Virginia Senate Bill 1269 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-01-23 - Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice with letter (15-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Marijuana; decriminalization of simple marijuana possession. Decriminalizes simple marijuana possession and provides a civil penalty of no more than $100 for a first violation, $250 for a second violation, and $500 for a third or subsequent violation. Current law imposes a maximum fine of $500 and a maximum 30-day jail sentence for a first offense, and subsequent offenses are a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill provides that the suspended sentence/substance abuse screening provisions and driver's license suspension provisions apply only to criminal violations or to civil violations by a juvenile. The bill provides that a court may suspend a driver's license for a civil violation committed by an adult. A civil violation will be treated as a conviction for prohibitions on the purchase or transport of a handgun and disqualification for a concealed handgun permit.

Marijuana; decriminalization of simple possession.

Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]

Sen. Lynwood Lewis [D]

2017-01-23 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice with letter (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-23	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice with letter (15-Y 0-N)
2017-01-10	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2017-01-10	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103829D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	1	260	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	250.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	251	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	252	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	259.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	308.09	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	308.1:5	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	390.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1269
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1269+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+S03V0097+SB1269