VA HB676 | 2014 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-02-12 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Summary

Manufacturing, etc., methamphetamine; mandatory minimum sentence. Increases the bottom end of the sentence range for manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing, or possessing with intent to manufacture, sell, give, or distribute 28 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine to 10 years with a 10-year mandatory minimum sentence. Currently, the bottom end of the sentence range is five years and an offense that involves 28 grams or more is subject to a three-year mandatory minimum sentence, except that for 227 grams or more, the mandatory minimum sentence increases to five years.

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Title

Methamphetamine; increases mandatory minimum sentence range for manufacturing, etc.

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2014-02-12HouseLeft in Courts of Justice
2014-01-07HouseReferred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2014-01-07HousePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14102858D

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
182248.03(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources


Bill Comments

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