Virginia Senate Bill 213 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 27 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-03-27 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0362)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Dextromethorphan Distribution Act; penalty. Provides that no pharmacy or retail distributor may knowingly or intentionally sell or distribute a product containing dextromethorphan (a cough suppressant found in many over-the-counter medications) to a minor and that no minor may knowingly and intentionally purchase such product. A violation is punishable by a $25 civil penalty. Additionally, a pharmacy or retail distributor shall not sell or distribute a product containing dextromethorphan unless the purchaser presents a government-issued photo-ID showing proof of age or the purchaser appears to be at least 25 years old. Upon a first violation, the pharmacy or retail distributor shall receive a notice of noncompliance, and any subsequent violation is punishable by a $25 civil penalty. The bill also provides that a person who distributes or possesses with the intent to distribute unfinished dextromethorphan is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2015, and is identical to

Dextromethorphan Distribution Act; penalty.

Sen. Charles Carrico [R]

2014-02-26 - Senate - Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (38-Y 1-N) (Y: 38 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-24 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (79-Y 20-N) (Y: 79 N: 22 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-17 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (17-Y 4-N) (Y: 17 N: 5 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-14 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 4-N) (Y: 6 N: 5 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2014-02-07 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance (17-Y 0-N) (Y: 17 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-01-20 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-03-27		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0362)
2014-03-27		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 362 (effective 1/1/15)
2014-03-03	Senate	Signed by President
2014-03-03	House	Signed by Speaker
2014-02-28	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB213ER)
2014-02-28	Senate	Enrolled
2014-02-26	Senate	House amendments agreed to by Senate (38-Y 1-N)
2014-02-24	House	VOTE: PASSAGE (79-Y 20-N)
2014-02-24	House	Passed House with amendments (79-Y 20-N)
2014-02-24	House	Engrossed by House as amended
2014-02-24	House	Committee amendments agreed to
2014-02-24	House	Read third time
2014-02-21	House	Passed by for the day
2014-02-20	House	Passed by for the day
2014-02-19	House	Read second time
2014-02-17	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (17-Y 4-N)
2014-02-14	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 4-N)
2014-02-12	House	Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
2014-02-12	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2014-02-12	House	Read first time
2014-02-12	House	Placed on Calendar
2014-02-07	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2014-02-06	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB213S1
2014-02-06	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 14103938D-S1
2014-02-06	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2014-02-06	Senate	Read second time
2014-02-05	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2014-02-04	Senate	Reported from Finance (17-Y 0-N)
2014-01-20	Senate	Rereferred to Finance
2014-01-20	Senate	Committee substitute printed 14103938D-S1
2014-01-20	Senate	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
2014-01-03	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2014-01-03	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14101487D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	265.19	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	265.20	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	265.21	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+sum+SB213
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+SB213+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+SB213S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+SB213ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0362+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+S03V0058+SB0213
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+S05V0083+SB0213
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+SV0285SB0213+SB0213
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+SV0312SB0213+SB0213
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+H0801V0156+SB0213
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+H08V0326+SB0213
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+HV0954+SB0213
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+vot+SV0560SB0213+SB0213