VA HB2557 | 2019 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Passed on March 5 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-03-05 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0214)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Passed on March 5 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-03-05 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0214)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Summary
Drug Control Act; Schedule V; gabapentin. Classifies gabapentin as a Schedule V controlled substance. Current law lists gabapentin as a drug of concern. The bill also removes the list of drugs of concern from the Code of Virginia and provides that any wholesale drug distributor licensed and regulated by the Board of Pharmacy and registered with and regulated by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration shall have until July 1, 2020, or within six months of final approval of compliance from the Board of Pharmacy and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, whichever is earlier, to comply with storage requirements for Schedule V controlled substances containing gabapentin.
Title
Drug Control Act; classifies gabapentin as a Schedule V controlled substance.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2019-02-13 - House - House: VOTE: ADOPTION (97-Y 0-N) (Y: 97 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-08 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-07 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-28 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-22 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-08 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-07 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-28 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-22 - House - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-05 | Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0214) | |
| 2019-03-05 | Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 214 (effective 7/1/19) | |
| 2019-02-19 | Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019 | |
| 2019-02-19 | House | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 19, 2019 |
| 2019-02-15 | Senate | Signed by President |
| 2019-02-15 | House | Signed by Speaker |
| 2019-02-15 | House | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2557ER) |
| 2019-02-15 | House | Enrolled |
| 2019-02-13 | House | VOTE: ADOPTION (97-Y 0-N) |
| 2019-02-13 | House | Senate substitute agreed to by House 19106567D-S1 (97-Y 0-N) |
| 2019-02-13 | House | Placed on Calendar |
| 2019-02-11 | Senate | Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) |
| 2019-02-11 | Senate | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2557S1 |
| 2019-02-11 | Senate | Committee substitute agreed to 19106567D-S1 |
| 2019-02-11 | Senate | Reading of substitute waived |
| 2019-02-11 | Senate | Read third time |
| 2019-02-08 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) |
| 2019-02-07 | Senate | Committee substitute printed 19106567D-S1 |
| 2019-02-07 | Senate | Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) |
| 2019-01-29 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
| 2019-01-29 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 2019-01-28 | House | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) |
| 2019-01-28 | House | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) |
| 2019-01-25 | House | Read second time and engrossed |
| 2019-01-24 | House | Read first time |
| 2019-01-22 | House | Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) |
| 2019-01-09 | House | Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions |
| 2019-01-09 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101661D |
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54 | 1 | 3454 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 54 | 1 | 3456.1 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
