Methamphetamine precursors; sale and tracking, penalties. (SB14)

Introduced By

Sen. Richard Stuart (R-Westmoreland) with support from co-patrons Del. Keith Hodges (R-Urbanna), Sen. John Miller (D-Newport News), Sen. Ralph Northam (D-Norfolk), and Sen. Phil Puckett (D-Tazewell)

Progress

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

Description

Methamphetamine precursors; sale and tracking; penalties.  Requires the Department of State Police to enter into a memorandum of understanding to establish the Commonwealth's participation in a real-time electronic recordkeeping and monitoring system for the nonprescription sale of ephedrine or related compounds. Most pharmacies and retail distributors will be required to enter nonprescription sales of ephedrine or related compounds into the electronic system. The bill retains the existing sales limit of no more than 3.6 grams of ephedrine or related compounds per day per individual retail customer and adds a limitation of no more than 7.5 grams per 30-day period. View Full Text »

Status

01/18/2012: Merged into SB294
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