VA HB960 | 2022 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-15 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 12 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-15 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Summary
Issuing citations; marijuana and certain traffic offenses; exclusion of evidence. Removes provisions that no law-enforcement officer may lawfully stop a motor vehicle for operating (i) with an expired safety inspection or registration sticker until the first day of the fourth month after the original expiration date; (ii) with defective and unsafe equipment; (iii) without a light illuminating a license plate; (iv) without brake lights, a high mount stop light, or headlights; or (v) without an exhaust system that prevents excessive or unusual levels of noise, and the accompanying exclusionary provisions. The bill also removes the exclusionary provisions for operating a motor vehicle (a) in violation of certain restrictions on people with a learner's permit, (b) while smoking with a minor present, (c) with certain sun-shading materials and tinting films, (d) with certain objects suspended in the vehicle, and (e) without the required use of seat belts, and for certain violations involving pedestrians crossing a highway. The bill also removes the exclusionary provision that no law-enforcement officer may lawfully stop, search, or seize any person, place, or thing solely on the basis of the odor of marijuana.
Title
Marijuana and certain traffic offenses; issuing citations, exclusion of evidence.
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2022-02-15 | House | Left in Courts of Justice |
2022-01-12 | House | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
2022-01-12 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101174D |
Subjects
Code Citations
Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
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15 | 2 | 919 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
4 | 1 | 1302 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
46 | 2 | 1003 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
46 | 2 | 1013 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
46 | 2 | 1014 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
46 | 2 | 1014.1 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
46 | 2 | 1030 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
46 | 2 | 1049 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
46 | 2 | 1052 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
46 | 2 | 1054 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
46 | 2 | 1094 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
46 | 2 | 1157 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
46 | 2 | 1300 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
46 | 2 | 334.01 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
46 | 2 | 646 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
46 | 2 | 810.1 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
46 | 2 | 923 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
46 | 2 | 926 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |