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2018 SESSION
SB 33 Marijuana offenses; driver's license forfeiture.
Introduced by: William M. Stanley, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Marijuana offenses; driver's license forfeiture. Eliminates the requirement that the Virginia Department of Transportation receive written assurance from the Federal Highway Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation that Virginia will not lose any federal funds as a prerequisite to implementing revisions enacted in 2017 that except persons who have been placed on deferred disposition for simple possession of marijuana, subject to certain exceptions, from 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. The bill contains an emergency clause.
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- 11/20/17 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/10/18 pdf | impact statement
HISTORY
- 11/20/17 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/10/18
- 11/20/17 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/29/18 Senate: Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)