republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-452.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	First offender drug program; previous misdemeanor marijuana conviction, etc.	First offense drug program; previous misdemeanor marijuana conviction. Allows any person to participate in the first offender drug program even if such person was previously convicted of an offense related to misdemeanor possession of marijuana or who has had a previous dismissal of a misdemeanor offense for possession of marijuana pursuant to the program. Current law prohibits any person with a previous marijuana conviction from participating in the program. This bill is identical to SB 362.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 452	Virginia HB 452 (2024)	bill		enacted	Katrina Callsen	6	46	9	2024-01-08	2024-04-17	openstates	ocd-bill/0d79fac2-f4f5-495c-b11f-d0e95fc8eaa1	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB452	f4fc8a57525b806a87387305670c1674ce9a0046e6b60d23ce9317093c349968	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 452 (2024) — First offender drug program; previous misdemeanor marijuana conviction, etc.

First offense drug program; previous misdemeanor marijuana conviction. Allows any person to participate in the first offender drug program even if such person was previously convicted of an offense related to misdemeanor possession of marijuana or who has had a previous dismissal of a misdemeanor offense for possession of marijuana pursuant to the program. Current law prohibits any person with a previous marijuana conviction from participating in the program. This bill is identical to SB 362.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0811 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24108045D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Governor's substitute printed 24109197D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB452ER (committee substitute) — source
5. HB452ER2 (committee substitute) — source
6. Printed as engrossed 24102898D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• BLOCK VOTE: (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 44-N) — 54–44 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Katrina Callsen — primary (person)
• Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
• Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102898D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-08 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-01-26 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
• 2024-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-02 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-06 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-07 Impact statement from DPB (HB452)
• 2024-02-07 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-07 Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-07 Engrossed by House as amended HB452E
• 2024-02-07 Printed as engrossed 24102898D-E
• 2024-02-08 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-08 Impact statement from DPB (HB452E)
• 2024-02-08 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-09 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-21 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (10-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-21 Committee substitute printed 24108045D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-23 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-26 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-26 Reading of substitute waived
• 2024-02-26 Committee substitute agreed to 24108045D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-26 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB452S1 substitution
• 2024-02-26 Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (HB452S1)
• 2024-02-28 Senate substitute agreed to by House 24108045D-S1 (55-Y 44-N) substitution
• 2024-02-28 VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 44-N)
• 2024-03-05 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-05 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB452ER) passage
• 2024-03-05 Impact statement from DPB (HB452ER)
• 2024-03-05 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-07 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-22 Governor's recommendation received by House executive-veto-line-item
• 2024-03-22 Governor's substitute printed 24109197D-H1
• 2024-04-17 House concurred in Governor's recommendation BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
• 2024-04-17 BLOCK VOTE: (100-Y 0-N)
• 2024-04-17 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-04-17 Governor's recommendation adopted executive-signature
• 2024-04-17 Reenrolled enrolled
• 2024-04-17 Reenrolled bill text (HB452ER2) enrolled
• 2024-04-17 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled enrolled, passage
• 2024-04-17 Signed by President as reenrolled enrolled, passage
• 2024-04-17 Enacted, Chapter 811 (effective 7/1/24) became-law
• 2024-04-17 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0811)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0d79fac2-f4f5-495c-b11f-d0e95fc8eaa1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).