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type: "Bill"
title: "Drug Control Act; adds certain chemical substances to Schedule I."
description: "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"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 1546"
citation: "Virginia SB 1546 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jill Holtzman Vogel"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-01-20"
last_action: "2017-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30751983-2639-4a53-876a-9f2d82c88b8c"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1546"
source_hash: "3482912151b728ebfdaceea7576ca6e60646695fc41f92f8d2ed37fb991a792e"
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 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.
1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0434)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0434)
2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1546ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1546ER)
3. **Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17103947D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1546)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **390** (pass) · legislature
- Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE — **970** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments — **220** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Education and Health — **140** (pass) · legislature
- House amendments agreed to by Senate — **400** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/30751983-2639-4a53-876a-9f2d82c88b8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).