2023 Regular SessionVirginia Legislature

HB2384: Marijuana; search and seizure, driving or operating a motor vehicle, etc., while intoxicated.

Legislative Summary

Marijuana; search and seizure; driving or operating a motor vehicle, etc., while intoxicated; marijuana presumption; saliva drug screening. Removes certain offenses, described in the bill, from the prohibition of searches without a search warrant for the odor of marijuana and establishes a presumption of intoxication if a person has a blood concentration equal to or greater than 0.003 milligrams of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol per liter of blood. The bill establishes a process for preliminary analysis of a person's saliva to screen for the presence of drugs in the saliva, similar to the process utilized for a person's blood alcohol content.

Bill History

1/16/2023
Presented and ordered printed 23104348D
House of Delegates
1/16/2023
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
House of Delegates
1/21/2023
Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
House of Delegates
1/23/2023
Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 3-N)
House of Delegates
1/27/2023
Reported from Courts of Justice (11-Y 9-N)
House of Delegates
1/27/2023
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
House of Delegates
1/27/2023
Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety
House of Delegates
1/30/2023
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
House of Delegates
1/30/2023
Reported from Appropriations (12-Y 10-N)
House of Delegates
2/1/2023
Read first time
House of Delegates
2/2/2023
Read second time and engrossed
House of Delegates
2/3/2023
Read third time and passed House (49-Y 48-N 1-A)
House of Delegates
2/3/2023
VOTE: Passage (49-Y 48-N 1-A)
House of Delegates
2/6/2023
Constitutional reading dispensed
Senate
2/6/2023
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
Senate
2/13/2023
Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 6-N)
Senate

Roll Call Votes

Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 6-N)
2/13/2023
9
Yea
6
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
House: VOTE: Passage (49-Y 48-N 1-A)
2/3/2023
49
Yea
48
Nay
1
Not Voting
2
Absent
Result: FAILED
House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
1/30/2023
5
Yea
3
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
House: Reported from Appropriations (12-Y 10-N)
1/30/2023
12
Yea
10
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
House: Reported from Courts of Justice (11-Y 9-N)
1/27/2023
11
Yea
9
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 3-N)
1/23/2023
4
Yea
3
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Engrossed(2/2/2023)
Chamber
Senate
Sine DiePrior Session

Sponsors

Republican: 1

Primary Sponsor

Les Adams
Les Adams
Republican

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text1/16/202326.1 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis1/25/202372.7 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis1/17/202352.6 KB