Virginia House Bill 557 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Introduced on January 6 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-02-12 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Safe reporting of overdoses. Provides that no individual who sought or obtained emergency medical attention for himself or for another individual because of a drug or alcohol-related overdose may be arrested, charged, or prosecuted for simple possession of a controlled substance or a synthetic cannabinoid or for the unlawful purchase, possession, or consumption of alcohol if the evidence for the charge was gained as a result of the individual seeking or obtaining emergency medical attention. This limited immunity does not prohibit the use of such evidence in the prosecution of other individuals or the prosecution of an individual for any other offense.

Overdoses; safe reporting.

Del. John O'Bannon [R]

Del. Kaye Kory [D]

Del. Betsy Carr [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-02-12	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2014-01-15	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2014-01-10	House	Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
2014-01-06	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2014-01-06	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14103206D

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?141+sum+HB557
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+HB557+hil