Virginia House Bill 2140 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 14 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-10 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Enhanced penalties for gang and drug crimes. Imposes higher penalties for certain drug offenses involving manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing, or possessing with the intent to manufacture, sell, give, or distribute certain controlled substances if death or serious bodily injury resulted from the use of such substance. The bill also imposes higher penalties for possessing, using or attempting to use, or displaying in a threatening manner a firearm while committing or attempting to commit certain drug offenses. Finally, the bill provides that a person who is convicted of a second or subsequent criminal street gang crime is guilty of a Class 3 felony, where current law imposes such penalty for a third or subsequent conviction.

Gang and drug crimes; imposes higher penalties for certain offenses.

Del. David Yancey [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-10	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2015-01-14	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2015-01-14	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15102478D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	248	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	308.4	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	46.3:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+sum+HB2140
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+HB2140+hil