided that such medical researchhas been approved by an institutional review board pursuant to applicablefederal regulations or by a research review committee."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 1570"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1570 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Schuyler T. VanValkenburg"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2020-01-14"
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last_action: "2020-03-31"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3aedf496-b080-4dec-a47f-e473d62822b0"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1570"
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source_hash: "7b011356d5f3dd723795f65e8fbcbc9c966af90757338d04b83262c17bdad246"
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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 1570 (2020) — Tobacco products, etc.; possession by persons under 21 years of age.
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Possession of tobacco products, nicotine vaporproducts, and alternative nicotine products by persons under 21 yearsof age; exception; scientific study. Provides an exception tothe law prohibiting possession of tobacco products, nicotine vaporproducts, or alternative nicotine products by a person less than21 years of age when such possession is part of a scientific studybeing conducted by an organization for the purpose of medical researchto further efforts in cigarette and tobacco use prevention and cessationand tobacco product regulation, provided that such medical researchhas been approved by an institutional review board pursuant to applicablefederal regulations or by a research review committee.
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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. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0524)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0524)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1570ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1570ER)
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3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB1570)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1570)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (56-Y 44-N) — **55–44** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 2-N) — **4–2** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (12-Y 10-N) — **12–10** (pass) · lower
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- Referred from Courts of Justice — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- Passed Senate (23-Y 17-N) — **23–17** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — primary (person)
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- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-14** Presented and ordered printed 20104330D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-14** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-20** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-22** Subcommittee recommends referring to Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote
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- **2020-01-27** Referred from Courts of Justice
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- **2020-01-27** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-28** Assigned HWI sub: Health `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 2-N)
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- **2020-02-04** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (12-Y 10-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB1570)
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- **2020-02-07** Read third time and passed House (56-Y 44-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-07** VOTE: Passage (56-Y 44-N)
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- **2020-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-02-10** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-19** Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate (23-Y 17-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-28** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB1570ER)
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- **2020-02-28** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-02** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2020
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- **2020-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 524 (effective 7/1/20) `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/3aedf496-b080-4dec-a47f-e473d62822b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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