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Bill Drug Control Act; Schedule I. Adds certain chemical substances to Schedule I of the Drug Control Act. The Board of Pharmacy has added these substances to Schedule I 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. The bill also removes two substances, benzylfentanyl and thienylfentanyl, from Schedule I. The bill contains technical amendments. This bill is identical to us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2017 HB 1610 Virginia HB 1610 (2017)
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Virginia HB 1610 (2017) — Drug Control Act; Schedule I.

Adds certain chemical substances to Schedule I of the Drug Control Act. The Board of Pharmacy has added these substances to Schedule I 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. The bill also removes two substances, benzylfentanyl and thienylfentanyl, from Schedule I. The bill contains technical amendments. This bill is identical to

Version chain

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

  1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0414) (committee substitute) — source
  2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1610ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101921D (committee substitute) — source
  4. House: Printed as engrossed 17101921D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Passed Senate with amendments — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from Education and Health with amendments — 150 (pass) · legislature
  • Senate amendments agreed to by House — 990 (pass) · legislature
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 390 (pass) · legislature
  • Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 920 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments — 220 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

  • T. Scott Garrett — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-01-03 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101921D introduction
  • 2017-01-03 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
  • 2017-01-18 Read first time reading-1
  • 2017-01-19 Read second time reading-2
  • 2017-01-19 Committee amendments agreed to
  • 2017-01-19 Engrossed by House as amended HB1610E
  • 2017-01-19 Printed as engrossed 17101921D-E
  • 2017-01-20 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (92-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2017-01-23 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2017-01-23 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2017-02-13 Read third time reading-3
  • 2017-02-13 Reading of amendments waived
  • 2017-02-13 Committee amendments agreed to
  • 2017-02-13 Engrossed by Senate as amended
  • 2017-02-15 Placed on Calendar
  • 2017-02-15 Senate amendments agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
  • 2017-02-17 Enrolled
  • 2017-02-17 Signed by Speaker
  • 2017-02-20 Signed by President
  • 2017-02-21 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
  • 2017-02-21 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
  • 2017-03-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 414 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/50a2b4a3-1e68-478c-bae4-3cb6f113730e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).