HB 2708 Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Controlled substances; prohibited equipment related to manufacturing, selling, etc., penalties.

Summary

Prohibited equipment related to manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing, or possessing with intent to manufacture, sell, give, or distribute a controlled substance; penalties. Exempts permitted outsourcing facilities and pharmacies from the prohibition for any person to possess, purchase, sell, give, distribute, or possess with intent to sell, give, or distribute an encapsulating machine or a tableting machine that manufactures, compounds, converts, produces, processes, prepares, or otherwise introduces into the human body a controlled substance. Current law exempts permitted manufacturers.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

House of Delegates Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Mar 2025

Signed into Law

Mar 2025

Introduced Jan 16, 2025 Signed Mar 24, 2025

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What changed between versions

Enrolled → Chaptered · 1 edit

MINOR

This bill formally enacted HB 2708 into law by converting the enrolled version to a chaptered version. The substantive policy content of the law remains unchanged, with only formatting and layout adjustments applied to match official chaptered format standards.

Scope change

No substantive scope change; the bill's applicability and provisions remain identical to the enrolled version.

TECHNICAL

Formatting adjustments including removal of session header text, addition of chapter number (Chapter 418), approval date (March 24, 2025), and reorganization of text layout for official publication.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 19, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 4, 2025

How they voted

40–0

Passed

Total votes 40

Feb 19, 2025

D Democratic21

21 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican19

19 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Mar 24, 2025

Signed into law

Approved by Governor-Chapter 418 (Effective 07/01/25)

executive

Mar 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

Signed by President

upper

Mar 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

Signed by Speaker

lower

Mar 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2708ER)

lower

Feb 19, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)

upper

Feb 18, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed by for the day

upper

Feb 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)

upper

Feb 5, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

upper

Feb 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed House (99-Y 0-N)

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)

lower

Feb 3, 2025

Introduced

Engrossed by House as amended

lower

Feb 3, 2025

Lower · Passed

Courts of Justice Amendments agreed to

lower

Jan 29, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Committee

Assigned Courts sub: Criminal

lower

Jan 16, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

lower

Jan 16, 2025

Introduced

Presented and ordered printed 25105242D

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors