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type: "Bill"
title: "Drugs of concern; drug of concern."
description: "Adds any material, compound, mixture, or preparation containing any quantity of gabapentin, including any of its salts, to the list of drugs of concern. This bill contains an emergency clause."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 2164"
citation: "Virginia HB 2164 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency Legislation", "Narcotics and Drugs", "Professions and Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Todd E. Pillion"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-11"
last_action: "2017-02-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33efb9d1-5c57-4ab9-9112-da128d94971a"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2164"
source_hash: "0e3a1de8669a74975728a8962bde4cbd399fb4ef03472ac7386ee10719aa9a9b"
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 2164 (2017) — Drugs of concern; drug of concern.
Adds any material, compound, mixture, or preparation containing any quantity of gabapentin, including any of its salts, to the list of drugs of concern. This bill contains an emergency clause.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0181)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0181)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2164ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2164ER)
3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101055D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2164)
4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17101055D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2164E)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **390** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **970** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment — **220** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **90** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Education and Health — **150** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **400** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Todd E. Pillion — primary (person)
- Charles W. Carrico, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
- Israel D. O'Quinn — cosponsor (person)
- James A. "Jay" Leftwich — cosponsor (person)
- Terry G. Kilgore — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101055D `introduction`
- **2017-01-11** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-17** Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-01-30** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2017-01-30** Emergency clause added
- **2017-01-30** Engrossed by House as amended HB2164E
- **2017-01-30** Printed as engrossed 17101055D-E
- **2017-01-31** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2017-02-01** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06** Assigned Education sub: Health Professions `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-15** Enrolled
- **2017-02-15** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-17** Signed by President
- **2017-02-17** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
- **2017-02-17** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
- **2017-02-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 181 (effective 2/23/17) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33efb9d1-5c57-4ab9-9112-da128d94971a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).