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2021 SESSION
HB 2312 Marijuana; legalization of simple possession, etc.
Introduced by: Charniele L. Herring | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Marijuana; legalization; retail sales; penalties. Eliminates criminal penalties for simple possession of marijuana, modifies several other criminal penalties related to marijuana, and provides for an automatic expungement process for those convicted of certain marijuana-related crimes to have such crimes automatically expunged by July 1, 2026. The bill creates the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority (the Authority) and establishes a regulatory structure for the cultivation, manufacture, wholesale, and retail sale of retail marijuana and retail marijuana products, to be administered by the Authority. The bill contains social equity provisions that, among other things, provide support and resources to persons and communities that have been historically and disproportionately affected by drug enforcement. The bill has staggered effective dates and allows retail marijuana sales to begin on January 1, 2024. This bill incorporates HB 1815. See H. B. 2312 General Laws Substitute PDF text:
https://lis.virginia.gov/000/housecannabisbillsub.pdf
See H. B. 2312 Courts of Justice Substitute PDF text:
https://lis.virginia.gov/000/housecannabisbillsub2.pdf
FULL TEXT
- 01/20/21 House: Presented and ordered printed 21101659D pdf | impact statement
- 01/30/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21104236D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 01/31/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21104248D-H2 pdf | impact statements
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
HISTORY
- 01/20/21 House: Presented and ordered printed 21101659D
- 01/20/21 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/25/21 House: Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming
- 01/30/21 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 1-N)
- 01/30/21 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/30/21 House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (14-Y 6-N)
- 01/30/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21104236D-H1
- 01/30/21 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/30/21 House: Incorporates HB1815 (Heretick)
- 01/31/21 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 8-N)
- 01/31/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21104248D-H2
- 01/31/21 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/03/21 House: Reported from Appropriations (14-Y 7-N)
- 02/03/21 House: Read first time
- 02/04/21 House: Read second time
- 02/04/21 House: Committee on General Laws substitute rejected 21104236D-H1
- 02/04/21 House: Committee Courts of Justice substitute agreed to 21104248D-H2
- 02/04/21 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2312H2
- 02/05/21 House: Pending question ordered
- 02/05/21 House: Read third time and passed House (55-Y 42-N 2-A)
- 02/05/21 House: VOTE: Passage (55-Y 42-N 2-A)
- 02/05/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/05/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
- 02/05/21 Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N)