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HB 1610 Virginia House of Delegates · 2017 Regular Session

Drug Control Act; Schedule I.

Summary
Adds certain chemical substances 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. The bill also removes two substances, benzylfentanyl and thienylfentanyl, from Schedule I. The bill contains technical amendments. This bill is identical to
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Feb 2017
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2017
Senate Passage
Jan 2017
Signed into Law
Mar 2017
Introduced Jan 3, 2017 Signed Mar 13, 2017
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
22
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Amendments
4
Mar 13, 2017
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 414 (effective 7/1/17)
executive
Feb 15, 2017
Introduced
Senate amendments agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
legislature
Feb 13, 2017
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
legislature
Feb 13, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
legislature
Feb 13, 2017
Introduced
Reading of amendments waived
legislature
Jan 23, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
legislature
Jan 20, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (92-Y 0-N)
legislature
Jan 19, 2017
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB1610E
legislature
Jan 19, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
legislature
Jan 3, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
legislature
Jan 3, 2017
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101921D
legislature
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of T. Scott Garrett
T. Scott Garrett
RRepublican
VA
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