Virginia House Bill 2312 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 25-0)
Status: Passed on April 7 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-04-07 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0551)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Marijuana; legalization; retail sales; penalties. Eliminates criminal penalties for simple possession of up to one ounce of marijuana by persons 21 years of age or older, modifies several other criminal penalties related to marijuana, and imposes limits on dissemination of criminal history record information related to certain marijuana offenses. The bill creates the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority (the Authority), the Cannabis Oversight Commission, the Cannabis Public Health Advisory Council, the Cannabis Equity Reinvestment Board and Fund, and the Virginia Cannabis Equity Business Loan Program and Fund and establishes a regulatory and licensing structure for the cultivation, manufacture, wholesale, and retail sale of retail marijuana and retail marijuana products, to be administered by the Authority. The bill contains social equity provisions that, among other things, provide support and resources to persons and communities that have been historically and disproportionately affected by drug enforcement. The bill has staggered effective dates, and numerous provisions of the bill are subject to reenactment by the 2022 Session of the General Assembly.

Marijuana; legalization of simple possession, etc.

Del. Charniele Herring [D]	Sen. Lamont Bagby [D]	Del. Kelly Convirs-Fowler [D]	Del. Steve Heretick [D]
Del. Don Scott [D]	Del. Dawn Adams [D]	Del. Hala Ayala [D]	Del. Jeffrey Bourne [D]
Del. Lee Carter [D]	Del. Joshua Cole [D]	Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D]	Del. Dan Helmer [D]
Del. Patrick Hope [D]	Del. Chris Hurst [D]	Del. Clinton Jenkins [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]
Del. Mark Levine [D]	Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]	Del. Delores McQuinn [D]	Del. Marcia Price [D]
Del. David Reid [D]	Del. Ibraheem Samirah [D]	Del. Marcus Simon [D]	Del. Shelly Simonds [D]
Sen. Angelia Williams Graves [D]

2021-04-07 - Senate - Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (20-Y 20-N) (Y: 20 N: 20 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2021-04-07 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (53-Y 44-N 2-A) (Y: 53 N: 44 NV: 2 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-02-27 - Senate - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (20-Y 19-N) (Y: 20 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-27 - House - House: VOTE: Agreed To (48-Y 43-N 2-A) (Y: 48 N: 43 NV: 2 Abs: 7) [PASS]
2021-02-19 - Senate - Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-02-18 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (0-Y 99-N 1-A) (Y: 0 N: 99 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2021-02-16 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (23-Y 16-N) (Y: 23 N: 16 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-15 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-12 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 3-N) (Y: 13 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-12 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (8-Y 6-N) (Y: 8 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-05 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (55-Y 42-N 2-A) (Y: 55 N: 42 NV: 2 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-02-03 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations (14-Y 7-N) (Y: 14 N: 7 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-31 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 8-N) (Y: 13 N: 8 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-30 - House - House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (14-Y 6-N) (Y: 14 N: 6 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-01-30 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 1-N) (Y: 6 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-04-07		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0551)
2021-04-07	House	Enacted, Chapter 551 (effective - see bill)
2021-04-07	Senate	Signed by President as reenrolled
2021-04-07	House	Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
2021-04-07	House	Reenrolled bill text (HB2312ER2)
2021-04-07	House	Reenrolled
2021-04-07		Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
2021-04-07	Senate	Chair votes Yea
2021-04-07	Senate	Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (20-Y 20-N)
2021-04-07	House	VOTE: Adoption (53-Y 44-N 2-A)
2021-04-07	House	House concurred in Governor's recommendation (53-Y 44-N 2-A)
2021-04-07	House	Pending question ordered
2021-04-07	House	Placed on Calendar
2021-03-31	House	Governor's recommendation received by House
2021-03-31	House	Governor's substitute printed 21200898D-H4
2021-03-15		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
2021-03-15	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
2021-03-11	House	Signed by Speaker
2021-03-09	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2312ER)
2021-03-09	Senate	Signed by President
2021-03-09	House	Enrolled
2021-02-27	Senate	Conference report agreed to by Senate (20-Y 19-N)
2021-02-27	House	VOTE: Agreed To (48-Y 43-N 2-A)
2021-02-27	House	Conference report agreed to by House (48-Y 43-N 2-A)
2021-02-27	House	Pending question ordered
2021-02-27	Senate	Passed by temporarily
2021-02-27	House	Conference substitute printed 21200441D-H3
2021-02-27		Conference: Amended by conference committee
2021-02-19	Senate	Senators: Ebbin, Lucas, McPike, Surovell, Dunnavant
2021-02-19	Senate	Conferees appointed by Senate
2021-02-19	House	Delegates: Herring, Mullin, Torian, Bagby, Knight
2021-02-19	House	Conferees appointed by House
2021-02-19	House	House acceded to request
2021-02-19	Senate	Senate requested conference committee
2021-02-19	Senate	Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N)
2021-02-18	House	VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 99-N 1-A)
2021-02-18	House	Senate substitute rejected by House 21200016D-S1 (0-Y 99-N 1-A)
2021-02-18	House	Placed on Calendar
2021-02-16	Senate	Passed Senate with substitute (23-Y 16-N)
2021-02-16	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2312S1
2021-02-16	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 21200016D-S1
2021-02-16	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2021-02-16	Senate	Read third time
2021-02-15	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2021-02-12	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 3-N)
2021-02-12	Senate	Committee substitute printed 21200016D-S1
2021-02-12	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2021-02-12	Senate	Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (8-Y 6-N)
2021-02-05	Senate	Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N)
2021-02-05	Senate	Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
2021-02-05	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2021-02-05	House	VOTE: Passage (55-Y 42-N 2-A)
2021-02-05	House	Read third time and passed House (55-Y 42-N 2-A)
2021-02-05	House	Pending question ordered
2021-02-04	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2312H2
2021-02-04	House	Committee Courts of Justice substitute agreed to 21104248D-H2
2021-02-04	House	Committee on General Laws substitute rejected 21104236D-H1
2021-02-04	House	Read second time
2021-02-03	House	Read first time
2021-02-03	House	Reported from Appropriations (14-Y 7-N)
2021-01-31	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2021-01-31	House	Committee substitute printed 21104248D-H2
2021-01-31	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 8-N)
2021-01-30	House	Incorporates HB 1815 (Heretick)
2021-01-30	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2021-01-30	House	Committee substitute printed 21104236D-H1
2021-01-30	House	Reported from General Laws with substitute (14-Y 6-N)
2021-01-30	House	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee for Courts of Justice
2021-01-30	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 1-N)
2021-01-25	House	Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming
2021-01-20	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2021-01-20	House	Presented and ordered printed 21101659D

HB1815 (Similar To)
HB1815 (Similar To)
HB2312 (Carry Over) 2021-02-05 - Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N)
SB1406 (Same As) 2021-04-07 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0550)
SB1406 (Same As) 2021-04-07 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0550)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
15	2	1627	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	2288.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	2288.3:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	2288.3:2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	2820	(n/a)	See Bill Text
16	1	228	(n/a)	See Bill 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	69.40:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
16	1	69.48:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
17	1	276	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	246.6	(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	251.02	(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	251.1:2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	251.1:3	(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	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	308.012	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	308.016	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	308.03	(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	371.2	(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
18	2	57	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	188.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	303	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	303.01	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	386.21	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	386.25	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	389	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	389.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	392.02	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	392.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	392.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	392.2:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	392.4	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	66	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	81	(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	1119	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	221	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	2499.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	2499.4	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	2696	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	2818	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	2905	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3114	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3705.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3711	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	3802	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	4024	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	4345	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	507	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	509.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	511	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	206	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	277.08	(n/a)	See Bill Text
23	1	1301	(n/a)	See Bill Text
23	1	609	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	233	(n/a)	See Bill Text
3	2	1010	(n/a)	See Bill Text
3	2	3008	(n/a)	See Bill Text
3	2	3906	(n/a)	See Bill Text
3	2	4112	(n/a)	See Bill Text
3	2	4113	(n/a)	See Bill Text
3	2	4114	(n/a)	See Bill Text
3	2	4114.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
3	2	4116	(n/a)	See Bill Text
3	2	4117.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
3	2	4117.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
3	2	4122	(n/a)	See Bill Text
3	2	5145.6	(n/a)	See Bill Text
3	2	5145.9	(n/a)	See Bill Text
32	1	357	(n/a)	See Bill Text
33	2	613	(n/a)	See Bill Text
4	1	100	(n/a)	See Bill Text
4	1	101	(n/a)	See Bill Text
4	1	116	(n/a)	See Bill Text
4	1	121	(n/a)	See Bill Text
4	1	124	(n/a)	See Bill Text
4	1	225	(n/a)	See Bill Text
4	1	600	(n/a)	See Bill Text
4	1	695	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	105.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	341.20:7	(n/a)	See Bill Text
46	2	347	(n/a)	See Bill Text
5	1	13	(n/a)	See Bill Text
51	1	212	(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
58	1	1007	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	1	1017.4	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	1	3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	1	3651	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	1	623.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	1	148.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
6	2	107.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
65	2	107	(n/a)	See Bill Text
65	2	402	(n/a)	See Bill Text
65	2	402.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
9	1	101	(n/a)	See Bill Text
9	1	102	(n/a)	See Bill Text
9	1	1101	(n/a)	See Bill Text
9	1	400	(n/a)	See Bill Text
9	1	500	(n/a)	See Bill Text
9	1	801	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2312
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2312+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2312H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2312H2+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2312S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2312H3+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2312ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2312H4+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2312ER2+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0551+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/.htm
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/21200016D.pdf
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+amd+HB2312AC
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+amd+HB2312AG
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+HB2312F160+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+HB2312FH1160+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+HB2312FH2160+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+HB2312FH2122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+HB2312FH3160+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+HB2312FER122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+HB2312FH4160+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H1103C0015+HB2312
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H11C0079+HB2312
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H08C0139+HB2312
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H02C0105+HB2312
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+HC1508+HB2312
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+S09C0062+HB2312
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+S09V0011+HB2312
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+S05V0002+HB2312
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SV0048HB2312+HB2312
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SV0067HB2312+HB2312
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+HV1740+HB2312
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SV0184HB2312+HB2312
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+HV2031+HB2312
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SV0571HB2312+HB2312
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+HV2087+HB2312
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SV0637HB2312+HB2312