VirginiaGluten disclaimer; required disclosures for dietary supplements and medication.
What it does
Required disclosures for dietary supplements and medication; gluten disclaimer. Requires any person who manufactures, distributes, or sells or offers for sale a dietary supplement to label such dietary supplement with a list of active and inactive ingredients and include a separate disclaimer if the product contains gluten. The bill requires pharmacists, when dispensing a prescription drug, to provide all information required under federal law to accompany the drug, including the medication guide, patient package insert, or other written patient information.
More detail
The bill also requires pharmacists to provide counseling consistent with federally required labels to patients upon request when dispensing a nonprescription drug. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Mar 10Left in Health and Human ServicesLatest
- Feb 26Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2027 (Voice Vote)
- Feb 23Assigned sub: Social ServicesMinor
- Feb 12Referred to Committee on Health and Human ServicesMinor
- Feb 12Read first timeMinor
- Feb 12Placed on Calendar
- Feb 9Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB486)
- Vote recorded Passage R. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 9Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Passed Senate
- Feb 6Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote)Major
- Feb 6Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- Feb 6Read second timeMinor
- Feb 5Passed by for the day
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed R. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 5Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- Feb 5Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Feb 5Rules suspended
- Feb 5Committee substitute printed 26107162D-S1Major
- Feb 4Senate committee offered
- Vote recorded Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 4Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Jan 30Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB486)
- Jan 29Reported from Education and Health and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Education and Health. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 27Assigned Education sub: HealthMinor
- Jan 13Referred to Committee on Education and HealthMinor
- Jan 13Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105005DIntroduced