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Relating to the possession, delivery, or possession with intent to deliver marijuana, and modifying penalties
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 23, 2021
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to the possession, delivery, or possession with intent to deliver marijuana. The bill modifies the penalty for the possession of marijuana. Under the bill, if a person is convicted of possession of marijuana, the person commits a simple misdemeanor punishable by a fine of at least $105 but not more than $855, but shall not be punishable by a term of imprisonment. The bill also strikes provisions enhancing penalties for multiple convictions for the possession of marijuana. Currently, if a person commits first offense possession of marijuana, the offense is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months or by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by both.
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If a person commits a second offense possession of marijuana under current law, the person commits a serious misdemeanor, and a third or subsequent offense is punishable as an aggravated misdemeanor. The bill does not modify the penalty revoking a person’s driver’s license for 180 days if the person is sentenced for possession of marijuana. The bill also modifies the criminal offense of accommodation which relates to the unlawful delivery or possession with intent to deliver marijuana.5 grams or less of marijuana which was not offered for sale is guilty of an accommodation offense and the offense is punishable as a serious misdemeanor rather than a class “C” felony.17 grams) of marijuana. A simple misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than days or a fine of at least $105 but not more than $855 or by both. A serious misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than one year and a fine of at least $430 but not more than $2,560. An aggravated misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than two years and a fine of at least $855 but not more than $8,540.
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