Drugs; JLARC to study scope and cost of penalizing possession as a felony.
Summary
Study; JLARC; scope and cost of penalizing possession of drugs as a felony. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the scope and cost of the current laws in the Commonwealth penalizing possession of drugs as a felony.
Bill status
in committee
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Jan 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 10, 2024
Last action Nov 18, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Jan 31, 2024
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Jan 31, 2024
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
4
Committee
5
Amendments
3
Feb 23, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025 (Voice Vote)
lower
Feb 22, 2024
Committee
Assigned Rules sub: Studies Subcommittee
lower
Feb 15, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rules
lower
Jan 31, 2024
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (40-0)
senate
Jan 30, 2024
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended SJ26E
upper
Jan 30, 2024
Upper · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
upper
Jan 30, 2024
Introduced
Reading of amendments waived
upper
Jan 26, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Rules with amendments
upper
Jan 10, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rules
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Stella Pekarsky
DDemocratic
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