---
type: "Bill"
title: "Controlled substances; adds certain chemicals to Schedule I and Schedule II."
description: "Adds certain chemicals to Schedule I and Schedule II of the Controlled Substances Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1803"
citation: "Virginia HB 1803 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Narcotics and Drugs", "Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["T. Scott Garrett"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-12-28"
last_action: "2019-02-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc5694d1-d6e1-46d6-9926-cf2984bb7033"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1803"
source_hash: "d72559fb914f198cf5296312f5cc722e285d47bfdf3463af334d63893a816f68"
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 1803 (2019) — Controlled substances; adds certain chemicals to Schedule I and Schedule II.

Adds certain chemicals to Schedule I and Schedule II of the Controlled Substances Act.

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0085)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0085)
2. **House amendments adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB1803AH)
3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1803ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1803ER)
4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100527D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1803)
5. **House: Printed as engrossed 19100527D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1803E)

## Votes

- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- T. Scott Garrett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-28** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100527D `introduction`
- **2018-12-28** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-17** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-18** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-01-18** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2019-01-18** Engrossed by House as amended HB1803E
- **2019-01-18** Printed as engrossed 19100527D-E
- **2019-01-21** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-22** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-01-22** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-13** Enrolled
- **2019-02-13** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-14** Signed by President
- **2019-02-15** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 15, 2019
- **2019-02-15** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 22, 2019
- **2019-02-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 85 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc5694d1-d6e1-46d6-9926-cf2984bb7033`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).