Medical marijuana; written certification. (HB2135)
Introduced By
Del. Mark Levine (D-Alexandria)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Medical marijuana; written certification. Allows a person to possess marijuana or tetrahydrocannabinol pursuant to a valid written certification issued by a physician for the treatment of any medical condition and allows a physician or pharmacist to distribute such substances without being subject to prosecution. Under current law, a person has an affirmative defense to prosecution for possession of marijuana if the marijuana is in certain forms and the person has been issued a written certification by a physician that such marijuana is for the purposes of treating or alleviating the person's symptoms of intractable epilepsy. The bill requires that the person issued the written certification register with the Board of Pharmacy which will issue the person an identification card upon registration. The bill also clarifies that the penalties for forging or altering a recommendation for medical marijuana or for making or uttering a false or forged recommendation are the same as the penalties for committing the same acts with regard to prescriptions. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/11/2017 | Committee |
| 01/11/2017 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102682D |
| 01/11/2017 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 01/12/2017 | Impact statement from VCSC (HB2135) |
| 01/16/2017 | Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law |
| 01/23/2017 | Impact statement from VDH (HB2135) |
| 01/30/2017 | Subcommittee recommends laying on the table |
| 02/07/2017 | Left in Courts of Justice |
Video
This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 1 clip in all, totaling 59 seconds.
Transcript
This is a transcript of the video clips in which this bill is discussed.
RECORD THEIR VOTES AYE, OPPOSED NO. VOTE? HAVE ALL THE SENATORS VOTED? TO CHANGE THEIR VOTE? DO ANY OF THE SENATORS DESIRE THE CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLL.Sen. Bryce Reeves (R-Spotsylvania): AYES 30, NO'S 9.
[Unknown]: AYES 30, NO'S 9, THE BILL PASSES. HOUSE BILL 2002, A BILL RELATING TO REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT RESETTLEMENTS, ANNUAL REPORT. REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE FOR -- SORRY. REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON REHABILITATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES. SENATOR FROM SPOTSYLVANIA. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. ASK THAT THE BILL PASS, AND SPEAKING TO THE BILL. SENATOR HAS THE FLOOR. SO LET ME JUST BE REALLY CANDID WITH EVERYBODY IN HERE. THIS BILL IS NARROWLY DEFINED I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF POLITICAL UPROAR WITH REGARD TO IMMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION STATUS, BUT REALLY, THIS BILL IS DESIGNED TO FIX A SITUATION THAT WE HAVE IN THE COMMONWEALTH, AND I AM GOING
Comments
I have epilepsy and take several medicines to control my seizures. These medicines require me to take a controlled substance for sleep. Even with that sleeping medicine I only get 3-4 hours of sleep a night. MMJ before bed allows me to sleep over 8 hours to get rested enough to prevent new seizures