VIRGINIA LAW PORTAL

• Code of Virginia
• Virginia Administrative Code
• Constitution of Virginia
• Charters
• Authorities
• Compacts
• Uncodified Acts
• RIS Users (account required)

SEARCHABLE DATABASES

• Bills & Resolutions
  session legislation
• Bill Summaries
  session summaries
• Reports to the General Assembly
  House and Senate documents
• Legislative Liaisons
  State agency contacts

ACROSS SESSIONS

• Subject Index: Since 1995
• Bills & Resolutions: Since 1994
• Summaries: Since 1994

Developed and maintained by the Division of Legislative Automated Systems.

2024 SESSION

• history | pdf | print version

VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- CHAPTER An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 54.1-3466.1, relating to possession of an item containing residue of a controlled substance; penalty. [H 455] Approved

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 54.1-3466.1 as follows:

§ 54.1-3466.1. Possession of an item containing residue of a controlled substance; penalty.

A. As used in this section, "residue" means a sample that is too small to be weighed accurately.

B. Upon motion of the attorney for the Commonwealth, possession of a controlled substance in violation of subdivision A (a) of § 18.2-250 may be reduced to unlawful possession of an item containing residue of a controlled substance. A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.

C. This section shall not apply to the possession of an item containing any residue of fentanyl, including its isomers, esters, ethers, salts, and salts of isomers, as described in Schedule II of the Drug Control Act (§ 54.1-3400 et seq.), except as authorized in the Drug Control Act.