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2019 SESSION

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HB 2557 Drug Control Act; classifies gabapentin as a Schedule V controlled substance.

Introduced by: Todd E. Pillion | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

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.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/19  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101661D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/07/19  Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106567D-S1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/15/19  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2557ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/05/19  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0214)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/09/19  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101661D
• 01/09/19  House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
• 01/22/19  House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N)
• 01/24/19  House: Read first time
• 01/25/19  House: Read second time and engrossed
• 01/28/19  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
• 01/28/19  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
• 01/29/19  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 01/29/19  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 02/07/19  Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/07/19  Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106567D-S1
• 02/08/19  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/11/19  Senate: Read third time
• 02/11/19  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/11/19  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 19106567D-S1
• 02/11/19  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2557S1
• 02/11/19  Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/13/19  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/13/19  House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 19106567D-S1 (97-Y 0-N)
• 02/13/19  House: VOTE: ADOPTION (97-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/19  House: Enrolled
• 02/15/19  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2557ER)
• 02/15/19  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/15/19  Senate: Signed by President
• 02/19/19  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 19, 2019
• 02/19/19  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
• 03/05/19  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 214 (effective 7/1/19)
• 03/05/19  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0214)