---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides for the automatic rescheduling of certain compounds, mixtures or preparations"
description: "Requires the commissioner of health by regulation or emergency regulation, to reclassify any compound, mixture or preparation containing any substance listed in Schedule I of section three thousand three hundred six of the public health law as a Schedule II, III, IV or V substance, or exempt it, if that same compound, mixture or preparation is redesignated or rescheduled other than under Schedule I under the federal Controlled Substances Act, or deleted as a controlled substance under the federal Controlled Substances Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 8618"
citation: "New York S 8618 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["RIVERA"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-03-22"
last_action: "2022-12-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff5ca7d6-9f78-42ae-9949-5a037e916bd7"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S8618"
source_hash: "c3da2ab2e96900b409a729d920865c53b9a0af640170aaa24f44103888e606ae"
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-ny"]
---

# New York S 8618 (2021-2022) — Provides for the automatic rescheduling of certain compounds, mixtures or preparations

Requires the commissioner of health by regulation or emergency regulation, to reclassify any compound, mixture or preparation containing any substance listed in Schedule I of section three thousand three hundred six of the public health law as a Schedule II, III, IV or V substance, or exempt it, if that same compound, mixture or preparation is redesignated or rescheduled other than under Schedule I under the federal Controlled Substances Act, or deleted as a controlled substance under the federal Controlled Substances Act.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8618** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8618&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Health Vote — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- RIVERA — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-22** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-26** 1ST REPORT CAL.893
- **2022-04-27** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2022-05-02** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2022-05-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-03** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-05-03** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-16** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9722
- **2022-05-16** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.239
- **2022-05-16** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-16** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-12-23** SIGNED CHAP.777 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff5ca7d6-9f78-42ae-9949-5a037e916bd7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).