Virginia House Bill 1134 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2010 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-02-16 - House: Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Decriminalization of possession of marijuana. Decriminalizes simple marijuana possession. The bill does not make marijuana possession legal but creates a civil penalty of $500 for simple possession of marijuana, a penalty equal to the current criminal fine for simple marijuana possession. The bill also raises the quantities necessary for punishment of possession with intent to distribute so as not to punish amounts that may be possessed for personal use. The bill creates a rebuttable presumption that a person who grows no more than five marijuana plants grows marijuana for personal use and not for distribution, an offense punishable by the $500 civil penalty. The civil penalties collected are payable to the Literary Fund. The bill removes the two-year mandatory sentence for distribution of less than one ounce of marijuana and the five-year mandatory minimum sentence for distribution of more than one ounce of marijuana. The bill requires forfeiture of the driver's license of any minor found to have committed the violation of possession of marijuana. The bill reduces the penalty for possession of marijuana by a prisoner from a Class 5 felony to a Class 6 felony, the same punishment as is currently imposed for possession of a firearm or a knife by a prisoner or for setting off an explosive device in a prison.

Marijuana; decriminalizes simple possession thereof, civil penalty.

Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]

Del. David Englin [D]

Del. Harvey Morgan [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-02-16		House: Left in Courts of Justice
2010-01-27		House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2010-01-19		House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
2010-01-13		House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2010-01-13		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10100096D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	248.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	250.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	251	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	252	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	255	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	255.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	255.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	258	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	259.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	265.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	308.1:5	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	386.22	(n/a)	See Bill Text
53	1	203	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+sum+HB1134
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+ful+HB1134+hil