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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I
HB 2312 Marijuana; legalization of simple possession, etc.
Introduced by: Charniele L. Herring | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION: (all summaries)
Marijuana; legalization; retail sales; penalties. Eliminates criminal penalties for simple possession of up to one ounce of marijuana by persons 21 years of age or older, modifies several other criminal penalties related to marijuana, and imposes limits on dissemination of criminal history record information related to certain marijuana offenses. The bill creates the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority (the Authority), the Cannabis Oversight Commission, the Cannabis Public Health Advisory Council, the Cannabis Equity Reinvestment Board and Fund, and the Virginia Cannabis Equity Business Loan Program and Fund and establishes a regulatory and licensing 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 numerous provisions of the bill are subject to reenactment by the 2022 Session of the General Assembly. This bill incorporates HB 1815 and is identical to SB 1406. See H. B. 2312 Chapter PDF text:
https://legacylis.virginia.gov/000/chapter 551.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
- 02/12/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21200016D-S1 pdf
- 02/27/21 House: Conference substitute printed 21200441D-H3 pdf | impact statement
- 03/09/21 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2312ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/31/21 House: Governor's substitute printed 21200898D-H4 pdf | impact statement
- 04/07/21 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB2312ER2) pdf
- 04/07/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0551) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Conference amendments
- Governor's recommendation
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 HB 1815 (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)
- 02/12/21 Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (8-Y 6-N)
- 02/12/21 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/12/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21200016D-S1
- 02/12/21 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 3-N)
- 02/15/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/21 Senate: Read third time
- 02/16/21 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/16/21 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 21200016D-S1
- 02/16/21 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2312S1
- 02/16/21 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (23-Y 16-N)
- 02/18/21 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/18/21 House: Senate substitute rejected by House 21200016D-S1 (0-Y 99-N 1-A)
- 02/18/21 House: VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 99-N 1-A)
- 02/19/21 Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/21 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 02/19/21 House: House acceded to request
- 02/19/21 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/19/21 House: Delegates: Herring, Mullin, Torian, Bagby, Knight
- 02/19/21 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/19/21 Senate: Senators: Ebbin, Lucas, McPike, Surovell, Dunnavant
- 02/27/21 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 02/27/21 House: Conference substitute printed 21200441D-H3
- 02/27/21 Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 02/27/21 House: Pending question ordered
- 02/27/21 House: Conference report agreed to by House (48-Y 43-N 2-A)
- 02/27/21 House: VOTE: Agreed To (48-Y 43-N 2-A)
- 02/27/21 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (20-Y 19-N)
- 03/09/21 House: Enrolled
- 03/09/21 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/09/21 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2312ER)
- 03/11/21 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/15/21 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
- 03/15/21 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 03/31/21 House: Governor's substitute printed 21200898D-H4
- 03/31/21 House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 04/07/21 House: Placed on Calendar
- 04/07/21 House: Pending question ordered
- 04/07/21 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (53-Y 44-N 2-A)
- 04/07/21 House: VOTE: Adoption (53-Y 44-N 2-A)
- 04/07/21 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (20-Y 20-N)
- 04/07/21 Senate: Chair votes Yea
- 04/07/21 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/07/21 House: Reenrolled
- 04/07/21 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB2312ER2)
- 04/07/21 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/07/21 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/07/21 House: Enacted, Chapter 551 (effective - see bill)
- 04/07/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0551)