republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-362.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 HB 452.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 362	Virginia SB 362 (2024)	bill		enacted	Adam P. Ebbin	6	40	7	2024-01-09	2024-04-17	openstates	ocd-bill/0ef8251c-0ad5-4ea6-8acd-0fcdab9d69b6	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB362	2a65112866503c69d110f9e784e11c2b91bf8279ac77397f2b7add40de15cc17	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 362 (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 HB 452.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0785 (committee substitute) — source
2. Governor's substitute printed 24109199D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100119D (committee substitute) — source
4. Printed as engrossed 24100119D-E (committee substitute) — source
5. SB362ER (committee substitute) — source
6. SB362ER2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice (12-Y 10-N) — 12–10 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (51-Y 49-N) — 50–49 (pass) · lower
• BLOCK VOTE: (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Adam P. Ebbin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100119D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-01-10 Moved from Judiciary to Courts of Justice due to a change of the committee name
• 2024-01-15 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-15 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-16 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-17 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-01-17 Reading of amendments waived
• 2024-01-17 Committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-01-17 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB362E
• 2024-01-17 Printed as engrossed 24100119D-E
• 2024-01-18 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-05 Impact statement from DPB (SB362E)
• 2024-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-13 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-16 Reported from Courts of Justice (12-Y 10-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-20 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-21 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-21 Passed House (51-Y 49-N) passage
• 2024-02-21 VOTE: Passage (51-Y 49-N) passage
• 2024-02-26 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-26 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB362ER) passage
• 2024-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (SB362ER)
• 2024-02-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-02-28 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-22 Governor's recommendation received by Senate executive-veto-line-item
• 2024-03-22 Governor's substitute printed 24109199D-S1
• 2024-04-17 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-04-17 House concurred in Governor's recommendation BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
• 2024-04-17 BLOCK VOTE: (97-Y 0-N)
• 2024-04-17 Governor's recommendation adopted executive-signature
• 2024-04-17 Reenrolled enrolled
• 2024-04-17 Reenrolled bill text (SB362ER2) enrolled
• 2024-04-17 Signed by President as reenrolled enrolled, passage
• 2024-04-17 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled enrolled, passage
• 2024-04-17 Enacted, Chapter 785 (effective 7/1/24) became-law
• 2024-04-17 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0785)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0ef8251c-0ad5-4ea6-8acd-0fcdab9d69b6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).