Virginia House Bill 1443 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Introduced on November 15 2010 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-02-08 - House: Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Decriminalization of simple possession of marijuana. Decriminalizes simple marijuana possession. The bill does not legalize marijuana possession but changes the current $500 criminal fine for simple marijuana possession to a $500 civil penalty, eliminates the 30-day jail sentence, and eliminates the criminal conviction record that would follow a conviction for simple possession. The civil penalties collected would be payable to the Literary Fund. The bill changes none of the penalties for manufacture or distribution of marijuana. The bill continues to require forfeiture of the driver's license and drug screening and education for any minor found to have committed the violation of possession of marijuana and maintains all existing sanctions for all criminal violations involving marijuana.

Marijuana; decriminalization of simple possession.

Del. Harvey Morgan [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-08		House: Left in Courts of Justice
2011-01-17		House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely by voice vote
2011-01-14		House: Assigned Courts sub: #1 Criminal
2010-11-15		House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2010-11-15		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/11 11100220D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute 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	259.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+sum+HB1443
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+ful+HB1443+hil