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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.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Health Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Health and Human Services Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Reported from Education and Health — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 96–0 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 10–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute — 21–0 (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).