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Bill Drug Control Act; adds certain chemicals to Schedule I, penalties. Drug Control Act; Schedule I; penalties. Adds certain chemicals to Schedule I of 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. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2026 HB 558 Virginia HB 558 (2026)
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Virginia HB 558 (2026) — Drug Control Act; adds certain chemicals to Schedule I, penalties.

Drug Control Act; Schedule I; penalties. Adds certain chemicals to Schedule I of 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.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. Health Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  4. Health and Human Services Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Education and Health — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 370 (pass) · upper
  • H VOTE: — 960 (pass) · lower
  • Passage R — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 100 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute — 210 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103416D filing, introduction
  • 2026-01-13 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/13/2026 4:36 pm)
  • 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
  • 2026-01-16 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB558)
  • 2026-01-21 Assigned sub: Health referral-committee
  • 2026-02-03 House subcommittee offered
  • 2026-02-10 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) substitution
  • 2026-02-12 Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-12 Committee substitute printed 26105568D-H1 substitution
  • 2026-02-15 Read first time reading-1
  • 2026-02-16 Read second time reading-2
  • 2026-02-16 committee substitute agreed to substitution
  • 2026-02-16 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
  • 2026-02-16 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB558)
  • 2026-02-17 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
  • 2026-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2026-02-18 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2026-02-26 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-27 Rules suspended
  • 2026-02-27 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
  • 2026-02-27 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
  • 2026-03-02 Read third time reading-3
  • 2026-03-02 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
  • 2026-03-06 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2026-03-06 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB558ER) passage
  • 2026-03-06 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB558)
  • 2026-03-06 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2026-03-06 Signed by President passage
  • 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
  • 2026-03-11 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (3/11/2026 10:54 am)
  • 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 171 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
  • 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0171)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0b28dee5-a45e-4777-b7ec-15060ae2ec6c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).