Virginia House Bill 2079 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-05 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Marijuana; decriminalization of simple marijuana possession; penalty. Decriminalizes marijuana possession and provides a civil penalty of no more than $50 for a first violation, $100 for a second violation, and $250 for a third or subsequent violation. Under current law, a first offense is punishable by a maximum fine of $500 and a maximum jail sentence of 30 days, 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 ounce but not more than five pounds of marijuana from a Class 5 felony to a Class 6 felony.

Marijuana; decriminalization of simple possession, penalty.

Del. Steve Heretick [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]	Del. Mark Levine [D]	Sen. Lashrecse Aird [D]
Del. Patrick Hope [D]	Del. Joesph Lindsey [D]	Del. Marcia Price [D]	Del. Marcus Simon [D]
Del. David Toscano [D]

2019-01-16 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-05	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2019-01-16	House	Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (5-Y 3-N)
2019-01-15	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
2019-01-07	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2019-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100101D

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?191+sum+HB2079
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2079+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H0801V0034+HB2079