VA HB269 | 2020 | Regular Session
Note: Carry Foward to future HB269
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: Introduced on December 30 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-05 - Continued to 2021 in Courts of Justice by voice vote
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on December 30 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-05 - Continued to 2021 in Courts of Justice by voice vote
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 $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 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 testing facilities, and retail marijuana stores by the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The bill imposes a tax on retail marijuana and retail marijuana products sold by a retail marijuana store at a rate of 9.7 percent (for a total sales tax of 15 percent) and provides that 67 percent of the revenues collected from the tax be deposited into the general fund and 33 percent of the revenues be deposited into a "Retail Marijuana Education Support Fund" to be used solely for purposes of public education.
Title
Marijuana; legalization of simple marijuana possession, penalty.
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2020-02-05 | House | Continued to 2021 in Courts of Justice by voice vote |
2019-12-30 | House | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
2019-12-30 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100185D |
Same As/Similar To
HB269 (Carry Over) 2020-02-05 - Continued to 2021 in Courts of Justice by voice vote
Code Citations
Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
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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 |
17 | 1 | 805 | (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 | 251.1:1 | (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 | 386.28 | (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 | 81.1 | (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 | 4198 | (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 | 2903 | (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 |
Virginia State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB269 |
Text | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB269+hil |