---
type: "Bill"
title: "Drug Control Act; adds certain chemicals to the Act."
description: "Drug Control Act; Schedule I; Schedule II; Schedule IV; Schedule V. Adds certain chemicals to 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 is identical to SB 759."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 193"
citation: "Virginia HB 193 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Keith Hodges"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-10"
last_action: "2022-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb57af53-dba2-4afb-8204-459065cec552"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB193"
source_hash: "bbcb6d7daa256c4f5d2bfb95e4207b66e4eb9e0ab3a012b7b465c41c076ed1cb"
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 193 (2022) — Drug Control Act; adds certain chemicals to the Act.

Drug Control Act; Schedule I; Schedule II; Schedule IV; Schedule V. Adds certain chemicals to 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 is identical to SB 759.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0114** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0114)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22105088D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB193H1)
3. **HB193ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB193ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101731D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB193)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — **21–1** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (86-Y 11-N) — **86–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- M. Keith Hodges — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101731D `introduction`
- **2022-01-10** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-11** Impact statement from DPB (HB193)
- **2022-01-14** Impact statement from VCSC (HB193)
- **2022-02-10** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-10** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-10** Committee substitute printed 22105088D-H1 `substitution`
- **2022-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-14** Committee substitute agreed to 22105088D-H1
- **2022-02-14** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB193H1
- **2022-02-15** Read third time and passed House (86-Y 11-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-15** VOTE: Passage (86-Y 11-N)
- **2022-02-15** Impact statement from DPB (HB193H1)
- **2022-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-16** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-28** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-02** Enrolled
- **2022-03-02** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB193ER)
- **2022-03-03** Signed by President
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 114 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb57af53-dba2-4afb-8204-459065cec552`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).