Cannabis control; retail market, transitional sales, regulated hemp products, penalties. (SB1133)

Introduced By

Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-Alexandria)

Progress

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

Description

Cannabis control; retail market; transitional sales; regulated hemp products; penalties. Establishes a framework for the creation of a retail marijuana market in the Commonwealth, which would be administered by the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority. The bill allows the Authority to begin issuing marijuana licenses on July 1, 2024, and, beginning July 1, 2023, allows certain pharmaceutical processors, pending establishment of the retail market, to cultivate, manufacture, and sell cannabis products to persons 21 years of age or older. The bill transitions from the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to the Authority the authority to regulate the testing, labeling, packaging, and advertising of regulated hemp products, as defined in the bill. The bill creates a process by which persons convicted of certain felony marijuana-related offenses committed prior to July 1, 2022, who remain incarcerated or on community supervision on July 1, 2023, may receive an automatic hearing to consider modification of such person's sentence. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

DateAction
01/10/2023Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104135D
01/10/2023Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
01/24/2023Assigned Rehab sub: Cannabis
01/27/2023Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
01/27/2023Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (9-Y 6-N) (see vote tally)
01/27/2023Committee substitute printed 23105693D-S1
01/27/2023Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
02/01/2023Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
02/02/2023Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
02/02/2023Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (12-Y 4-N) (see vote tally)
02/02/2023Committee substitute printed 23106127D-S2
02/02/2023Substitute bill reprinted 23106127D-S2
02/03/2023Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/06/2023Read second time
02/06/2023Rehabilitation and Social Service Committee substitute rejected 23105693D-S1
02/06/2023Reading of substitute waived
02/06/2023Finance and Appropriations Committee substitute agreed to 23106127D-S2
02/06/2023Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1133S2
02/07/2023Read third time and passed Senate (24-Y 16-N) (see vote tally)
02/10/2023Placed on Calendar
02/10/2023Read first time
02/10/2023Referred to Committee on General Laws
02/13/2023Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #5
02/14/2023Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (5-Y 3-N)
02/22/2023Left in General Laws