Virginia Senate Bill 908 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on December 27 2016 - 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 marijuana possession and provides a civil penalty of no more than $250 for a first violation and $1,000 for a second or subsequent violation. Under current law, a first offense is punishable by a maximum fine of $500 and a maximum 30-day jail sentence, and subsequent offenses are a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill creates a rebuttable presumption that a person who possesses no more than one-half ounce of marijuana possesses it for personal use and provides that the existing suspended sentence and substance abuse screening provisions apply only to criminal violations or to civil violations by a minor. The bill decreases the penalty for distribution or possession with intent to sell more than one-half but not more than five pounds of marijuana from a Class 5 felony to a Class 6 felony.

Marijuana; decriminalization of simple marijuana possession.

Sen. Louise Lucas [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)
2016-12-27	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2016-12-27	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102423D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	1	260	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	248.1	(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	287.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	460	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	386.22	(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+SB908
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB908+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+S03V0093+SB0908