Legal Status of Salvia divinorum in the United States

June 17, 2017 5:27 pm Published by

Legal status by state

RED Jurisdiction where salvia is illegal.
ORANGE Jurisdiction where salvia is decriminalised.
YELLOW Jurisdiction where salvia is legal with age restrictions.
BLUE Jurisdiction where salvia extracts are illegal but the plant itself is legal.
GREEN Jurisdiction where salvia is legal.

State	Bill ref.	Proposed date	Classification	Status	Proposer	Salvinorin A included?	Notes
Alabama	HB697	22-Apr-2010	Schedule I	Enacted July 17, 2010	Rep. James O. Gordon	Yes	Salvinorin A is misspelled as salvinorum A.
	SB330	27-Mar-2007		not passed / died	Sen. Hank Erwin	Yes
	n/a	18-Oct-2007		not passed / died	Sen. Roger Bedford & Rep. Johnny Mack Morrow	unknown
Alaska	SB313	05-Apr-2006	Schedule IIA	not passed / died	Sen. Gene Therriault	No
	SB38	16-Jan-2007		not passed / died		Yes
	SB52	21-Jan-2009		not passed / died		Yes
Arkansas	SB423	March-2011	Schedule I	Passed		Yes
California	AB259^[10]	05-Feb-2007	prohibit sale to minors	Passed – 22-Jul-2008	Assembly Member Anthony Adams	No, then Yes	Proposed bill wording amended from original Schedule I prohibition to only prohibit sale to minors instead. – Passed. Came into effect on 01-Jan-2009.
Colorado	11-134	02-Jun-2011	Class 2 Misdemeanor	Passed	Colorado State Senate	Yes	See^[11]
Connecticut	SB1098	Jan-2011	To be scheduled	Passed – 6-Jul-2011	“Many legislators, including Senator Boucher” HB6174	Yes (“Salvinorum”)	See. Also see
Delaware	SB259	16-Mar-2006	Schedule I	Passed – 02-May-2006	Sen. Karen Peterson	No	aka Brett’s law
Florida	SB340, SB1612 & HB1363	7-Feb-2008	Schedule I	Passed – 29-May-2008	Sen. Evelyn J. Lynn & Rep. Mary Brandenburg	Yes	Possession felony for up to 5 years in prison. Effective July 1, 2008
Hawaii	2745 SD2	March 2010	Schedule I	Passed –	Gov. Linda Lingle	Salvia divinorum and its constituent salvinorin A permanently as a schedule I controlled	substance as mandated by Section 329-11
Georgia	HB1021	1-Jan-2010	“dangerous drug”	Passed – 01-July-2010	Rep. John Lunsford	Yes	Adds “Salvia divinorum A” to list of dangerous drugs. Allows for “possession, planting, cultivation, growing, or harvesting of Salvia divinorum A strictly for aesthetic, landscaping, or decorative purposes.”
Illinois	SB2589	19-Jan-2006	Schedule I	not passed / sine die	Sen. John J. Millner	No
Illinois	HB457	26-Jan-2007	Schedule I	Passed – 18-Aug-2007	Rep. Dennis M. Reboletti	No	Salvinorin A not mentioned, but bill wording incl. “any extract” from plant. Took effect 01-Jan-2008.
Indiana	SB57	05-Jan-2011	Class A misdemeanor	Passed – 01-July-2011	Alting, Charbonneau, Miller	Yes
Iowa	HSB133 SSB1051	18-Jan-2007	Schedule I	passed	Governor’s Office of Drug Control Policy	Yes
Iowa	SF510^[18]	29-Aug-2011	Schedule I	Passed – 29-Jul-2011	Gov. Terry Branstad	Yes	enacted after 30 days of passing
Kansas	SB481	28-Jan-2008	Schedule I	Passed – 24-April-2008	Sen. Peggy Mast	Yes	incl. any extract from any part, and every compound, manufacture, derivative, mixture or preparation of such plant, its seeds or extracts
Kentucky	SB107	26-Jan-2010	Schedule I	Passed – 26-Apr-2010	Sen. Brandon Smith	Yes
Louisiana	HB20	25-Feb-2005	Schedule I	Passed – 15-Aug-2005	Rep. Michael G. Strain	No	First State to ban Sd.
Maine	LD66	Dec-2006	prohibit sale to minors	Passed – 15-May-2007	Rep. Chris Barstow	No, then Yes	Amended – originally proposed ‘Schedule Z’ classification
Maryland	SB 317 and HB 8	28-Jan-2009	Schedule I	in committee	Senator Gladden and Delegates Haddaway and Eckardt	Yes	Johns Hopkins University has found a loophole that could stop the research they are doing.
Massachusetts	HB4434	16-May-2007	Class C	not passed / died	Rep. Viriato Manuel deMacedo and Rep. Daniel K. Webster	Yes
Massachusetts	HB2037 HB1336 HB1789	12-January-2009	Class C	not passed / died	Rep. Viriato Manuel deMacedo and Rep. Daniel K. Webster	Yes
Michigan	SB1373	1-Oct-2010	Schedule I	Passed		Yes
Minnesota	HF2949	14-Feb-2008	Schedule IV	not passed / died	Rep. Joe Atkins	No
	SB2668	14-Feb-2008	Schedule IV	not passed / died	Sen. Steve Murphy
	HF 484	Feb-2009	Schedule I	not passed / died	Rep. Morrie Lanning
	SF0569	Feb-2009	Schedule I	not passed / died	Sen. Bill Ingebrigtsen
	HF2975	Feb-2010	Gross misdemeanor	not passed / died	Rep. Morrie Lanning
	SF2773	Feb-2010	Gross misdemeanor	Passed – 18-May-2010	Sen. Bill Ingebrigtsen	Yes
Mississippi	SB2456	29-Jan-2008	Schedule I	Passed – 01-Jul-2008	Sen.Hob Bryan	No
Missouri	HB165	05-Jan-2005	Schedule I	not passed / died	Rep. Rachel L. Bringer	No
Missouri	HB633	23-Feb-2005	Schedule I	Passed – 28-Aug-2005	Rep Scott A. Lipke and Rep. Rachel L. Bringer	Yes
Nebraska	LB840	10-Jan-2008	Schedule I	not passed / sine die	Attorney General Jon Bruning & Senator Vickie McDonald	Yes
Nebraska	LB 123	09-Jan-2009	Schedule I	Passed – Feb 27, 2009	Sen. Russ Karpisek	Yes
New Jersey	A1323	08-Jan-2008	Schedule I	proposed	Assemblywoman Linda Stender	Yes
New Jersey	S3426	11-Dec-2008	Schedule I	proposed	Sen. Stephen Sweeney	Yes
New York	S1454-2013	18-Apr-2005	prohibit sale	Passed – January 2012	Sen. John J. Flanagan	No	fine of no more than $500 per violation
	A8920	5-Jun-2007	prohibit possession	proposed	Assemblyman Carl Heastie	No	fine of no more than $50 per violation
	S07736	18-Mar-2008	Schedule I	proposed	no sponsor listed	No	Possession- Class B Misdemeanor. Sale- Class A Misdemeanor
North Carolina	SB138	11-Feb-2009	Schedule I	Passed Aug 6, 2009	Sen. William R. Purcell, Sen. Stan Bingham et al.	Yes	applies to all forms of Salvia divinorum
North Dakota	SB2317	15-Jan-2007	Schedule I	Passed – 01-Aug-2007	Sen. Dave Oehlke, Sen. Randell Christmann et al.	No, then Yes	bill refers to salvinorin A and “any of the active ingredients” of Salvia divinorum
Ohio	HB215	May-2007	Schedule I	Passed – 06-Jan-2009	Rep. Thom Collier	Yes
Oklahoma	HB2485	06-Mar-2006	prohibit extracts	Passed – 26-May-2006	Rep. John Nance	Yes	enhanced, concentrated, and chemically or physically altered
Oklahoma	HB3148	23-May-2008	Schedule I	Passed – 23-May-2008	Rep. David Derby and Sen. Jonathan Nichols	Yes	applies to all forms of Salvia divinorum – law comes into effect 01-Nov-2008
Oregon	SB592	22-Feb-2003	Schedule I	not passed / died	Sen. Richard Devlin and Sen. Ryan Deckert
	HB3485	15-Mar-2003		not passed / died	Rep. Billy Dalto
	HB2494	25-Jan-2007		not passed / died	Rep. John Lim	Yes
Pennsylvania	HB2657	02-May-2006	Schedule I	not passed / died	Rep. James Casorio et al.	Yes
	SB1217	16-Jun-2006		not passed / died	Sen. Lisa Boscola et al.	No
	SB710	29-Mar-2007		proposed	Sen. Lisa Boscola et al.	No
	HB1379	29-May-2007		proposed	Rep. Beyer et al.	No
	HB1547	18-Jun-2007		proposed	Rep. James Casorio et al.	Yes
	SB1006			Passed – 23-Jun-2011		Yes
Rhode Island	2014-H 7191, 2014-S 2651	10-Jun-2014	Schedule I	Passed	Rep. Arthur J. CorveseSen. Frank S. Lombardi	Yes	only extracts are Schedule I; the “unaltered plant” is explicitly exempted
South Carolina	H4687	13-Feb-2008	Schedule I	Passed House / later died	Rep. Huggins	Yes
South Dakota	HB1090	20-Jan-2009	Class 1 misdemeanor / Class 6 felony	Passed – 11-Mar-2009	Rep. Chuck Turbiville	No	possession of less than 2 ounces a misdemeanor, 2 ounces or more a felony
Tennessee	SB3247 /HB2909 /TCA 39-17-452	15-Feb-2006	Class A misdemeanor	Passed – 01-Jul-2006	Rep. Park M. Strader, Sen. Tim Burchett	Yes	not an offense to possess, plant, cultivate, grow, orharvest Sd for aesthetic, landscaping, or decorative purposes
Texas	HB2347	02-Mar-2007	Penalty Group 2	not passed / died	Rep. Charles “Doc” Anderson	Yes	Penalty Group 2 of the Texas Controlled Substances Act
	HB3784	09-Mar-2007	Penalty Group 3		Rep. Tan Parker	Yes	Penalty Group 3 of the Texas Controlled Substances Act
	SB1796	09-Mar-2007	prohibit sale to minors		Sen. Craig Estes	No	proposed concurrently to HB2347 and HB3784 above
	HB126	11-Nov-2008	Penalty Group 3	proposed	Rep. Charles “Doc” Anderson	Yes	Penalty Group 3 of the Texas Controlled Substances Act
	SB257	11-Nov-2008	prohibit sale to minors	proposed	Sen. Craig Estes	No	proposed concurrently to HB126 above
	HB124	14-Jun-2013	Penalty Group 3	Passed – 14-Jun-2013	Representatives Anderson, Stephenson, Price, and Flynn	Yes	Added Salvia divinorum, unless unharvested and growing in its natural state, meaning all parts of that plant, whether growing or not, the seeds of that plant, an extract from a part of that plant, and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of that plant, its seeds, or extracts, including salvinorin A, to Penalty Group 3 of the Texas Controlled Substances Act.
Utah	HB190	18-Jan-2007	Schedule I	not passed / died	Rep. Paul Ray	No, then Yes
	HB260	09-Jan-2008		not passed / died		Yes
	HB277	28-Jan-2009		proposed		Yes
Virginia	HB2844	10-Jan-2007	Schedule I	not passed / died	Delegate John M. O’Bannon, III	only	Any material, compound, mixture, or preparation, which contains any quantity of salvinorin A (another name: Divinorin A). – The plant Salvia divinorum was not mentioned
Wisconsin	AB186	02-Apr-2009	Fine not to exceed $10,000	Passed	Rep. Cullen et al.	only	Wisconsin banned manufacturing, distributing, or delivering salvinorin A the extraction. The law does not name Salvia divinorum the organic plant as a controlled statute, therefore the live, raw, or dried plant is still legal by law and not part of the ban under this statute.
Wyoming	HB49	13-Feb-2006	Schedule I	not passed / died	Rep. Stephen Watt	No
Wyoming	HB62		Schedule I	Passed – 1-Jul-2011		Only	Salvinorin A is misspelled as “Salvinorum A”. Salvia divinorum is not specifically listed but the plant is covered by the law because it contains salvinorin A, which is specifically listed in the bill.

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