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1997 SESSION
SB 776 Drug offenders; penalties.
Introduced by: Kenneth W. Stolle | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY:
Drug offenders; penalties. Requires every juvenile found to have committed a drug offense to undergo a substance abuse screening and assessment. Adults may voluntarily undergo such an assessment. The assessments must take place prior to sentencing or disposition.
The bill increases the penalty for persons convicted for a first distribution offense involving more than 100 grams of cocaine from the current penalty of five to 40 years, to five years to life.
The drug kingpin statute is moved to a new section, and modified to reduce the annual gross receipts requirement from $500,000 to $250,000 and the quantity of cocaine being distributed from 500 to 50 kilograms.
This bill is recommended by the joint subcommittee studying Virginia's drug laws.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/97 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 971539739 pdf
- 01/30/97 Senate: Committee substitute printed 971625739-S1 pdf
HISTORY
- 01/08/97 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 971539739
- 01/08/97 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/29/97 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice w/sub. (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 01/29/97 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 01/30/97 Senate: Committee substitute printed 971625739-S1
- 01/30/97 Senate: Reported from Finance with substitute (17-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/97 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/97 Senate: VOTE: CONST. READING DISPENSED (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/97 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/04/97 Senate: Read second time
- 02/04/97 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/04/97 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 971625739-S1
- 02/04/97 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - comm. sub. 971625739-S1
- 02/04/97 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/97 Senate: VOTE: CONST. READING DISPENSED (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/97 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/97 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/97 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/05/97 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/06/97 House: Read first time
- 02/06/97 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/10/97 House: Assigned to C. J. sub-committee: 1
- 02/17/97 House: Reported from C. J. with amendments (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/97 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/17/97 House: Passed by indefinitely in App. (9-Y 5-N)