Virginia Senate Bill 1692 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Passed on March 21 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-03-21 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0654)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Industrial hemp; federal Farm Bill; emergency. Conforms Virginia law to the provisions of the federal 2018 Farm Bill by amending the definitions of cannabidiol oil, marijuana, and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) to exclude industrial hemp in the possession of a registered person, hemp products, or an oil containing no more than 0.3% THC. The bill defines "industrial hemp" as any part of the plant Cannabis sativa that has a concentration of THC that is no greater than that allowed by federal law, and it defines "hemp product" as any finished product that is otherwise lawful and that contains industrial hemp. The bill it adds the category of "dealer" in industrial hemp to the existing registration categories of grower and processor.

Industrial hemp; federal Farm Bill.

Sen. Frank Ruff [R]

Sen. Benton Chafin [R]

Sen. Monty Mason [D]

2019-02-19 - Senate - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-15 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE #2 (95-Y 0-N) (Y: 95 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-15 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (94-Y 0-N) (Y: 94 N: 0 NV: 5 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-13 - House - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-28 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-24 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-21		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0654)
2019-03-21		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 654 (effective 3/21/19)
2019-03-04		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
2019-03-04	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
2019-02-22	House	Signed by Speaker
2019-02-22	Senate	Signed by President
2019-02-22	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1692ER)
2019-02-22	Senate	Enrolled
2019-02-19	Senate	Title replaced 19106765D-H1
2019-02-19	Senate	House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2019-02-15	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE #2 (95-Y 0-N)
2019-02-15	House	Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N)
2019-02-15	House	Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
2019-02-15	House	Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (94-Y 0-N)
2019-02-15	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1692H1
2019-02-15	House	Committee substitute agreed to 19106765D-H1
2019-02-15	House	Read third time
2019-02-15	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (94-Y 0-N)
2019-02-14	House	Read second time
2019-02-13	House	Committee substitute printed 19106765D-H1
2019-02-13	House	Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
2019-02-04	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2019-02-04	House	Read first time
2019-02-04	House	Placed on Calendar
2019-01-30	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2019-01-29	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1692S1
2019-01-29	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 19105767D-S1
2019-01-29	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2019-01-29	Senate	Read second time
2019-01-28	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
2019-01-24	Senate	Committee substitute printed 19105767D-S1
2019-01-24	Senate	Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N)
2019-01-14	Senate	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
2019-01-14	Senate	Presented and ordered printed with emergency clause 19104500D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	247	(n/a)	See Bill Text
3	2	4112	(n/a)	See Bill Text
3	2	4113	(n/a)	See Bill Text
3	2	4114	(n/a)	See Bill Text
3	2	4114.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
3	2	4114.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
3	2	4115	(n/a)	See Bill Text
3	2	4116	(n/a)	See Bill Text
3	2	4117	(n/a)	See Bill Text
3	2	4118	(n/a)	See Bill Text
3	2	4119	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	3401	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	3408.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	3446	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+SB1692
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1692+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1692S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1692H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1692ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0654+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S01V0039+SB1692
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0215SB1692+SB1692
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0243SB1692+SB1692
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H01V0089+SB1692
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+HV2850+SB1692
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+HV2862+SB1692
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0804SB1692+SB1692