---
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 HB 1347."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 379"
citation: "Virginia SB 379 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer B. Boysko"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97717d4b-d1a5-4673-9d34-8515c18754b6"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB379"
source_hash: "9c159fd33b8bbc10b13648439571f78a704881b4c7655ad4e41cd0d2bf4b1886"
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 379 (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 HB 1347.

## 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/1089836.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217342.PDF)
3. **Education and Health Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1132241.PDF)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1178955.PDF)

## Votes

- Reported from Health and Human Services — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — **14–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jennifer B. Boysko — primary (person)
- Scott A. Surovell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104820D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB379)
- **2026-01-30** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-30** Senate subcommittee offered
- **2026-02-05** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-06** Committee substitute printed 26106612D-S1 `substitution`
- **2026-02-06** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-06** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- **2026-02-06** Passed by for the day
- **2026-02-09** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-09** Education and Health Substitute agreed to
- **2026-02-09** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote) `substitution`
- **2026-02-10** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-11** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB379)
- **2026-02-13** Placed on Calendar
- **2026-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-13** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** Reported from Health and Human Services (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-23** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-24** Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-02-26** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-02-26** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB379ER) `passage`
- **2026-02-26** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB379)
- **2026-02-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-02-26** 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 306 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0306)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97717d4b-d1a5-4673-9d34-8515c18754b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).