Virginia House Bill 1277 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on March 16 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-03-16 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0158)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Industrial hemp production and manufacturing. Allows the cultivation of industrial hemp by licensed growers as part of a university-managed research program. The bill defines industrial hemp as the plant Cannabis sativa with a concentration of THC no greater than that allowed by federal law, excludes industrial hemp from the definition of marijuana in the Drug Control Act, and bars the prosecution of a licensed grower under drug laws for the possession of industrial hemp as part of the research program. The bill directs the Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to adopt relevant regulations and establish an industrial hemp research program to be managed by public institutions of higher education.

Industrial hemp; production and manufacturing.

Del. Mamye BaCote [D]	Del. Timothy Hugo [R]	Del. Daniel Marshall [R]	Sen. Joseph Morrissey [D]
Del. John O'Bannon [R]	Del. Christopher Peace [R]	Del. Kenneth Plum [D]	Del. Brenda Pogge [R]
Del. Edward Scott [R]	Sen. Lionell Spruill [D]	Del. David Toscano [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]
Del. Charniele Herring [D]	Del. James Edmunds [R]	Del. Mark Keam [D]	Del. Patrick Hope [D]
Del. Ron Villanueva [R]	Sen. Scott Surovell [D]	Del. Betsy Carr [D]	Del. Roxann Robinson [R]
Del. Gordon Helsel [R]	Del. Matt Fariss [R]	Del. Larry Rush [R]	Del. Michael Webert [R]
Del. Joseph Yost [R]	Del. Rob Krupicka [D]	Del. Daun Hester [D]	Del. Marcus Simon [D]
Del. Hyland Fowler [R]	Del. Scott Taylor [R]	Del. Terry Austin [R]	Del. Les Adams [R]
Del. Glenn Davis [R]	Del. Jeffrey Campbell [R]	Del. Sam Rasoul [D]	Sen. Todd Pillion [R]

2015-02-17 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (34-Y 3-N) (Y: 34 N: 3 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-16 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-12 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-03 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-01-28 - House - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (17-Y 5-N) (Y: 17 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-16		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0158)
2015-03-16		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 158 (effective 7/1/15)
2015-02-24		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015
2015-02-24	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/24/15
2015-02-23	Senate	Signed by President
2015-02-20	House	Signed by Speaker
2015-02-20	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1277ER)
2015-02-20	House	Enrolled
2015-02-17	Senate	Passed Senate (34-Y 3-N)
2015-02-17	Senate	Read third time
2015-02-16	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2015-02-12	Senate	Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N)
2015-02-04	Senate	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
2015-02-04	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2015-02-03	House	VOTE: PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
2015-02-03	House	Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N)
2015-02-02	House	Printed as engrossed 15103816D-EH1
2015-02-02	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments HB1277EH1
2015-02-02	House	Amendments by Delegate Yost agreed to
2015-02-02	House	Passed by temporarily
2015-02-02	House	Committee substitute agreed to 15103816D-H1
2015-02-02	House	Read second time
2015-01-30	House	Passed by for the day
2015-01-29	House	Read first time
2015-01-28	House	Committee substitute printed 15103816D-H1
2015-01-28	House	Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (17-Y 5-N)
2014-07-21	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2014-07-21	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15100010D

SB955 (Same As) 2015-03-16 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0180)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
3	2	4112	(n/a)	See Bill Text
3	2	4121	(n/a)	See Bill Text
3	2	801	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	3401	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+sum+HB1277
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+HB1277+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+HB1277H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+HB1277EH1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+HB1277ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+CHAP0158+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+H01V0021+HB1277
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+HV1831+HB1277
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+S01V0058+HB1277
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+SV0500HB1277+HB1277
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+SV0533HB1277+HB1277