Virginia House Bill 265 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-1)
Status: Introduced on December 30 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-02-05 - Incorporated by Courts of Justice
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 $25. 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 from a Class 5 felony to a Class 6 felony the penalty for distribution or possession with intent to sell more than one-half ounce but not more than five pounds of marijuana.

Marijuana; decriminalization of simple marijuana possession, civil penalty.

Del. Steve Heretick [D]	Del. Kelly Convirs-Fowler [D]	Del. Karrie Delaney [D]	Del. Nancy Guy [D]
Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D]	Del. Patrick Hope [D]	Del. Clinton Jenkins [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]
Del. Mark Levine [D]	Del. Ibraheem Samirah [D]	Del. Shelly Simonds [D]	Del. Lee Ware [R]
Del. Rodney Willett [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-05	House	Incorporated by Courts of Justice
2019-12-30	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2019-12-30	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100927D

HB972 (Similar To) 2020-05-21 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1285)

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?201+sum+HB265
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB265+hil