SB 323

  • Virginia Senate Bill
  • 2022 Regular Session
  • Introduced in Senate Jan 11, 2022
  • Senate
  • House
  • Governor

Overdoses; arrest and prosecution when experiencing or reporting.

Abstract

Arrest and prosecution when experiencing orreporting overdoses. Provides that an individual who is subjectto arrest or prosecution for the unlawful purchase, possession, or consumption of alcohol, possession of a controlled substance, possessionof marijuana, intoxication in public, or possession of controlledparaphernalia may be offered a first offender deferred dispositionprogram or drug treatment court docket program if such person is reporting an overdose and seeking emergency medical attention. Undercurrent law, such person would be immune from arrest and prosecution.

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Feb 02, 2022

Senate

Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 6-N)

Jan 11, 2022

Senate

Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101840D

Senate

Referred to Committee on the Judiciary

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