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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Controlled substances; adds certain chemicals to Schedule I and Schedule II."
+description: "Adds certain chemicals to Schedule I and Schedule II of the Controlled Substances Act."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 1803"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1803 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Narcotics and Drugs", "Professions and Occupations"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["T. Scott Garrett"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2018-12-28"
+last_action: "2019-02-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc5694d1-d6e1-46d6-9926-cf2984bb7033"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1803"
+source_hash: "d72559fb914f198cf5296312f5cc722e285d47bfdf3463af334d63893a816f68"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia HB 1803 (2019) — Controlled substances; adds certain chemicals to Schedule I and Schedule II.
+
+Adds certain chemicals to Schedule I and Schedule II of the Controlled Substances Act.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0085)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0085)
+2. **House amendments adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB1803AH)
+3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1803ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1803ER)
+4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100527D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1803)
+5. **House: Printed as engrossed 19100527D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1803E)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment — **22–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- T. Scott Garrett — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-12-28** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100527D `introduction`
+- **2018-12-28** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
+- **2019-01-17** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2019-01-18** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2019-01-18** Committee amendment agreed to
+- **2019-01-18** Engrossed by House as amended HB1803E
+- **2019-01-18** Printed as engrossed 19100527D-E
+- **2019-01-21** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-01-22** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2019-01-22** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-11** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2019-02-13** Enrolled
+- **2019-02-13** Signed by Speaker
+- **2019-02-14** Signed by President
+- **2019-02-15** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 15, 2019
+- **2019-02-15** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 22, 2019
+- **2019-02-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 85 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc5694d1-d6e1-46d6-9926-cf2984bb7033`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+