HB 269

  • Virginia House Bill
  • 2021 Regular Session
  • Introduced in House Dec 30, 2019
  • House
  • Senate
  • Governor

Marijuana; legalization of simple marijuana possession, penalty.

Abstract

Marijuana; legalization of simple marijuanapossession; penalty. Eliminates criminal penalties for possessionof marijuana for persons who are 21 years of age or older. The bill also decriminalizes marijuana possession for persons under 21 yearsof age and provides a civil penalty of no more than $50 for a firstviolation, $100 for a second violation, and $250 for a third or subsequentviolation. Under current law, a first offense is punishable by amaximum fine of $500 and a maximum jail sentence of 30 days, and subsequent offenses are a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill also modifies severalother criminal penalties related to marijuana. The bill establishesa regulatory scheme for the regulation of marijuana cultivation facilities,marijuana manufacturing facilities, marijuana testing facilities,and retail marijuana stores by the Board of Agriculture and ConsumerServices. The bill imposes a tax on retail marijuana and retail marijuanaproducts sold by a retail marijuana store at a rate of 9.7 percent(for a total sales tax of 15 percent) and provides that 67 percentof the revenues collected from the tax be deposited into the generalfund and 33 percent of the revenues be deposited into a "Retail MarijuanaEducation Support Fund" to be used solely for purposes of public education.

Bill Sponsors (11)

Votes


Actions


Dec 04, 2020

House

Left in Courts of Justice

Feb 05, 2020

House

Continued to 2021 in Courts of Justice

Jan 02, 2020

House

Impact statement from VCSC (HB269)

Dec 30, 2019

House

Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100185D

House

Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

Bill Text

Bill Text Versions Format
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100185D HTML

Related Documents

Document Format
Fiscal Impact Statement: HB269F160.PDF PDF

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