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SB 954 Marijuana; reduces penalties for possession to a fine of not more than $500.
Introduced by: Thomas K. Norment, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Possession of marijuana; first offense; expungement; penalty. Reduces the penalties for possession of marijuana to a fine of not more than $500 and makes a first offense violation that has been deferred and dismissed under § 18.2-251 eligible for expungement. Under current law, possession of marijuana is punishable by confinement in jail for not more than 30 days and a fine of not more than $500, either or both. The bill provides that any person seeking expungement of such first offense violation shall be assessed a $300 fee, of which $150 shall be paid into the Heroin and Prescription Opioid Epidemic Fund, created by the bill, and $150 shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the Department of State Police. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2019, except for the provisions related to the reduction of penalties for possession of marijuana, which shall become effective July 1, 2018. The provisions of the bill are contingent upon funding in a general appropriation act. The bill contains technical amendments.
FULL TEXT
- 01/19/18 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 18105334D pdf
- 01/29/18 Senate: Committee substitute printed 18106134D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/07/18 Senate: Committee substitute printed 18106890D-S2 pdf | impact statement
- 02/12/18 Senate: Floor substitute printed 18107006D-S3 (Norment) pdf | impact statement
HISTORY
- 01/19/18 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 18105334D
- 01/19/18 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/29/18 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/18 Senate: Committee substitute printed 18106134D-S1
- 01/29/18 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 02/07/18 Senate: Reported from Finance with substitute (16-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/18 Senate: Committee substitute printed 18106890D-S2
- 02/08/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/18 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/12/18 Senate: Read second time
- 02/12/18 Senate: Committee substitute rejected 18106134D-S1
- 02/12/18 Senate: Committee substitute rejected 18106890D-S2
- 02/12/18 Senate: Floor substitute printed 18107006D-S3 (Norment)
- 02/12/18 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/12/18 Senate: Substitute by Senator Norment agreed to 18107006D-S3
- 02/12/18 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB954S3
- 02/12/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/18 Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N)
- 02/15/18 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/15/18 House: Read first time
- 02/15/18 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 03/02/18 House: Referred from Appropriations by voice vote
- 03/02/18 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 03/02/18 House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
- 03/05/18 House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (7-Y 1-N)
- 03/06/18 House: Left in Courts of Justice