---
type: "Bill"
title: "Drug Control Act; adds certain chemicals to Schedule I of Act."
description: "Drug Control Act; Schedule I. Adds certainchemicals to Schedule I of the Drug Control Act. The Board of Pharmacyhas added these substances to Schedule I in an expedited regulatoryprocess. A substance added via this process is removed from the scheduleafter 18 months unless a general law is enacted adding the substanceto the schedule."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1464"
citation: "Virginia SB 1464 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stephen D. Newman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-21"
last_action: "2021-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e0281ef-a0d6-4332-97e7-770fbcead504"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1464"
source_hash: "54be60fdf86172f40067956323e3968b958b63fdb79aad30a7d70975a320d30e"
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 1464 (2021) — Drug Control Act; adds certain chemicals to Schedule I of Act.

Drug Control Act; Schedule I. Adds certainchemicals to Schedule I of the Drug Control Act. The Board of Pharmacyhas added these substances to Schedule I in an expedited regulatoryprocess. A substance added via this process is removed from the scheduleafter 18 months unless a general law is enacted adding the substanceto the schedule.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0073** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0073)
2. **Presented and ordered printed 21103016D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1464)
3. **SB1464ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1464ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Continued to Special Session 1 in Health, Welfare and Institutions — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stephen D. Newman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-21** Presented and ordered printed 21103016D `introduction`
- **2021-01-21** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-22** Assigned Education sub: Health `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-22** Impact statement from VCSC (SB1464)
- **2021-01-22** Impact statement from DPB (SB1464)
- **2021-01-28** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-01** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-02** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-05** Placed on Calendar
- **2021-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-05** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Continued to Special Session 1 in Health, Welfare and Institutions
- **2021-02-11** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-15** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-16** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-16** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-19** Enrolled
- **2021-02-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB1464ER)
- **2021-02-22** Signed by President
- **2021-02-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-24** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 24, 2021
- **2021-02-24** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 73 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e0281ef-a0d6-4332-97e7-770fbcead504`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).