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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Industrial hemp; regulated hemp products, etc."
description: "Industrial hemp; regulated hemp products, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2294"
citation: "Virginia HB 2294 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kilgore"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 77
vote_count: 17
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d45b3ba-fcb9-4c39-a8c6-013bd98cdf8a"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2294"
source_hash: "845ed7e40bc87d32014e7f2f5ff6aa8c52c750dd96b8b09797b66a7e7880c225"
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 2294 (2023) — Industrial hemp; regulated hemp products, etc.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0794** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0794)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106859D-S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2294S2)
3. **Conference substitute printed 23107328D-H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2294H2)
4. **Governor's substitute printed 23107774D-H3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2294H3)
5. **HB2294ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2294ER)
6. **HB2294ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2294ER2)
## Votes
- VOTE: REJECTED (31-Y 66-N 1-A) — **00** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (85-Y 9-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (23-Y 17-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Failed to report refer to Appropriations (defeated) in Courts of Justice (9-Y 11-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (23-Y 17-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (31-Y 9-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (91-Y 7-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 3-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Defeated by Senate (18-Y 21-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (13-Y 2-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 42-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (11-Y 4-N 1-A) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 3-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- Kilgore — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101465D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12** Impact statement from VCSC (HB2294)
- **2023-01-28** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** Impact statement from DPB (HB2294)
- **2023-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 3-N)
- **2023-01-30** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Failed to report refer to Appropriations (defeated) in Courts of Justice (9-Y 11-N) `committee-failure`
- **2023-02-03** Reconsidered by Courts of Justice
- **2023-02-03** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-03** Committee substitute printed 23106339D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 23106339D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2294H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-07** Impact statement from VCSC (HB2294H1)
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House (91-Y 7-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Passage (91-Y 7-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Impact statement from DPB (HB2294H1)
- **2023-02-10** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (13-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-10** Committee substitute printed 23106591D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-10** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (11-Y 4-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14** Committee substitute printed 23106859D-S2 `substitution`
- **2023-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-15** Impact statement from DPB (HB2294S2)
- **2023-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-15** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-15** Committee substitute agreed to 23106591D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-15** Substitute from Finance and Appropriations is ruled out of order 23106859D-S2
- **2023-02-15** Defeated by Senate (18-Y 21-N)
- **2023-02-15** Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-15** Passed by temporarily
- **2023-02-15** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2294S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-15** Passed Senate with substitute (23-Y 17-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-17** Senate substitute rejected by House 23106591D-S1 (31-Y 66-N 1-A)
- **2023-02-17** VOTE: REJECTED (31-Y 66-N 1-A)
- **2023-02-20** Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-20** Senate requested conference committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** House acceded to request
- **2023-02-21** Conferees appointed by House
- **2023-02-21** Delegates: Kilgore, Leftwich, Herring
- **2023-02-22** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2023-02-22** Senators: Hanger, Favola, Ebbin
- **2023-02-24** Amended by conference committee
- **2023-02-24** Conference substitute printed 23107328D-H2
- **2023-02-24** Conference report agreed to by House (85-Y 9-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** VOTE: Adoption (85-Y 9-N)
- **2023-02-24** Conference report agreed to by Senate (23-Y 17-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-25** Impact statement from VCSC (HB2294H2)
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2294ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-09** Impact statement from DPB (HB2294ER)
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2023-03-27** Governor's substitute printed 23107774D-H3
- **2023-03-29** Impact statement from VCSC (HB2294H3)
- **2023-04-12** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-04-12** Pending question ordered
- **2023-04-12** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (52-Y 42-N)
- **2023-04-12** VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 42-N)
- **2023-04-12** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (31-Y 9-N)
- **2023-04-12** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled bill text (HB2294ER2) `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Enacted, Chapter 794 (effective - see bill) `became-law`
- **2023-04-12** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0794)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d45b3ba-fcb9-4c39-a8c6-013bd98cdf8a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).