Virginia House Bill 1930 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 10 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-07 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Safe reporting of overdoses. Extends to an individual experiencing a drug-related or alcohol-related overdose the affirmative defense to prosecution for (i) simple possession of a controlled substance, marijuana, or controlled paraphernalia; (ii) intoxication in public; or (iii) the unlawful purchase, possession, or consumption of alcohol, if another individual, in good faith, sought or obtained emergency medical attention for the individual experiencing the overdose. Under current law, the affirmative defense applies only to an individual who sought or obtained emergency medical attention for another individual experiencing an overdose or to an individual

Overdoses; safe reporting.

Del. Betsy Carr [D]

Del. John O'Bannon [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-07	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2017-02-01	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2017-01-13	House	Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
2017-01-10	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2017-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100409D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	251.03	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1930
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1930+hil