Virginia Senate Bill 815 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-01-29 - Incorporated by Judiciary
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Marijuana; decriminalization of simple marijuana possession; penalty. Decriminalizes simple marijuana possession and provides a civil penalty of no more than $50 for a first violation, $100 for a second violation, and $250 for a third or subsequent violation. Current law imposes a maximum fine of $500 and a maximum 30-day jail sentence for a first offense, and subsequent offenses are a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill provides that the suspended sentence/substance abuse screening provisions apply only to criminal violations or civil violations by a juvenile, and the driver's license suspension provisions apply only to criminal violations. A civil violation will be treated as a conviction for prohibitions on the purchase or transport of a handgun and disqualification for a concealed handgun permit.

Marijuana; decriminalization of simple possession, penalty.

Sen. Joseph Morrissey [D]

2020-01-29 - Senate - Senate: Incorporated by Judiciary (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-29	Senate	Incorporated by Judiciary
2020-01-16	Senate	Assigned Judiciary sub: Criminal Law
2020-01-08	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2020-01-08	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103848D

SB2 (Similar To) 2020-05-21 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1286)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	1	260	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	250.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	251	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	252	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	259.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	308.09	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	308.1:5	(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?201+sum+SB815
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB815+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S03V0105+SB0815