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SB 1091 Marijuana offenses; driver's license forfeiture.
Introduced by: Adam P. Ebbin | William M. Stanley, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Driver's license; marijuana possession. Revises the existing provision that a person loses his driver's license for six months when convicted of or placed on deferred disposition for a drug offense to provide that the provision does not apply to deferred disposition of simple possession of marijuana. The exception applies only to adults; juveniles will still be subject to license suspension. The bill provides that a court retains the discretion to suspend or revoke the driver's license of a person placed on deferred disposition for simple possession of marijuana and must suspend or revoke for six months the driver's license of such person who was operating a motor vehicle at the time of the offense. The bill also requires that such a person whose driver's license is not suspended or revoked perform 50 hours of community service in addition to any community service ordered as part of the deferred disposition. The provisions of the bill are contingent upon written assurance from the U.S. Department of Transportation that Virginia will not lose any federal funds as a result of implementation of the bill. This bill is identical to HB 2051.
FULL TEXT
- 01/06/17 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101071D pdf | impact statement
- 02/20/17 House: Committee substitute printed 17105514D-H1 pdf
- 02/24/17 Senate: Conference substitute printed 17105845D-S1 pdf
- 03/07/17 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1091ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/24/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0703) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/06/17 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101071D
- 01/06/17 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/23/17 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 1-N)
- 01/24/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/17 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/26/17 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 2-N)
- 01/31/17 House: Placed on Calendar
- 01/31/17 House: Read first time
- 01/31/17 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/08/17 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
- 02/15/17 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (11-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/17 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/17 House: Committee substitute printed 17105514D-H1
- 02/21/17 House: Read second time
- 02/22/17 House: Read third time
- 02/22/17 House: Committee substitute agreed to 17105514D-H1
- 02/22/17 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1091H1
- 02/22/17 House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/17 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/17 Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (4-Y 36-N)
- 02/23/17 House: House insisted on substitute
- 02/23/17 House: House requested conference committee
- 02/23/17 Senate: Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/17 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/23/17 House: Delegates: Adams, Gilbert, Watts
- 02/23/17 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/23/17 Senate: Senators: Stanley, Ebbin, McDougle
- 02/24/17 Senate: Conference substitute printed 17105845D-S1
- 02/24/17 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 2-N)
- 02/24/17 House: Conference report agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/17 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (95-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/17 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/07/17 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1091ER)
- 03/07/17 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/10/17 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/13/17 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
- 03/13/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- 03/24/17 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 703 (effective 7/1/17)
- 03/24/17 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0703)