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2020 SESSION

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SB 976 Pharmaceutical processors; operation of cannabis dispensing facilities.

Introduced by: David W. Marsden | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION: (all summaries)

Board of Pharmacy; pharmaceutical processors; cannabis dispensing facilities. Defines "cannabis dispensing facilities" and allows the Board of Pharmacy to issue up to five permits for cannabis dispensing facilities per health service area. The bill requires the Board to establish a ratio of one pharmacist for every six pharmacy interns, technicians, and technician trainees for pharmaceutical processors and cannabis dispensing facilities. The bill directs the Board of Pharmacy to require that, after processing and before dispensing cannabis oil, a pharmaceutical processor make a sample available from each homogenized batch of product for testing at an independent laboratory located in Virginia that meets Board requirements. The bill requires that the Board promulgate regulations that include an allowance for the sale of devices for administration of dispensed products and an allowance for the use and distribution of inert product samples containing no cannabinoids for patient demonstration exclusively at the pharmaceutical processor or cannabis dispensing facility, and not for further distribution or sale, without the need for a written certification. The bill also requires the Board to adopt regulations for pharmaceutical processors that include requirements for (i) processes for safely and securely cultivating cannabis plants intended for producing cannabis oil; (ii) a maximum number of marijuana plants a pharmaceutical processor may possess at any one time; (iii) the secure disposal of plant remains; (iv) dosage limitations, which shall provide that each dispensed dose of cannabis oil not exceed 10 milligrams of tetrahydrocannabinol; and (v) a process for registering cannabis oil products. The bill requires the Board of Pharmacy to promulgate required regulations within 280 days of the bill's enactment.

FULL TEXT

• 01/15/20  Senate: Presented and ordered printed 20105207D  pdf
• 02/06/20  Senate: Committee substitute printed 20107275D-S1  pdf | impact statement
• 03/06/20  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB976ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/22/20  Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB976ER2)  pdf
• 04/22/20  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1278)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
• House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• House amendments adopted
• House amendments engrossed
• Governor's recommendation

HISTORY

• 01/15/20  Senate: Presented and ordered printed 20105207D
• 01/15/20  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 01/20/20  Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
• 02/06/20  Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/20  Senate: Committee substitute printed 20107275D-S1
• 02/07/20  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 02/10/20  Senate: Read second time
• 02/10/20  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/10/20  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20107275D-S1
• 02/10/20  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB976S1
• 02/10/20  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/10/20  Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/13/20  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/13/20  House: Read first time
• 02/13/20  House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
• 02/18/20  House: Assigned HWI sub: Health Professions
• 02/21/20  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (5-Y 1-N)
• 02/25/20  House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/27/20  House: Read second time
• 02/28/20  House: Read third time
• 02/28/20  House: Committee amendments agreed to
• 02/28/20  House: Engrossed by House as amended
• 02/28/20  House: Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/28/20  House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 03/02/20  Senate: Passed by temporarily
• 03/02/20  Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/06/20  Senate: Enrolled
• 03/06/20  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB976ER)
• 03/06/20  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/06/20  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/12/20  Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
• 03/12/20  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 04/11/20  Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
• 04/22/20  Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 1-N)
• 04/22/20  House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (87-Y 5-N)
• 04/22/20  House: VOTE: (87-Y 5-N)
• 04/22/20  Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
• 04/22/20  Senate: Reenrolled
• 04/22/20  Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB976ER2)
• 04/22/20  Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
• 04/22/20  House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
• 04/22/20  House: Enacted, Chapter 1278 (effective 7/1/20)
• 04/22/20  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1278)