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type: "Bill"
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title: "Medical cannabis program; product expiration, confidentiality, penalty."
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description: "Medical cannabis program; product expiration; confidentiality; penalty. Increases from six months to 12 months the maximum expiration date allowable for a cannabis product after registration absent stability testing. The bill allows pharmaceutical processors to employ as pharmacy technician trainees individuals who have less than one year of experience and allows pharmaceutical processors to employ persons with less than one year of experience to perform certain other supervised duties for which current law requires two years of experience. The bill also provides for the confidentiality of certain records and other information of the Board of Directors of the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority, including the exemption of certain information from the mandatory disclosure provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act."
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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 815"
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citation: "Virginia HB 815 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mike A. Cherry"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2024-01-09"
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last_action: "2024-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d1ead18-fe8a-44bf-8942-6d44841eacb3"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB815"
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source_hash: "cb5d01194d1221fbeab28c27ca9265bb146a84476787a0eb6f08a66ec0863178"
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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 815 (2024) — Medical cannabis program; product expiration, confidentiality, penalty.
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Medical cannabis program; product expiration; confidentiality; penalty. Increases from six months to 12 months the maximum expiration date allowable for a cannabis product after registration absent stability testing. The bill allows pharmaceutical processors to employ as pharmacy technician trainees individuals who have less than one year of experience and allows pharmaceutical processors to employ persons with less than one year of experience to perform certain other supervised duties for which current law requires two years of experience. The bill also provides for the confidentiality of certain records and other information of the Board of Directors of the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority, including the exemption of certain information from the mandatory disclosure provisions of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.
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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. **CHAP0732** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0732)
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2. **HB815ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB815ER)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104786D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB815)
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4. **Printed as engrossed 24104786D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB815E)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (19-Y 0-N) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Mike A. Cherry — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104786D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB815)
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- **2024-01-26** Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-06** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-02-06** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-08** Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (19-Y 0-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 `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-12** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-02-12** Engrossed by House as amended HB815E
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- **2024-02-12** Printed as engrossed 24104786D-E
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- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-14** Impact statement from DPB (HB815E)
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- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-23** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-27** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-03-04** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-04** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB815ER) `passage`
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- **2024-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (HB815ER)
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- **2024-03-04** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-07** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 732 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0732)
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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/6d1ead18-fe8a-44bf-8942-6d44841eacb3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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