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type: "Bill"
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title: "Drug Control Act; adds certain chemicals to the Act."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "SB 759"
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citation: "Virginia SB 759 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Stephen D. Newman"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2022-01-21"
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last_action: "2022-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/933612cd-867c-4fa3-bcb1-0bb995ef25fb"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB759"
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source_hash: "cca6a3eb1ed16ec5b34796c31d4de764e4cdfac97f9595b547bde79fb0b9d549"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 759 (2022) — Drug Control Act; adds certain chemicals to the Act.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0115** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0115)
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2. **Presented and ordered printed 22104959D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB759)
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3. **SB759ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB759ER)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (91-Y 7-N) — **90–7** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (18-Y 2-N) — **18–2** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Stephen D. Newman — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-21** Presented and ordered printed 22104959D `introduction`
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- **2022-01-21** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-21** Impact statement from VCSC (SB759)
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- **2022-01-26** Impact statement from DPB (SB759)
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- **2022-01-27** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-01-31** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-01** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-01** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-01** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2022-02-21** Placed on Calendar
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- **2022-02-21** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-21** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-22** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (18-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-24** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2022-02-25** Passed House (91-Y 7-N) `passage`
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- **2022-02-25** VOTE: Passage (91-Y 7-N)
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- **2022-03-01** Enrolled
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- **2022-03-01** Impact statement from DPB (SB759ER)
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- **2022-03-01** Signed by Speaker
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- **2022-03-02** Signed by President
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- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
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- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
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- **2022-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 115 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/933612cd-867c-4fa3-bcb1-0bb995ef25fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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