Virginia Senate Bill 40 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on November 21 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-01-29 - Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (6-Y 9-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Marijuana; reduced penalties for distribution or possession with intent to distribute. Raises the threshold amount of marijuana subject to the offense of distribution or possession with intent to distribute from one-half ounce to one ounce. The bill also reduces the criminal penalties for distribution of or possession with intent to distribute certain greater weights of marijuana and creates a rebuttable presumption that a person who possesses no more than one ounce of marijuana possesses it for personal use.

Marijuana; reduced penalties for distribution or possession with intent to distribute.

Sen. Barbara Favola [D]

Sen. Mamie Locke [D]

2018-01-29 - Senate - Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (6-Y 9-N) (Y: 6 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-29	Senate	Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (6-Y 9-N)
2017-11-21	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2017-11-21	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100326D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	248.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	287.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	460	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	386.22	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB40
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB40+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+S03V0191+SB0040