---
type: "Bill"
title: "Psilocybin; Board of Pharmacy to reschedule upon federal scheduling changes."
description: "Board of Pharmacy; regulation of psilocybin. Directs the Board of Pharmacy to reschedule psilocybin consistent with federal scheduling upon approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration of a formulation of psilocybin designed to be administered by a health care professional in a health care setting. This bill is identical to SB 379."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1347"
citation: "Virginia HB 1347 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laura Jane Cohen"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2026-01-19"
last_action: "2026-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ce7cac7-c13e-48d9-96bd-c8f6799861b5"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1347"
source_hash: "a2af39c40ab3deb73cd8bb3e767d2fe0f7a34e508aa03e857482b04668a5b4ea"
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 1347 (2026) — Psilocybin; Board of Pharmacy to reschedule upon federal scheduling changes.

Board of Pharmacy; regulation of psilocybin. Directs the Board of Pharmacy to reschedule psilocybin consistent with federal scheduling upon approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration of a formulation of psilocybin designed to be administered by a health care professional in a health care setting. This bill is identical to SB 379.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1090518.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217334.PDF)
3. **Education and Health Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1171607.PDF)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1181552.PDF)

## Votes

- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **9–1** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health and Human Services — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Laura Jane Cohen — primary (person)
- Garrett McGuire — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-19** Presented and ordered printed 26105580D `introduction`
- **2026-01-19** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-23** Assigned sub: Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N)
- **2026-02-05** Reported from Health and Human Services (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-09** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1347)
- **2026-02-10** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-11** Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-11** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2026-02-11** Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-12** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-19** Senate committee offered
- **2026-02-20** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-20** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- **2026-02-20** Committee substitute printed 26108278D-S1 `substitution`
- **2026-02-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1347)
- **2026-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-23** Education and Health Substitute agreed to
- **2026-02-23** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2026-02-23** Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (38-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-02-25** Senate substitute agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N 0-A) `substitution`
- **2026-03-02** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-02** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1347ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-02** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1347)
- **2026-03-02** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-02** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 305 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0305)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7ce7cac7-c13e-48d9-96bd-c8f6799861b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).