republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-538.md

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Bill	Drug Control Act; adds certain chemicals to Schedule I of Act.	Drug Control Act; Schedule I. Adds certain chemicals 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. This bill is identical to HB 1263.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 538	Virginia SB 538 (2020)	bill		enacted	Stephen D. Newman	3	24	5	2020-01-07	2020-03-10	openstates	ocd-bill/f72eae38-ed77-4b4f-a1d0-c41c3f61030b	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB538	a15d06603ddcaf35b9b7c28137652f87e39e680f64e4d1a6ce50d4362f511919	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 538 (2020) — Drug Control Act; adds certain chemicals to Schedule I of Act.

Drug Control Act; Schedule I. Adds certain chemicals 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. This bill is identical to HB 1263.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0229) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB538ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from VCSC (SB538) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Stephen D. Newman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102765D introduction
• 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2020-01-08 Impact statement from VCSC (SB538)
• 2020-01-15 Impact statement from DPB (SB538)
• 2020-01-16 Assigned Education sub: Health Professions referral-committee
• 2020-01-23 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-24 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-27 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2020-01-28 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-13 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
• 2020-02-18 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-20 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-21 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-21 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-21 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-26 Enrolled
• 2020-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (SB538ER)
• 2020-02-27 Signed by President
• 2020-02-27 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-04 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 4, 2020
• 2020-03-04 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 11, 2020
• 2020-03-10 Approved by Governor-Chapter 229 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f72eae38-ed77-4b4f-a1d0-c41c3f61030b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).