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2022 SESSION

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HB 430 Cannabis control; retail market, penalties.

Introduced by: Charniele L. Herring | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Cannabis control; retail market; penalties. Establishes a framework for the creation of a retail marijuana market in the Commonwealth. The bill creates a regulatory and licensing structure for such retail market and for the cultivation, manufacture, and wholesale of marijuana and marijuana products to be administered by the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority. The bill also relocates and modifies numerous criminal provisions regarding marijuana offenses. The bill has staggered effective dates. The bill satisfies the reenactment requirement of Chapters 550 and 551 of the Acts of Assembly of 2021, Special Session I, but makes numerous modifications to the provisions of the 2021 legislation related to criminal penalties, expungement, regulation of certain hemp products, and diversity, equity, and inclusion.

FULL TEXT

• 01/11/22  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104060D  pdf | impact statements

HISTORY

• 01/11/22  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22104060D
• 01/11/22  House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
• 02/15/22  House: Left in General Laws