Virginia Senate Bill 323 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2022 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2022-02-02 - Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 6-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Arrest and prosecution when experiencing or reporting overdoses. Provides that an individual who is subject to arrest or prosecution for the unlawful purchase, possession, or consumption of alcohol, possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana, intoxication in public, or possession of controlled paraphernalia may be offered a first offender deferred disposition program or drug treatment court docket program if such person is reporting an overdose and seeking emergency medical attention. Under current law, such person would be immune from arrest and prosecution.

Overdoses; arrest and prosecution when experiencing or reporting.

Sen. Jill Vogel [R]

2022-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-02	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 6-N)
2022-01-11	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2022-01-11	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101840D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	251.03	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB323
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB323+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+S03V0098+SB0323