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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Drug Control Act; adds certain chemicals to Schedule I of Act."
+description: "Drug Control Act; adds certain chemicals to Schedule I of Act."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 894"
+citation: "Virginia SB 894 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Newman"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 35
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2023-01-05"
+last_action: "2023-03-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d3a5095-d3af-472e-9540-6bf78cdc65fe"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB894"
+source_hash: "d6140a26dcc09ae138e20e8d79b9c6274add3f9557c628df98e076e829a063fd"
+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 SB 894 (2023) — Drug Control Act; adds certain chemicals to Schedule I of Act.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0189** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0189)
+2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101675D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB894)
+3. **Printed as engrossed 23101675D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB894E)
+4. **SB894ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB894ER)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Newman — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101675D `filing, introduction`
+- **2023-01-05** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-10** Impact statement from VCSC (SB894)
+- **2023-01-10** Impact statement from DPB (SB894)
+- **2023-01-12** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
+- **2023-01-12** Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-01-13** Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
+- **2023-01-16** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2023-01-16** Reading of amendment waived
+- **2023-01-16** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-01-16** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB894E
+- **2023-01-16** Printed as engrossed 23101675D-E
+- **2023-01-17** Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB894E)
+- **2023-02-09** Placed on Calendar
+- **2023-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-09** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-14** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
+- **2023-02-14** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-17** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-02-17** Engrossed by House as amended
+- **2023-02-17** Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2023-02-17** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2023-02-20** House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-02-23** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-02-23** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB894ER) `passage`
+- **2023-02-23** Impact statement from DPB (SB894ER)
+- **2023-02-23** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled`
+- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 189 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0189)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d3a5095-d3af-472e-9540-6bf78cdc65fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+