Virginia Senate Bill 343 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 8 2016 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-03-08 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Possession or distribution of marijuana for medical purposes; cancer. Provides an affirmative defense in a prosecution for the possession of marijuana if the marijuana is in the form of cannabidiol oil or THC-A oil possessed pursuant to a valid written certification issued by a practitioner of medicine or osteopathy licensed by the Board of Medicine for purposes of treating cancer or alleviating such patient's symptoms. The bill provides that a practitioner shall not be prosecuted for distribution of marijuana under the circumstances outlined in the bill.

Cancer; possession or distribution of marijuana for medical purposes.

Sen. Louise Lucas [D]

2016-02-09 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 2-N) (Y: 38 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (12-Y 2-N) (Y: 12 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-01-21 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-08	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2016-02-22	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2016-02-16	House	Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
2016-02-11	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2016-02-11	House	Read first time
2016-02-11	House	Placed on Calendar
2016-02-09	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 2-N)
2016-02-09	Senate	Passed by temporarily
2016-02-08	Senate	Read second time and engrossed
2016-02-05	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2016-02-03	Senate	Reported from Courts of Justice (12-Y 2-N)
2016-01-21	Senate	Rereferred to Courts of Justice
2016-01-21	Senate	Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)
2016-01-11	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2016-01-11	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100663D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	250.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	3408.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+SB343
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB343+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+S04V0011+SB0343
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+S03V0179+SB0343
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0219SB0343+SB0343
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0278SB0343+SB0343