Virginia House Bill 1570 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Passed on March 31 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-31 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0524)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Possession of tobacco products, nicotine vapor products, and alternative nicotine products by persons under 21 years of age; exception; scientific study. Provides an exception to the law prohibiting possession of tobacco products, nicotine vapor products, or alternative nicotine products by a person less than 21 years of age when such possession is part of a scientific study being conducted by an organization for the purpose of medical research to further efforts in cigarette and tobacco use prevention and cessation and tobacco product regulation, provided that such medical research has been approved by an institutional review board pursuant to applicable federal regulations or by a research review committee.

Tobacco products, etc.; possession by persons under 21 years of age.

Sen. Schuyler VanValkenburg [D]

Del. Kaye Kory [D]

2020-02-24 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (23-Y 17-N) (Y: 23 N: 17 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-21 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) (Y: 32 N: 0 NV: 8 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-19 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-07 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (56-Y 44-N) (Y: 56 N: 44 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-04 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (12-Y 10-N) (Y: 12 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-03 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 2-N) (Y: 4 N: 2 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-31		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0524)
2020-03-31		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 524 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-11		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-11	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2020
2020-03-02	Senate	Signed by President
2020-02-28	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-02-28	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1570ER)
2020-02-28	House	Enrolled
2020-02-24	Senate	Passed Senate (23-Y 17-N)
2020-02-24	Senate	Read third time
2020-02-21	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
2020-02-19	Senate	Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
2020-02-10	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2020-02-10	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-07	House	VOTE: Passage (56-Y 44-N)
2020-02-07	House	Read third time and passed House (56-Y 44-N)
2020-02-06	House	Read second time and engrossed
2020-02-05	House	Read first time
2020-02-04	House	Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (12-Y 10-N)
2020-02-03	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 2-N)
2020-01-28	House	Assigned HWI sub: Health
2020-01-27	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2020-01-27	House	Referred from Courts of Justice by voice vote
2020-01-22	House	Subcommittee recommends referring to Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote
2020-01-20	House	Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
2020-01-14	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2020-01-14	House	Presented and ordered printed 20104330D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	371.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1570
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1570+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1570ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0524+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H1201V0040+HB1570
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H12V0248+HB1570
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0566+HB1570
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S03V0372+HB1570
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0846HB1570+HB1570
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0875HB1570+HB1570