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| Bill | Drug Control Act; adds certain chemical substances to 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 | SB 1546 | Virginia SB 1546 (2017) |
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Virginia SB 1546 (2017) — Drug Control Act; adds certain chemical substances to 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.
- Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0434) (committee substitute) — source
- Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1546ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17103947D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
- Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Education and Health — 14–0 (pass) · legislature
- House amendments agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
Sponsors
- Jill Holtzman Vogel — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2017-01-20 Presented and ordered printed 17103947D
introduction - 2017-01-20 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2017-02-06 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2017-02-08 Placed on Calendar
- 2017-02-08 Read first time
reading-1 - 2017-02-08 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
referral-committee - 2017-02-10 Read second time
reading-2 - 2017-02-13 Read third time
reading-3 - 2017-02-13 Committee amendments agreed to
- 2017-02-13 Engrossed by House as amended
- 2017-02-13 Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
passage - 2017-02-20 Enrolled
- 2017-02-20 Signed by Speaker
- 2017-02-21 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 434 (effective 7/1/17)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/30751983-2639-4a53-876a-9f2d82c88b8c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).