West Virginia House Bill 4712 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 23 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-23 - To House Health and Human Resources
Pending: House Health & Human Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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 or 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.

Relating to permitted use and possession of marihuana

Del. Mike Pushkin [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-23	House	To House Health and Human Resources
2016-02-23	House	Introduced in House
2016-02-23	House	To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2016-02-23	House	Filed for introduction

HB4680 (Similar To) 2016-02-23 - To House Select Committee on Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
11	28	1	New Code	See Bill Text
60	3A	6	Amended Code	Citation Text
60A	2	204	New Code	See Bill Text
60A	4	401	New Code	See Bill Text
60A	4	402	New Code	See Bill Text
60A	4	407	New Code	See Bill Text
60A	4	414	New Code	See Bill Text
60A	4	415	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4712&year=2016&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4712%20intr.htm&yr=2016&sesstype=RS&i=4712