VA HB2373 | 2019 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 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]
Status: Introduced on January 8 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]
Summary
Marijuana; legalization of simple marijuana possession; penalty. Eliminates criminal penalties for possession of marijuana for persons who are 21 years of age or older. The bill also decriminalizes marijuana possession for persons under 21 years of age and provides a civil penalty of no more than $100 for possession of less than (i) two and one-half ounces of marijuana or (ii) 12 marijuana plants and a civil penalty of no more than $500 for possession of more than (a) two and one-half ounces of marijuana or (b) 12 marijuana plants. 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 also modifies several other criminal penalties related to marijuana. The bill establishes a regulatory scheme for the regulation of marijuana cultivation facilities, marijuana manufacturing facilities, marijuana secure transporters, marijuana testing facilities, retail marijuana stores, and marijuana microbusinesses by the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The bill imposes an additional tax of 10 percent on retail marijuana and retail marijuana products sold by retail marijuana stores and microbusinesses and directs the first $20 million of such revenues to the Veterans Treatment Fund, established in the bill. The remaining tax receipts will be distributed to the localities in which the businesses operate, toward the state's share of Standards of Quality basic aid payments, and to the Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund.
Title
Marijuana; legalization of simple marijuana possession, penalty.
Sponsors
| Del. Lee Carter [D] | Del. Steve Heretick [D] | Del. Kaye Kory [D] | Del. Mark Levine [D] |
Roll Calls
2019-01-16 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (6-Y 2-N) (Y: 6 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-02-05 | House | Left in Courts of Justice |
| 2019-01-16 | House | Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (6-Y 2-N) |
| 2019-01-15 | House | Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 |
| 2019-01-08 | House | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 2019-01-08 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103975D |
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 1 | 260 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 16 | 1 | 273 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 16 | 1 | 278.8:01 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 16 | 1 | 278.9 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 16 | 1 | 69.48:1 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 18 | 2 | 247 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 18 | 2 | 248 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 18 | 2 | 248.01 | (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 | 251.03 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 18 | 2 | 251.1 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 18 | 2 | 252 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 18 | 2 | 254 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 18 | 2 | 255 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 18 | 2 | 255.1 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 18 | 2 | 255.2 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 18 | 2 | 258 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 18 | 2 | 258.02 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 18 | 2 | 258.1 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 18 | 2 | 259.1 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 18 | 2 | 265.1 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 18 | 2 | 265.2 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 18 | 2 | 265.3 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 18 | 2 | 287.2 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 18 | 2 | 308.09 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 18 | 2 | 308.1:5 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 18 | 2 | 308.4 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 18 | 2 | 46.1 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 18 | 2 | 460 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 18 | 2 | 474.1 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 19 | 2 | 11.2 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 19 | 2 | 120 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 19 | 2 | 188.1 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 19 | 2 | 303.01 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 19 | 2 | 386.22 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 19 | 2 | 386.25 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 19 | 2 | 389 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 19 | 2 | 392.02 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 19 | 2 | 66 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 19 | 2 | 83.1 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 2 | 2 | 3705.3 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 2 | 2 | 3711 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 22 | 1 | 277.08 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 24 | 2 | 233 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 3 | 2 | 4113 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 3 | 2 | 4121 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 3 | 2 | 4199.6 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 37 | 2 | 416 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 4 | 1 | 225 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 46 | 2 | 390.1 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 53 | 1 | 231.2 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 54 | 1 | 3408.3 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 54 | 1 | 3442.6 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 54 | 1 | 3442.8 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
