Manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing, or possessing with intent to manufacture, sell, give, or distribute a controlled substance or an imitation controlled substance prohibited; penalties.
Summary
Manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing, or possessing with intent to manufacture, sell, give, or distribute a controlled substance or an imitation controlled substance prohibited; penalties. Removes the distinction between cocaine, which refers to powder cocaine, its salts, optical and geometric isomers, and salts of isomers and a mixture or substance that contains cocaine base, which refers to crack cocaine, for the offense of manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing, or possessing with intent to manufacture, sell, give, or distribute a controlled substance or an imitation controlled substance. This bill is identical to HB 1955.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 3, 2025
Signed Mar 24, 2025
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Chaptered
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MINOR
This bill converts a legislative act from its 'Enrolled' status to 'Chaptered' status, making it officially part of the Virginia Code. The substantive text of the law regarding drug penalties remains unchanged, though the formatting and layout have been adjusted to match the official chapter format.
Scope change
No substantive change to the law's scope or applicability; this is a procedural conversion from enrolled bill to enacted chapter.
TECHNICAL
The bill text was reformatted from the enrolled version to the chaptered version, adding chapter number (Chapter 403), approval date (March 24, 2025), and adjusting spacing and line breaks to match official code formatting standards.
Floor votes · Senate Jan 21, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 10, 2025
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Jan 21, 2025
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
26
Key actions
7
Committee
4
Mar 24, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 403 (Effective 07/01/25)
Feb 13, 2025
Senate · Passed
Signed by President
Feb 11, 2025
House of Delegates · Passed
Signed by Speaker
Feb 11, 2025
Senate · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB888ER)
Feb 10, 2025
House of Delegates · Passed
Passed House (95-Y 0-N)
Feb 5, 2025
House of Delegates · Reported by committee
Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
Feb 5, 2025
House of Delegates · Referred to committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Jan 21, 2025
Senate · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
Jan 17, 2025
Senate · Passed
Passed by for the day
Jan 15, 2025
Senate · Reported by committee
Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
Jan 3, 2025
Senate · Referred to committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Russet Perry
DDemocratic
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