Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill
HB 1585: Weight loss and muscle building products, certain; selling or distributing to minors prohibited.
In committee Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
Last official action: ·Record last updated:
Plain-language summary
HB 1585 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 1, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Weight loss and muscle building products, certain; selling or distributing to minors prohibited. Primary sponsor: N. Baxter Ennis. It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (February 5, 2025): Left in Health and Human Services.
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Official summary
Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.
Sale of certain weight loss and muscle building products to minors prohibited. Prohibits any person from selling or distributing an over-the-counter diet pill or dietary supplement for weight loss or muscle building to a person who is younger than 18 years of age and requires that the purchaser demonstrate, by producing a driver's license or similar photo identification issued by a government agency, that he is at least 18 years of age. For mail or Internet sales, the bill requires that the person offering an over-the-counter diet pill or dietary supplement for weight loss or muscle building (i) prior to the sale verifies that the purchaser is at least 18 years of age through a commercially available database that is regularly used by businesses or governmental entities for the purpose of age and identity verification and (ii) uses a method of mailing, shipping, or delivery that requires the signature of a person at least 18 years of age before the products will be released to the purchaser. The bill also requires that over-the-counter diet pills or dietary supplements for weight loss or muscle building will only be displayed for sale behind a store counter that is not accessible to consumers or in a locked case that requires assistance from a store employee for customer access. A violation of the bill's provisions is punishable by a civil penalty in the amount of $500 for a first violation and $2,500 for a second or subsequent violation within a three-year period.
Sponsors
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. Baxter Ennis | Primary sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
| W. Chad Green | Co-sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- Left in Health and Human Services
- Subcommittee recommends striking from the docket (8-Y 0-N)
- Assigned sub: Health
- Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
- Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101290D