---
type: "Bill"
title: "Drug Control Act; Schedule II and Schedule V."
description: "Adds thiafentanil to Schedule II of the Drug Control Act and brivaracetam to Schedule V of the Drug Control Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 2470"
citation: "Virginia HB 2470 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Narcotics and Drugs", "Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["S. Chris Jones"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2017-01-20"
last_action: "2017-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fba3241-5fb7-4593-8e5a-bec1d55b055f"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2470"
source_hash: "22b0e866fface714e7182267a74cc6f1c1cdf0313f7e42238f871890e0875477"
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 2470 (2017) — Drug Control Act; Schedule II and Schedule V.

Adds thiafentanil to Schedule II of the Drug Control Act and brivaracetam to Schedule V of the Drug Control Act.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0612)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0612)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2470ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2470ER)
3. **House: Presented and ordered printed 17104071D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2470)

## Votes

- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Finance — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Appropriations — **20–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- S. Chris Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-20** Presented and ordered printed 17104071D `introduction`
- **2017-01-20** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-26** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-27** Assigned App. sub: Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** Rereferred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-24** Enrolled
- **2017-02-24** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-24** Signed by President
- **2017-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
- **2017-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 612 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0fba3241-5fb7-4593-8e5a-bec1d55b055f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).