---
type: "Bill"
title: "Marijuana; possession, violations by an adult shall be prepayable."
description: "Possession of marijuana; prepay penalty.Provides that a summons for a violation of possession of marijuanashall contain the option for the person charged to prepay the civilpenalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020specialI"
identifier: "SB 5013"
citation: "Virginia SB 5013 (2020specialI)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-08-05"
last_action: "2020-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b8ffe99-5f59-4e31-8db3-44ebf06d923c"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+SB5013"
source_hash: "679f9b0930be6cef75072f911c340fe2b791d54160ca772496e26fde6021f03a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia SB 5013 (2020specialI) — Marijuana; possession, violations by an adult shall be prepayable.

Possession of marijuana; prepay penalty.Provides that a summons for a violation of possession of marijuanashall contain the option for the person charged to prepay the civilpenalty.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0003)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+CHAP0003)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB5013ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5013ER)
3. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB5013S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5013S1)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB5013)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5013)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (34-Y 0-N) — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 7-N) — **29–7** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 7-N) — **13–7** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (11-Y 2-N) — **11–2** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (63-Y 34-N) — **62–34** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-08-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200041D `introduction`
- **2020-08-05** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-17** Impact statement from DPB (SB5013)
- **2020-08-20** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-08-20** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (11-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-20** Committee substitute printed 20200793D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-08-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (34-Y 0-N)
- **2020-08-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-08-27** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-08-27** Committee substitute agreed to 20200793D-S1
- **2020-08-27** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB5013S1
- **2020-08-28** Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 7-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-08-31** Impact statement from DPB (SB5013S1)
- **2020-09-17** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-09-17** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-09-17** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2020-09-22** Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-09-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-09-25** Passed House (63-Y 34-N) `passage`
- **2020-09-25** VOTE: Passage (63-Y 34-N)
- **2020-10-02** Enrolled
- **2020-10-02** Impact statement from DPB (SB5013ER)
- **2020-10-02** Signed by President
- **2020-10-02** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-10-07** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on October 7, 2020
- **2020-10-07** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., October 14, 2020
- **2020-10-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 3 (effective 3/1/21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b8ffe99-5f59-4e31-8db3-44ebf06d923c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).