Virginia House Bill 1445 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on February 26 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-02-26 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0007)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Possession or distribution of marijuana for medical purposes; epilepsy. Provides an affirmative defense in a prosecution for the possession of marijuana if the marijuana is in the form of cannabidiol oil or THC-A oil possessed pursuant to a valid written certification issued by a practitioner of medicine or osteopathy licensed by the Board of Medicine for purposes of treating or alleviating a patient's symptoms of intractable epilepsy. The bill provides that a practitioner shall not be prosecuted for distribution of marijuana under the circumstances outlined in the bill. The bill contains an emergency clause.

Cannabidiol oil and THC-A oil; possession of marijuana.

Del. David Albo [R]	Del. William Howell [R]	Del. Timothy Hugo [R]	Del. Brenda Pogge [R]
Del. Vivian Watts [D]	Del. Charniele Herring [D]	Del. Thomas Greason [R]	Del. Patrick Hope [D]
Del. Ron Villanueva [R]	Del. Eileen Filler-Corn [D]	Del. Roxann Robinson [R]	Del. Margaret Ransone [R]
Del. Daun Hester [D]	Del. Marcus Simon [D]	Del. Sam Rasoul [D]	Sen. Todd Pillion [R]

2015-02-20 - House - House: VOTE: ADOPTION EMERGENCY (93-Y 1-N) (Y: 95 N: 1 NV: 6 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-18 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (37-Y 1-N) (Y: 37 N: 1 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-17 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-16 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (12-Y 1-N) (Y: 12 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-10 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N 1-A) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2015-02-04 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-02 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (11-Y 0-N) (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-26		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0007)
2015-02-26		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 7 (effective 2/26/15)
2015-02-26		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015
2015-02-26	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/26/15
2015-02-26	Senate	Signed by President
2015-02-25	House	Signed by Speaker
2015-02-25	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1445ER)
2015-02-25	House	Enrolled
2015-02-20	House	VOTE: ADOPTION EMERGENCY (93-Y 1-N)
2015-02-20	House	Senate amendment agreed to by House (93-Y 1-N)
2015-02-19	House	Placed on Calendar
2015-02-18	Senate	Passed Senate with amendment (37-Y 1-N)
2015-02-18	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended
2015-02-18	House	Emergency clause added
2015-02-18	Senate	Committee amendment agreed to
2015-02-18	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2015-02-18	Senate	Read third time
2015-02-17	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2015-02-16	Senate	Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (12-Y 1-N)
2015-02-11	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2015-02-11	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2015-02-10	House	VOTE: PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N 1-A)
2015-02-10	House	Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 1-A)
2015-02-09	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1445H1
2015-02-09	House	Committee substitute agreed to 15104518D-H1
2015-02-09	House	Read second time
2015-02-06	House	Read first time
2015-02-04	House	Committee substitute printed 15104518D-H1
2015-02-04	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N)
2015-02-02	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (11-Y 0-N)
2015-01-27	House	Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
2014-12-29	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2014-12-29	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15100257D

SB1235 (Same As) 2015-02-26 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0008)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	250.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	251.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	258.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+sum+HB1445
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+HB1445+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+HB1445H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+HB1445ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+CHAP0007+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+H0801V0069+HB1445
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+H08V0114+HB1445
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+HV2174+HB1445
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+S03V0217+HB1445
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+SV0545HB1445+HB1445
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+SV0555HB1445+HB1445
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+vot+HV2586+HB1445