Virginia House Bill 1041 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-16 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Driver's license; marijuana possession. Revises the existing provision that a person loses his driver's license for six months when convicted of or placed on deferred disposition for a drug offense to provide that the provision does not apply to simple possession of marijuana. The exception applies only to adults; juveniles will still be subject to license suspension. The provisions of the bill are contingent upon the Governor's certifying, in accordance with federal law, to the U.S. Secretary of Transportation that the Governor is opposed and that the General Assembly has adopted a resolution stating its opposition to a law requiring a six-month driver's license suspension or revocation upon a person's conviction for a drug offense and written assurance from the U.S. Department of Transportation that Virginia will not lose any federal funds as a result of implementation of the bill.

Marijuana offenses; driver's license forfeiture.

Del. Sam Rasoul [D]	Sen. Lamont Bagby [D]	Del. Betsy Carr [D]	Del. Steve Heretick [D]
Del. Patrick Hope [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]	Del. Mark Levine [D]	Del. Joesph Lindsey [D]
Del. Delores McQuinn [D]	Del. Kenneth Plum [D]	Del. Marcus Simon [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-16	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2016-01-25	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2016-01-20	House	Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
2016-01-13	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2016-01-13	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101425D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	251	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	259.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	390.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+HB1041
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB1041+hil