Virginia House Bill 865 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-12-04 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Expungement of certain misdemeanor drug offenses. Allows a person convicted of a misdemeanor offense of possession of a controlled substance or marijuana, or charged with such an offense which charge was deferred and dismissed, who has successfully completed all terms of probation to file a petition for expungement one year after the completion of such terms if he has not been convicted of any offense involving violence. Any conviction that is expunged will be considered a prior conviction for purposes of prosecution of any subsequent offense for which the prior conviction statutorily enhances punishment. The bill also provides that any outstanding fines or costs from the misdemeanor conviction may be waived or reduced for an indigent petitioner or for good cause shown.

Misdemeanor drug offenses, certain; expungement.

Del. Mark Levine [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-12-04	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2020-01-31	House	Continued to 2021 in Courts of Justice by voice vote
2020-01-07	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2020-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104880D

HB865 (Carry Over) 2020-01-31 - Continued to 2021 in Courts of Justice by voice vote

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
19	2	392.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	392.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	392.4	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+sum+HB865
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+HB865+hil