WV HB114 | 2016 | 1st Special Session

Status

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on May 24 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-06-01 - Motion to table discharge from Health and Human Resources committee adopted (Roll No. 690)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

The purpose of this bill is to decriminalize and permit personal use, growth and possession of certain amounts of marihuana by persons over the age of twenty-one under certain circumstances; to remove marihuana from the list of schedule I drugs; to create a tax stamp for eligible persons to purchase to allow for possession of up to two ounces of marihuana; to provide method for distribution of stamps; to decriminalize first offense distribution of under 30 grams of marihuana; to establish news criminal penalties for marihuana possession and sale; and to provide for a medical exemption to criminal laws against marihuana use or possession.

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Title

Decriminalizing and permitting personal use, growth and possession of certain amounts of marihuana by persons over the age of twenty-one

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History

DateChamberAction
2016-06-01HouseMotion to table discharge from Health and Human Resources committee adopted (Roll No. 690)
2016-05-24HouseTo House Health and Human Resources
2016-05-24HouseIntroduced in House
2016-05-24HouseTo Health and Human Resources then Judiciary then Finance
2016-05-24HouseFiled for introduction

Same As/Similar To

SB1005 (Similar To) 2016-05-25 - House Message received

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Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
11173Amended CodeCitation Text
11174Amended CodeCitation Text
11174bNew CodeSee Bill Text
11281New CodeSee Bill Text
603A6Amended CodeCitation Text
60A2204Amended CodeCitation Text
60A4401Amended CodeCitation Text
60A4402Amended CodeCitation Text
60A4407Amended CodeCitation Text
60A4414New CodeSee Bill Text
60A4415New CodeSee Bill Text

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