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SB 538 Virginia Senate · 2020 Regular Session

Drug Control Act; adds certain chemicals to Schedule I of Act.

Summary
Drug Control Act; Schedule I. Adds certain chemicals to Schedule I of the Drug Control Act. The Board of Pharmacy has added these substances to Schedule I 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 1263.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Jan 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Jan 7, 2020 Signed Mar 10, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Jan 28, 2020 · House of Delegates Feb 21, 2020

How they voted

40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Jan 28, 2020
D Democratic21
21 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
24
Key actions
5
Committee
5
Mar 10, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 229 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 21, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 18, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 13, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
lower
Jan 28, 2020
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 23, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 16, 2020
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
upper
Jan 7, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Jan 7, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102765D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
SN
Steve Newman
RRepublican
VA
23