HB 75 VA

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Medical cannabis; administration to terminally ill patients; report. Directs the Department of Health to promulgate regulations specifying that hospital staff may store, dispense, and administer cannabis oil when a patient has valid certification and exempts such staff from criminal penalties for possession of cannabis oil. The bill directs the Department of Health to convene a work group to discuss the implementation process for providing cannabis products to patients in medical care facilities and report on its discussion to the Chairs of the House Committee on Health and Human Services and the Senate Committee on Education and Health by November 1, 2026. This bill incorporates HB 486. This bill is identical to SB 332.

• Karen Keys-Gamarra Democratic · primary

1. Dec 31, 2025 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103193D · lower
2. Dec 31, 2025 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services · lower
3. Jan 16, 2026 Assigned sub: Health · lower
4. Jan 30, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB75) · lower
5. Feb 10, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N 1-A) · lower
6. Feb 12, 2026 Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (18-Y 2-N 1-A) · lower
7. Feb 12, 2026 Incorporates HB486 (Shin) · lower
8. Feb 12, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107743D-H1 · lower
9. Feb 15, 2026 Read first time · lower
10. Feb 16, 2026 Floor substitute printed 26108023D-H2 (Keys-Gamarra) · lower
11. Feb 16, 2026 Floor offered Delegate Keys-Gamarra Substitute · lower
12. Feb 16, 2026 Read second time · lower
13. Feb 16, 2026 committee substitute rejected · lower
14. Feb 16, 2026 Delegate Keys-Gamarra Floor substitute agreed to · lower
15. Feb 16, 2026 Engrossed by House - floor substitute · lower
16. Feb 17, 2026 Read third time and passed House (95-Y 1-N 0-A) · lower
17. Feb 18, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
18. Feb 18, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education and Health · upper
19. Feb 23, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB75) · lower
20. Feb 26, 2026 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N) · upper
21. Feb 27, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
22. Feb 27, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
23. Feb 27, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
24. Feb 27, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26108827D-S1 · upper
25. Mar 2, 2026 Education and Health Substitute agreed to · upper
26. Mar 2, 2026 Read third time · upper
27. Mar 2, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute · upper
28. Mar 2, 2026 Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
29. Mar 4, 2026 Senate substitute rejected by House (2-Y 94-N 0-A) · lower
30. Mar 6, 2026 Senate insisted on amendments (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
31. Mar 6, 2026 Senate requested conference committee · upper
32. Mar 9, 2026 House acceded to request · lower
33. Mar 10, 2026 Conferees appointed by House · lower
34. Mar 10, 2026 House Conferees: Keys-Gamarra, Laufer, Kent · lower
35. Mar 10, 2026 Conferees appointed by Senate · upper
36. Mar 10, 2026 Senate Conferees: Favola, Bagby, Head · upper
37. Mar 11, 2026 Conference Report released · legislature
38. Mar 11, 2026 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
39. Mar 11, 2026 Conference report agreed to by House (95-Y 1-N 0-A) · lower
40. Mar 19, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB75) · lower
41. Mar 30, 2026 Enrolled · lower
42. Mar 30, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB75ER) · lower
43. Mar 30, 2026 Signed by President · upper
44. Mar 31, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
45. Mar 31, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 · lower
46. Mar 31, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
47. Apr 1, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB75) · lower
48. Apr 13, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 555 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive
49. Apr 13, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0555) · executive

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Chaptered · PDF
• Chaptered · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Conference Report · HTML
• Conference Report Substitute · PDF
• Conference Report Substitute · HTML
• Education and Health Substitute · PDF
• Education and Health Substitute · HTML
• Education and Health Substitute · PDF
• Education and Health Substitute · HTML
• Delegate Keys-Gamarra Substitute · PDF
• Delegate Keys-Gamarra Substitute · HTML
• Health and Human Services Substitute · PDF
• Health and Human Services Substitute · HTML
• Health Subcommittee Substitute · PDF
• Health Subcommittee Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML