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type: "Bill"
title: "Drug Control Act; adds certain chemicals to Schedule I of Act."
description: "Drug Control Act; adds certain chemicals to Schedule I of Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 894"
citation: "Virginia SB 894 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Newman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-05"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d3a5095-d3af-472e-9540-6bf78cdc65fe"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB894"
source_hash: "d6140a26dcc09ae138e20e8d79b9c6274add3f9557c628df98e076e829a063fd"
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 894 (2023) — Drug Control Act; adds certain chemicals to Schedule I of Act.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0189** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0189)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101675D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB894)
3. **Printed as engrossed 23101675D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB894E)
4. **SB894ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB894ER)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Newman — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101675D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-05** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-10** Impact statement from VCSC (SB894)
- **2023-01-10** Impact statement from DPB (SB894)
- **2023-01-12** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-12** Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-13** Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-16** Reading of amendment waived
- **2023-01-16** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-16** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB894E
- **2023-01-16** Printed as engrossed 23101675D-E
- **2023-01-17** Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB894E)
- **2023-02-09** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-14** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-17** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2023-02-17** Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-17** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-23** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-23** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB894ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Impact statement from DPB (SB894ER)
- **2023-02-23** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 189 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0189)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d3a5095-d3af-472e-9540-6bf78cdc65fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).