republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/sb-759.md

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Bill	Drug Control Act; adds certain chemicals to the Act.	Drug Control Act; Schedule I; Schedule II; Schedule IV; Schedule V. Adds certain chemicals to the Drug Control Act. The Board of Pharmacy has added these substances 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 193.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	SB 759	Virginia SB 759 (2022)	bill		enacted	Stephen D. Newman	3	25	7	2022-01-21	2022-04-06	openstates	ocd-bill/933612cd-867c-4fa3-bcb1-0bb995ef25fb	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB759	cca6a3eb1ed16ec5b34796c31d4de764e4cdfac97f9595b547bde79fb0b9d549	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 759 (2022) — Drug Control Act; adds certain chemicals to the Act.

Drug Control Act; Schedule I; Schedule II; Schedule IV; Schedule V. Adds certain chemicals to the Drug Control Act. The Board of Pharmacy has added these substances 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 193.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0115 (committee substitute) — source
2. Presented and ordered printed 22104959D (committee substitute) — source
3. SB759ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (91-Y 7-N) — 90–7 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (18-Y 2-N) — 18–2 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• 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.

• 2022-01-21 Presented and ordered printed 22104959D introduction
• 2022-01-21 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2022-01-21 Impact statement from VCSC (SB759)
• 2022-01-26 Impact statement from DPB (SB759)
• 2022-01-27 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-01-28 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2022-01-31 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2022-02-01 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-01 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-01 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-02-21 Placed on Calendar
• 2022-02-21 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-21 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
• 2022-02-22 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (18-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-24 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-25 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-02-25 Passed House (91-Y 7-N) passage
• 2022-02-25 VOTE: Passage (91-Y 7-N)
• 2022-03-01 Enrolled
• 2022-03-01 Impact statement from DPB (SB759ER)
• 2022-03-01 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-02 Signed by President
• 2022-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
• 2022-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
• 2022-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 115 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/933612cd-867c-4fa3-bcb1-0bb995ef25fb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).