SB 1027 Virginia Senate · 2017 Regular Session

Cannabidiol oil and THC-A oil; permitting of pharmaceutical processors to manufacture and provide.

Summary
Authorizes a pharmaceutical processor, after obtaining a permit from the Board of Pharmacy (the Board) and under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist, to manufacture and provide cannabidiol oil and THC-A oil to be used for the treatment of intractable epilepsy. The bill sets limits on the number of permits that the Board may issue and requires that the Board adopt regulations establishing health, safety, and security requirements for permitted processors. The bill provides that only a licensed practitioner of medicine or osteopathy who is a neurologist or who specializes in the treatment of epilepsy may issue a written certification to a patient for the use of cannabidiol oil or THC-A oil. The bill also requires that a practitioner who issues a written certification for cannabidiol oil or THC-A oil, the patient issued such certification, and, if the patient is a minor or incapacitated, the patient's parent or legal guardian register with the Board. The bill requires further that a pharmaceutical processor shall not provide cannabidiol oil or THC-A oil to a patient or a patient's parent or legal guardian without first verifying that the patient, the patient's parent or legal guardian if the patient is a minor or incapacitated, and the practitioner who issued the written certification have registered with the Board. Finally, the bill provides an affirmative defense for agents and employees of pharmaceutical processors in a prosecution for the manufacture, possession, or distribution of marijuana. The bill contains an emergency clause.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Feb 2017
Senate Passage
Feb 2017
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2017
Signed into Law
Mar 2017
Introduced Jan 4, 2017 Signed Mar 16, 2017
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
23
Key actions
5
Committee
8
Amendments
1
Mar 16, 2017
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 613 (effective 3/16/17)
executive
Feb 15, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Passed House with substitute with amendment (99-Y 0-N)
legislature
Feb 15, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment SB1027H1
legislature
Feb 15, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Amendment by Delegate Albo agreed to
legislature
Feb 15, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 17105443D-H1
legislature
Feb 10, 2017
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
legislature
Feb 9, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
legislature
Feb 9, 2017
Committee
Referred from Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote
legislature
Jan 30, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
legislature
Jan 16, 2017
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
legislature
Jan 4, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
legislature
Jan 4, 2017
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/13/16 17101565D
legislature
1 primary · 5 co-sponsors

Sponsors