Increasing penalties for drug possession and updating list of offenses
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
Mar 2023
Senate Passage
Feb 2023
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 2, 2023
Last action Mar 1, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Feb 28, 2023
How they voted
26–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 27
Feb 28, 2023
D
Democratic3
100% Yea
R
Republican24
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Mar 1, 2023
Committee
To House Judiciary
lower
Mar 1, 2023
Committee
To Judiciary
lower
Mar 1, 2023
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
Feb 28, 2023
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 315)
upper
Feb 27, 2023
Upper · Passed
Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
upper
Feb 24, 2023
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute reported
upper
Feb 2, 2023
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
Feb 2, 2023
Committee
To Judiciary
upper
1 primary · 12 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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