Below is a collection of links and info for the 2025 Virginia General Assembly Session. We will update this as much as possible.
SB970 Cannabis control; retail market; penalties. (Aaron Rouse)
Passed Senate 21-19
HB2485 Cannabis control; establishes framework for creating retail market. (Paul Krizek)
Senate Video – Updated Daily
Other 2025 Virginia Cannabis Bills
SB1054 Virginia Cannabis Control Authority; draft regulations governing cannabis; report. (Adam Ebbin)
Passed by indefinitely in Rehabilitation and Social Services (15-Y 0-N)
HJ497 Joint commission to oversee transition of the Commonwealth into a retail cannabis market established; report. (Paul Krizek)
HB2510 Safety and Health Codes Board; THC impairment standard for certain work sites.
Laid on table by Department of Planning and Budget Subcommittee (3-Y 2-N)
SB912 Safety and Health Codes Board; THC impairment standard for certain work sites.
Passed by indefinitely in Commerce and Labor (9-Y 6-N)
HB2176 Marijuana-related offenses; modification of sentence, sunset.
Incorporated into HB2555 by Criminal Subcommittee of Courts of Justice (voice vote)
HB2555 Modification of sentence for marijuana-related offenses.
Passed House (51-Y 44-N)
SB947 Issuing citations; certain traffic offenses and odor of marijuana, exclusion of evidence.
Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (8-Y 6-N)
Hemp Related Virginia Bills 2025
HB1558 Possession of retail tobacco products and hemp products intended for smoking by a person younger than 21 years of age prohibited; penalty.
Tabled in Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
HB2317 Possession of marijuana, marijuana products, retail tobacco products, and hemp products intended for smoking by a person younger than 21 years of age prohibited; penalty.
SB1147 Prohibiting sale or distribution, etc., of retail tobacco products and hemp products intended for smoking by persons younger than 21 years of age; penalties.
Passed Senate (vote not posted)
SB1266 Possession of retail tobacco products and hemp products intended for smoking by a person younger than 21 years of age prohibited; penalty.
SB1395 Possession of retail tobacco products and hemp products intended for smoking by a person younger than 21 years of age prohibited; penalty.
HB2775 Definition of hemp product. Also known as the Revitize Hemp Act.
Laid on the table in Agriculture Subcommittee 10-0
SB1483 Regulated hemp product retail facility registration; fee.
