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2017 SESSION
HB 2166 Controlled substances; possession, penalty.
Introduced by: Todd E. Pillion | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Possession of controlled substances. Lists possession of certain controlled substances (buprenorphine, cocaine, codeine, fentanyl, heroin, hydrocodone, hydromorphone, methadone, methamphetamine; methylphenidate, morphine, and oxycodone) as separate offenses under the existing crime of possession of controlled substances for the purpose of having the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission promulgate separate Virginia crime codes for such offenses. The bill does not alter the existing penalty for possession of these substances.
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HISTORY
- 01/11/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102039D
- 01/11/17 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/16/17 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
- 01/18/17 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (11-Y 0-N)
- 01/20/17 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/17 House: Read first time
- 01/25/17 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/26/17 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/17 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/27/17 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/08/17 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)