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2012 SESSION

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SB 273 Cannabinoids, synthetic; amends provisions regarding criminalization.

Introduced by: Ralph K. Smith | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

Synthetic cannabinoids; bath salts; penalties.  Amends provisions added to the Code last year regarding the criminalization of synthetic cannabinoids and chemicals known as "bath salts" to add newly identified chemical combinations. The bill adds a more generic chemical description of synthetic cannabinoids so that new chemical compounds will nevertheless be considered synthetic cannabinoids without the precise chemical compound having to be added to the Code. This bill incorporates SB 223 and is identical to HB 508.

FULL TEXT

• 01/10/12  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12103641D  pdf | impact statement
• 01/23/12  Senate: Committee substitute printed 12104555D-S1  pdf | impact statement
• 03/08/12  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB273ER)  pdf | impact statements
• 04/18/12  Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB273ER2)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/18/12  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0816)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• Governor's recommendation

HISTORY

• 01/10/12  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12103641D
• 01/10/12  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/23/12  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
• 01/23/12  Senate: Rereferred to Finance
• 01/23/12  Senate: Committee substitute printed 12104555D-S1
• 01/24/12  Senate: Incorporates SB223
• 02/07/12  Senate: Reported from Finance (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/08/12  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/09/12  Senate: Read second time
• 02/09/12  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/09/12  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 12104555D-S1
• 02/09/12  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB273S1
• 02/10/12  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/17/12  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/17/12  House: Read first time
• 02/17/12  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/20/12  House: Reported from Courts of Justice (16-Y 0-N)
• 02/20/12  House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
• 02/21/12  House: Assigned App. sub: Public Safety
• 02/29/12  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
• 02/29/12  House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
• 03/02/12  House: Read second time
• 03/05/12  House: Read third time
• 03/05/12  House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N)
• 03/05/12  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (96-Y 0-N)
• 03/05/12  House: Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
• 03/05/12  House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
• 03/05/12  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE #2 (97-Y 0-N)
• 03/08/12  Senate: Enrolled
• 03/08/12  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB273ER)
• 03/08/12  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/09/12  Senate: Signed by President
• 04/09/12  Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
• 04/17/12  Senate: Placed on Calendar
• 04/18/12  Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 0-N)
• 04/18/12  House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (94-Y 0-N)
• 04/18/12  House: VOTE: ADOPTION (94-Y 0-N)
• 04/18/12  Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
• 04/18/12  Senate: Reenrolled
• 04/18/12  Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB273ER2)
• 04/18/12  Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
• 04/18/12  House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
• 04/18/12  House: Enacted, Chapter 816 (effective 7/1/12)
• 04/18/12  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0816)