---
type: "Bill"
title: "Drug Control Act; adds certain chemicals to Schedules I, II, IV, and V of Act."
description: "Drug Control Act; Schedule I; Schedule II; Schedule IV; Schedule V. Adds certain chemicals to Schedules I, II, IV, and V of the Drug Control Act. The Board of Pharmacy has added these substances in an expedited regulatory process. A substance added via this process is removed from the schedule after 18 months unless a general law is enacted adding the substance to the schedule. This bill incorporates HB 1450 and is identical to SB 111."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1333"
citation: "Virginia HB 1333 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-11"
last_action: "2024-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1cee08bd-29af-4d33-a994-3d55e4de781a"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1333"
source_hash: "94060ddeffa9623dc868f19c190841e6099b2b1419fe08e479ab368eb8cc7aa6"
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 1333 (2024) — Drug Control Act; adds certain chemicals to Schedules I, II, IV, and V of Act.

Drug Control Act; Schedule I; Schedule II; Schedule IV; Schedule V. Adds certain chemicals to Schedules I, II, IV, and V of the Drug Control Act. The Board of Pharmacy has added these substances in an expedited regulatory process. A substance added via this process is removed from the schedule after 18 months unless a general law is enacted adding the substance to the schedule. This bill incorporates HB 1450 and is identical to SB 111.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0062** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0062)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24106671D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1333H1)
3. **HB1333ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1333ER)
4. **Presented and ordered printed 24104366D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1333)

## Votes

- Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-11** Presented and ordered printed 24104366D `introduction`
- **2024-01-11** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-12** Impact statement from VCSC (HB1333)
- **2024-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (HB1333)
- **2024-01-30** Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-30** Committee substitute printed 24106671D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-01-30** Incorporates HB1450 (Thomas)
- **2024-01-31** Impact statement from DPB (HB1333H1)
- **2024-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-02** Committee substitute agreed to 24106671D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-02** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1333H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-05** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-05** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-06** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** Reported from Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-19** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-22** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1333ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB1333ER)
- **2024-02-22** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 62 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0062)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1cee08bd-29af-4d33-a994-3d55e4de781a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).