SB562: Methamphetamine; manufacturing, selling, giving, and distributing thereof, penalty.

Chief Patron

Mark Obenshain (R-Harrisonburg)
Served: 2004–

Progress

☑	Introduced
☑	Passed Committee
☑	Passed House
☑	Passed Senate
☐	Signed by Governor
☐	Became Law

Status

03/24/2008: Passed the Senate
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01/09/2008 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 086253288
01/09/2008 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/11/2008 Impact statement from VCSC (SB562)
01/14/2008 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
01/15/2008 Impact statement from VCSC (SB562)
01/23/2008 Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/23/2008 Rereferred to Finance
01/29/2008 Reported from Finance with amendment (16-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/30/2008 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/31/2008 Read second time
01/31/2008 Reading of amendment waived
01/31/2008 Committee amendment agreed to
01/31/2008 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB562E
01/31/2008 Printed as engrossed 086253288-E
02/01/2008 Impact statement from VCSC (SB562E)
02/01/2008 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/01/2008 Communicated to House
02/12/2008 Placed on Calendar
02/12/2008 Read first time
02/12/2008 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
02/14/2008 Assigned Courts sub: Mental Health
02/14/2008 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
02/15/2008 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (19-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/15/2008 Referred to Committee on Appropriations
02/19/2008 Assigned App. sub: Public Safety (Sherwood)
02/27/2008 Reported from Appropriations (23-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/29/2008 Read second time
03/03/2008 Read third time
03/03/2008 Committee amendment agreed to
03/03/2008 Engrossed by House as amended
03/03/2008 Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
03/03/2008 VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/05/2008 House amendment rejected by Senate (4-Y 36-N) (see vote tally)
03/06/2008 House insisted on amendment
03/06/2008 House requested conference committee
03/06/2008 Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/06/2008 Conferees appointed by Senate
03/06/2008 Senators: Obenshain, Puckett, Deeds
03/06/2008 Conferees appointed by House
03/06/2008 Delegates: Gilbert, Albo, Watts
03/07/2008 Reading of conference report waived
03/07/2008 Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/08/2008 Passed by temporarily
03/08/2008 Conference report agreed to by House (89-Y 0-N)
03/08/2008 VOTE: --- ADOPTION (89-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/24/2008 Enrolled
03/24/2008 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB562ER)
03/24/2008 Signed by Speaker
03/26/2008 Signed by President
04/03/2008 Impact statement from DPB (SB562ER)
04/11/2008 Governor's recommendation received by Senate

Summary

Manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing of methamphetamine; penalty. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person who manufactures, sells, gives, distributes, or possesses with intent to manufacture, sell, give, or distribute 28 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine, its salts, isomers, or salts of its isomers is guilty of a felony punishable by a fine of not more than $500,000 and imprisonment for not less than five nor more than 40 years, three years of which shall be a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment to be served consecutively with any other sentence. The bill also provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person who manufactures, sells, gives, distributes, or possesses with intent to manufacture, sell, give, or distribute 227 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine, its salts, isomers, or salts of its isomers is guilty of a felony punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000,000 and imprisonment for not less than five years nor more than life, five years of which shall be a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment to be served consecutively with any other sentence.

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