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type: "Bill"
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title: "Prescription drugs; labels provided for blind and disabled users."
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description: "Prescription drugs; labels; blind and disabledusers. Requires pharmacies to notify any person receiving a prescription drug that an accessible prescription label is availableupon request at no cost and to provide to individuals who are blind,visually impaired, or otherwise print disabled accessible prescriptionlabels that meet specified accessibility requirements. The bill requiresthe Board of Pharmacy to promulgate regulations implementing theprovisions of the bill no later than April 1, 2025."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 516"
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citation: "Virginia HB 516 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Patrick A. Hope"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2024-01-08"
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last_action: "2024-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7afd175-65f7-4269-a4cd-cbff34d66056"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB516"
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source_hash: "343401ed49e5b02fdbb5bc42c2570bf1bd21dd2ea8a60eabf25a86ad9c46dbd7"
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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 516 (2024) — Prescription drugs; labels provided for blind and disabled users.
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Prescription drugs; labels; blind and disabledusers. Requires pharmacies to notify any person receiving a prescription drug that an accessible prescription label is availableupon request at no cost and to provide to individuals who are blind,visually impaired, or otherwise print disabled accessible prescriptionlabels that meet specified accessibility requirements. The bill requiresthe Board of Pharmacy to promulgate regulations implementing theprovisions of the bill no later than April 1, 2025.
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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. **CHAP0725** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0725)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 24108563D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB516S1)
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3. **HB516ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB516ER)
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4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104715D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB516)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Health and Human Services (17-Y 5-N) — **17–5** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Passage (61-Y 37-N) — **60–37** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Adoption (74-Y 26-N) — **73–26** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N) — **5–2** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (13-Y 0-N 2-A) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)
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- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
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- Holly M. Seibold — cosponsor (person)
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- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
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- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
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- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104715D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-08** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-17** Assigned sub: Health `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB516)
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- **2024-02-06** Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N)
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- **2024-02-08** Reported from Health and Human Services (17-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-11** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-12** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House (61-Y 37-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Passage (61-Y 37-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-21** Assigned Education and Health Sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-23** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-02-29** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-02-29** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (13-Y 0-N 2-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-29** Committee substitute printed 24108563D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-03-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (HB516S1)
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- **2024-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-04** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2024-03-04** Committee substitute agreed to 24108563D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-03-04** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB516S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-03-04** Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-03-05** Senate substitute agreed to by House 24108563D-S1 (74-Y 26-N) `substitution`
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- **2024-03-05** VOTE: Adoption (74-Y 26-N)
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- **2024-03-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-25** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB516ER) `passage`
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- **2024-03-25** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB516ER)
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- **2024-03-27** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 725 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0725)
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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/d7afd175-65f7-4269-a4cd-cbff34d66056`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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