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Virginia House Committee Shelves Bill To ‘Defelonize’ Drug Possession

Jan 25, 2022

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by

Gaspard Le Dem

in Criminal Justice, Outlaw Report, Politics, Virginia

Lawmakers in Virginia’s House of Delegates unceremoniously shelved a bill on Friday that would have reduced criminal penalties for the possession of drugs. In a 6-2 vote, the House’s Courts of Justice Subcommittee #1 approved a motion for HB 612 to be “laid on the table” – meaning the measure is now unlikely to be…