Virginia Senate Bill 273 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on April 18 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-04-18 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0816)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Synthetic cannabinoids; bath salts; penalties. Amends provisions added to the Code last year regarding the criminalization of synthetic cannabinoids and chemicals known as "bath salts" to add newly identified chemical combinations. The bill adds a more generic chemical description of synthetic cannabinoids so that new chemical compounds will nevertheless be considered synthetic cannabinoids without the precise chemical compound having to be added to the Code.

Cannabinoids, synthetic; amends provisions regarding criminalization.

Sen. Mark Herring [D]

Sen. Ralph Smith [R]

2012-04-18 - House - House: VOTE: ADOPTION (94-Y 0-N) (Y: 96 N: 0 NV: 6 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-04-18 - Senate - Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-03-05 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE #2 (97-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-03-05 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (96-Y 0-N) (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-29 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-29 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-20 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (16-Y 0-N) (Y: 17 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-10 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-08 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-07 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-01-23 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-04-18		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0816)
2012-04-18		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 816 (effective 7/1/12)
2012-04-18		House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
2012-04-18		Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
2012-04-18		Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB273ER2)
2012-04-18		Senate: Reenrolled
2012-04-18		Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
2012-04-18		House: VOTE: ADOPTION (94-Y 0-N)
2012-04-18		House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (94-Y 0-N)
2012-04-18		Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 0-N)
2012-04-17		Senate: Placed on Calendar
2012-04-09		Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
2012-03-09		Senate: Signed by President
2012-03-08		House: Signed by Speaker
2012-03-08		Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB273ER)
2012-03-08		Senate: Enrolled
2012-03-05		House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE #2 (97-Y 0-N)
2012-03-05		House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
2012-03-05		House: Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
2012-03-05		House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (96-Y 0-N)
2012-03-05		House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N)
2012-03-05		House: Read third time
2012-03-02		House: Read second time
2012-02-29		House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
2012-02-29		House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
2012-02-21		House: Assigned App. sub: Public Safety
2012-02-20		House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2012-02-20		House: Reported from Courts of Justice (16-Y 0-N)
2012-02-17		House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2012-02-17		House: Read first time
2012-02-17		House: Placed on Calendar
2012-02-10		Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2012-02-09		Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB273S1
2012-02-09		Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 12104555D-S1
2012-02-09		Senate: Reading of substitute waived
2012-02-09		Senate: Read second time
2012-02-08		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2012-02-07		Senate: Reported from Finance (15-Y 0-N)
2012-01-24		Senate: Incorporates SB223
2012-01-23		Senate: Committee substitute printed 12104555D-S1
2012-01-23		Senate: Rereferred to Finance
2012-01-23		Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
2012-01-10		Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2012-01-10		Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12103641D

SB223 (Similar To) 2012-01-23 - Senate: Incorporated by Courts of Justice
HB508 (Same As) 2012-04-18 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0762)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	248.1:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	3446	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+sum+SB273
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+SB273+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+SB273S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+SB273ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+SB273ER2+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0816+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+S03V0038+SB0273
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+S05V0078+SB0273
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+SV0308SB0273+SB0273
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+SV0330SB0273+SB0273
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+H08V0265+SB0273
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+H0208V0034+SB0273
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+H02V0209+SB0273
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+HV1353+SB0273
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+HV1366+SB0273
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+SV1111SB0273+SB0273
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+HV1658+SB0273