Bill Text: VA HB455 | 2024 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Controlled substances; possession of an item containing residue of a substance, penalty.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2024-04-17 - House sustained Governor's veto [HB455 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2024-HB455-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 455 Offered January 10, 2024 Prefiled January 8, 2024 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 54.1-3466.1, relating to possession of an item containing less than one gram of a controlled substance; penalty. ---------- Patron-- Callsen ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 54.1-3466.1 as follows:

§54.1-3466.1. Possession of an item containing less than one gram of a controlled substance; penalty.

Upon motion of the attorney for the Commonwealth, possession of controlled substance in violation of subdivision A (a) of §18.2-250 shall be reduced to unlawful possession of an item containing less than one gram of a controlled substance. A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.