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2008 SESSION
HB 931 Methamphetamine; manufacturing, selling, giving, and distributing thereof, penalty.
Introduced by: C. Todd Gilbert | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION: (all summaries)
Manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing of methamphetamine; penalty. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person who manufactures, sells, gives, distributes, or possesses with intent to manufacture, sell, give, or distribute 28 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine, its salts, isomers, or salts of its isomers is guilty of a felony punishable by a fine of not more than $500,000 and imprisonment for not less than five nor more than 40 years, three years of which shall be a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment to be served consecutively with any other sentence. The bill also provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person who manufactures, sells, gives, distributes, or possesses with intent to manufacture, sell, give, or distribute 227 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine, its salts, isomers, or salts of its isomers is guilty of a felony punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000,000 and imprisonment for not less than five years nor more than life, five years of which shall be a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment to be served consecutively with any other sentence. This bill is identical to SB 562.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/08 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 086204516 pdf | impact statements
- 03/24/08 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB931ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/23/08 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB931ER2) pdf
- 04/23/08 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0858) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/08/08 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 086204516
- 01/08/08 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/16/08 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- 02/01/08 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/08 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/05/08 House: Assigned App. sub: Public Safety (Sherwood)
- 02/08/08 House: Reported from Appropriations (24-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/08 House: Read first time
- 02/11/08 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/12/08 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/08 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/08 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/13/08 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/13/08 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/18/08 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/08 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 02/26/08 Senate: Reported from Finance (16-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/08 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/08 Senate: Read third time
- 02/28/08 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/28/08 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/28/08 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/28/08 Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/29/08 House: Placed on Calendar
- 03/03/08 House: Senate amendment rejected by House (2-Y 98-N)
- 03/03/08 House: VOTE: --- REJECTED (2-Y 98-N)
- 03/05/08 Senate: Senate insisted on amendment (38-Y 1-N)
- 03/05/08 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 03/06/08 House: House acceded to request
- 03/06/08 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/06/08 Senate: Senators: Obenshain, Puckett, Deeds
- 03/06/08 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/06/08 House: Delegates: Gilbert, Albo, Watts
- 03/07/08 Senate: Reading of conference report waived
- 03/07/08 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/08 House: Conference report agreed to by House (89-Y 7-N)
- 03/07/08 House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION (89-Y 7-N)
- 03/24/08 House: Enrolled
- 03/24/08 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB931ER)
- 03/24/08 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/26/08 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/11/08 House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 04/22/08 House: Placed on Calendar
- 04/23/08 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (98-Y 0-N)
- 04/23/08 House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N)
- 04/23/08 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 0-N)
- 04/23/08 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/23/08 House: Reenrolled
- 04/23/08 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB931ER2)
- 04/23/08 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/23/08 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/23/08 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 858 (effective 7/1/08)
- 04/23/08 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0858)