On Jan. 1, Delegate Baxter Ennis (R-VA) filed House Bill 1585 to prohibit the sale of weight-loss or muscle-building supplements and over-the-counter medication to minors. The bill is expected to be formally introduced to the Virginia House of Delegates beginning Jan. 8.
“No person shall sell to, distribute to, purchase for, or knowingly permit the purchase by any person younger than 18 years of age, knowing or having reason to believe that such person is younger than 18 years of age, an over-the-counter diet pill or dietary supplement for weight loss or muscle building,” HB 1585 reads.
In December 2024, the New Hampshire House of Representatives also filed an age restriction bill listed as House Bill 0516. The text is currently unavailable, but the bill is titled “Prohibiting the sale of over-the-counter weight loss and muscle building supplements to minors.” The bill is co-sponsored by Representatives Alicia Gregg (D), Lucy Weber (D), Mark Pearson (R), Gaby Grossman (D), Casandra Levesque (D) and Christal Lloyd (D).
Virginia and New Hampshire are now the latest states to file age restrictions bills since late 2023. The total is now up to six states alongside Texas, Massachusetts, New York and New Jersey.
To read the Virginia bill, visit https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1585/text/HB1585. To read the New Hampshire bill, visit https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/lsr_search/LSR_Results.aspx.
