Congress bans xylazine, a drug mixed into street drugs.

What it does

The bill makes xylazine illegal to own or sell without a prescription. Only vets and pharmacies can give it out. It can only be used for animals or government animal control. The bill gives companies and vets time to follow the new rules. The DEA and FDA must report on xylazine trafficking and misuse.

Who it affects

Xylazine is a vet drug now mixed into heroin, fentanyl, and other street drugs. It causes wounds, overdoses, and deaths. This bill stops illegal supply. Vets and pharmacies can still use it for animals.

One thing to notice

The bill gives companies and vets 60 days to one year to follow new rules. The bill does not say how the DEA will know if a program is authorized.

From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.

Where it stands

114 cosponsors: 63 Republicans, 51 Democrats.

• Feb 12, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
• Feb 12, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary and House Committee on Energy and Commerce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a…”
• Jun 25, 2026 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
• Jul 21, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 48 - 0”
• Sep 15, 2026 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote”
• Sep 15, 2026 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Guthrie moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended”

Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.

Money around this bill

6 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 9 reports from Dec 2025 to Jun 2026.

Those reports show $6,175,172 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 21 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.

More groups named this bill than 82% of bills with any report.

Jimmy Panetta, who sponsored the bill, received $1,637,056 from PACs for the 2026 election.

• American Medical Association — $5,643,000 in 2 reports
• American Veterinary Medical Association — $384,422 in 2 reports
• Peace Officers Research Association of California — $100,000 in 2 reports
• Drug Policy Alliance — $18,639 in 1 report
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (nacdl) — $15,000 in 1 report

Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.

Words to know

• DEA — The Drug Enforcement Administration, the government agency that enforces drug laws.
• FDA — The Food and Drug Administration, the government agency that approves medicines and watches for safety.
• xylazine — A veterinary sedative drug increasingly mixed into heroin, fentanyl, and other street drugs.
• lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
• PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
• sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.