# Virginia SB142: Retail tobacco/hemp; sale of products intended for smoking to persons younger than 21 years of age. Virginia SB142, Retail tobacco/hemp; sale of products intended for smoking to persons younger than 21 years of age., is a 2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Ryan T. McDougle (Republican); status failed, last action 2026-03-14 (Failed to Pass from conference) (as of 2026-11-06). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB142-2026 - As of: 2026-11-06 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Virginia SB142 - State: Virginia - Session: 2026 Regular Session - Title: Retail tobacco/hemp; sale of products intended for smoking to persons younger than 21 years of age. - Status: failed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2026-01-07 - Last action: 2026-03-14, Failed to Pass from conference - Sponsor: Ryan T. McDougle (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 13 (413 yes, 40 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Sale of retail tobacco products and hemp products intended for smoking to persons younger than 21 years of age; civil penalty paid to locality. Requires that any civil penalty imposed for selling a retail tobacco product or hemp product intended for smoking to persons younger than 21 years of age be deposited into the local treasury. Under current law, such civil penalty is paid into the state treasury. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Ryan T. McDougle (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-03-10 | Senate | Senate acceded to request Block Vote | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2026-03-06 | Senate | Courts of Justice Amendment rejected by Senate | fail | 0 | 40 | | | 2026-03-04 | House | Passed House with amendment Block Vote | pass | 99 | 0 | | | 2026-03-04 | House | Passed House with amendment Block Vote | pass | 97 | 0 | | | 2026-03-02 | House | Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) | pass | 22 | 0 | | | 2026-02-25 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) | pass | 10 | 0 | | | 2026-02-13 | Senate | Engrossed by Senate Block Vote (Voice Vote) | pass | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-02-13 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) | pass | 38 | 0 | | | 2026-02-13 | Senate | Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote | pass | 38 | 0 | | | 2026-02-12 | Senate | Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) | pass | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-02-12 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2026-02-11 | Senate | Reported from Finance and Appropriations | pass | 15 | 0 | | | 2026-02-04 | Senate | Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations | pass | 14 | 0 | | ## Actions (36) - 2026-03-14: Failed to Pass from conference (Senate) - 2026-03-14: Failed to Pass from conference (Senate) - 2026-03-14: No further action taken (Senate) - 2026-03-12: House Conferees: Hope, Mehta, Pence (House) - 2026-03-12: Conferees appointed by House (House) - 2026-03-10: Senate acceded to request Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate) - 2026-03-10: Conferees appointed by Senate (Senate) - 2026-03-10: Senate Conferees: McDougle, Carroll Foy, Salim (Senate) - 2026-03-09: House requested conference committee (House) - 2026-03-09: House insisted on amendment (House) - 2026-03-06: Courts of Justice Amendment rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A) (Senate) - 2026-03-04: Passed House with amendment Block Vote (99-Y 0-N 0-A) (House) - 2026-03-04: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House (House) - 2026-03-04: Passed House with amendment Block Vote (97-Y 0-N 0-A) (House) - 2026-03-04: Engrossed by House as amended (House) - 2026-03-04: committee amendment agreed to (House) - 2026-03-04: Read third time (House) - 2026-03-03: Read second time (House) - 2026-03-02: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) (House) - 2026-02-25: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N) (House) - 2026-02-21: Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal (House) - 2026-02-18: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice (House) - 2026-02-18: Read first time (House) - 2026-02-18: Placed on Calendar (House) - 2026-02-13: Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (38-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate) - 2026-02-13: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate) - 2026-02-13: Engrossed by Senate Block Vote (Voice Vote) (Senate) - 2026-02-13: Rules suspended (Senate) - 2026-02-13: Read second time (Senate) - 2026-02-12: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) (Senate) - 2026-02-12: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate) - 2026-02-12: Rules suspended (Senate) - 2026-02-11: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2026-02-04: Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2026-01-07: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice (Senate) - 2026-01-07: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100251D (Senate) ## Bill text - Amendment, 2026-03-04: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194137.HTML) - Amendment, 2026-03-02: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1189421.HTML) - Amendment, 2026-02-25: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1181798.HTML) - Introduced, 2026-01-07: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1083496.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1083495.PDF) ## Related bills - HB20: Minimum wage; farm laborers or farm employees, temporary foreign workers. (signed) - SB199: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties. (signed) - HB5: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties. (signed) - SB128: Covenants not to compete; includes health care professionals, civil penalty. (signed) - HB1444: Virginia Clean Energy Innovation Bank; created, report, membership. (signed) - HB1393: Electric utilities; pilot program for energy assistance and weatherization for certain individuals. (signed) ## Sources - [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194137.HTML) - [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1189421.HTML) - [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1181798.HTML) - [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1083496.HTML) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1083495.PDF) ## Related - [HB20: Minimum wage; farm laborers or farm employees, temporary foreign workers.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB20-2026) - [SB199: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB199-2026) - [HB5: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB5-2026) - [SB128: Covenants not to compete; includes health care professionals, civil penalty.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB128-2026) - [HB1444: Virginia Clean Energy Innovation Bank; created, report, membership.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1444-2026) - [HB1393: Electric utilities; pilot program for energy assistance and weatherization for…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1393-2026) - [Virginia bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/virginia/bills) - [Virginia state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/virginia) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB142-2026 (as of 2026-11-06).