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type: "Bill"
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title: "Hemp; products intended for smoking."
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description: "Hemp products intended for smoking. Providesthat it shall be legal to produce, distribute, and consume hemp productsintended for smoking. Current law is silent on the legality of suchproducts. The bill prohibits the sale to persons under age 21 ofhemp products intended for smoking."
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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 962"
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citation: "Virginia HB 962 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Daniel W. Marshall, III"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2020-01-07"
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last_action: "2020-03-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e805c36-3502-4517-a230-7ab5667a5f92"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB962"
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source_hash: "aa0323a47893b86833b80362bb8a9feabb869c8383f3352ff4de3b76cd62d390"
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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 962 (2020) — Hemp; products intended for smoking.
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Hemp products intended for smoking. Providesthat it shall be legal to produce, distribute, and consume hemp productsintended for smoking. Current law is silent on the legality of suchproducts. The bill prohibits the sale to persons under age 21 ofhemp products intended for smoking.
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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 (CHAP0406)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0406)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB962ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB962ER)
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3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB962H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB962)
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4. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB962H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB962H1)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (11-Y 6-N) — **11–6** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Judiciary (13-Y 1-N) — **13–1** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 1-N) — **6–1** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (37-Y 3-N) — **37–3** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (83-Y 16-N) — **82–16** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Daniel W. Marshall, III — primary (person)
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- James E. Edmunds, II — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105194D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-02** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-06** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 1-N)
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- **2020-02-07** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (11-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-07** Committee substitute printed 20107964D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2020-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-10** Committee substitute agreed to 20107964D-H1
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- **2020-02-10** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB962H1
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- **2020-02-11** Passed by temporarily
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- **2020-02-11** Read third time and passed House (83-Y 16-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-11** VOTE: Passage (83-Y 16-N)
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- **2020-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-02-12** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB962H1)
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- **2020-02-19** Reported from Judiciary (13-Y 1-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 (37-Y 3-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-28** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB962ER)
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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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- **2020-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 406 (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/2e805c36-3502-4517-a230-7ab5667a5f92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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