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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I
HB 2218 Pharmaceutical processors; permits processors to produce & distribute cannabis products.
Introduced by: C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Pharmaceutical processors; cannabis products. Permits pharmaceutical processors to produce and distribute cannabis products other than cannabis oil and for that purpose defines the terms "botanical cannabis," "cannabis product," and "usable cannabis." The bill requires the Board of Pharmacy to establish testing standards for botanical cannabis and botanical cannabis products, establish a registration process for botanical cannabis products, and promulgate emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill. The bill provides that if a practitioner determines it is consistent with the standard of care to dispense botanical cannabis to a minor, the written certification shall specifically authorize such dispensing. The bill allows the Board of Pharmacy to assess and collect botanical cannabis regulatory fees to cover costs associated with the implementation of the provisions of the bill, including costs for new personnel, training, promulgation of regulations and guidance documents, and information technology. The bill exempts the Board of Pharmacy's acquisition of a commercially available cannabis-specific software product to implement the provisions of the bill from the Virginia Public Procurement Act. This bill is identical to SB 1333.
FULL TEXT
- 01/13/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102492D pdf | impact statement
- 01/28/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21103713D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/11/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21200081D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/25/21 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2218ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/18/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0227) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
HISTORY
- 01/13/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102492D
- 01/13/21 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/15/21 House: Assigned HWI sub: Health Professions
- 01/28/21 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/21 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21103713D-H1
- 02/01/21 House: Read first time
- 02/02/21 House: Read second time
- 02/02/21 House: Committee substitute agreed to 21103713D-H1
- 02/02/21 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2218H1
- 02/03/21 House: Read third time and passed House (93-Y 3-N 2-A)
- 02/03/21 House: VOTE: Passage (93-Y 3-N 2-A)
- 02/04/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/04/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/05/21 Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/21 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (12-Y 2-N)
- 02/11/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21200081D-S1
- 02/11/21 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/17/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/21 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 1-N)
- 02/18/21 Senate: Read third time
- 02/18/21 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/18/21 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 21200081D-S1
- 02/18/21 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2218S1
- 02/18/21 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (31-Y 8-N)
- 02/22/21 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/22/21 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 21200081D-S1 (90-Y 7-N 2-A)
- 02/22/21 House: VOTE: Adoption (90-Y 7-N 2-A)
- 02/25/21 House: Enrolled
- 02/25/21 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2218ER)
- 02/25/21 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/26/21 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/01/21 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
- 03/01/21 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 03/18/21 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 227 (effective 7/1/21)
- 03/18/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0227)