Virginia House Bill 87 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on December 10 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]

Marijuana; legalization of simple marijuana possession; Marijuana; legalization of simple marijuana possession; penalties. 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 (i) two and one-half ounces or less of marijuana or (ii) 12 or fewer 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, after expenses of the Board are paid, 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 Commonwealth Mass Transit Fund. The bill also expands the legal medical uses of marijuana and tetrahydrocannabinol from only cancer and glaucoma to any use to alleviate the symptoms of any diagnosed condition or disease determined by the

Marijuana; legalization of simple possession, penalties.

Del. Lee Carter [D]

Del. Ibraheem Samirah [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-05	House	Continued to 2021 in Courts of Justice by voice vote
2019-12-10	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2019-12-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100835D

HB87 (Carry Over) 2020-02-05 - Continued to 2021 in Courts of Justice by voice vote

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
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	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	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

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB87
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB87+hil