Revising Penalties for Nonviolent Offenses
Summary
Revising Penalties for Nonviolent Offenses; Authorizing the issuance of civil citations for the possession of 20 grams or less of cannabis and the possession of drug paraphernalia used in connection with the consumption of cannabis; providing for civil fines; providing for community service in lieu of civil fines; revising a principle of the Criminal Punishment Code relating to a prisoner’s required minimum term of imprisonment, etc.
Bill status
died
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 11, 2022
Last action Mar 14, 2022
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Actions timeline
Total actions
5
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Jan 11, 2022
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Oct 21, 2021
Committee
Referred to Judiciary; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bobby Powell
DDemocratic
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