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| Bill | Manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing, or possessing with intent to manufacture, sell, give, or distribute a controlled substance or an imitation controlled substance prohibited; penalties. | Manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing, or possessing with intent to manufacture, sell, give, or distribute a controlled substance or an imitation controlled substance prohibited; penalties. Removes the distinction between cocaine, which refers to powder cocaine, its salts, optical and geometric isomers, and salts of isomers and a mixture or substance that contains cocaine base, which refers to crack cocaine, for the offense of manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing, or possessing with intent to manufacture, sell, give, or distribute a controlled substance or an imitation controlled substance. This bill is identical to SB 888. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | HB 1955 | Virginia HB 1955 (2025) |
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Virginia HB 1955 (2025) — Manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing, or possessing with intent to manufacture, sell, give, or distribute a controlled substance or an imitation controlled substance prohibited; penalties.
Manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing, or possessing with intent to manufacture, sell, give, or distribute a controlled substance or an imitation controlled substance prohibited; penalties. Removes the distinction between cocaine, which refers to powder cocaine, its salts, optical and geometric isomers, and salts of isomers and a mixture or substance that contains cocaine base, which refers to crack cocaine, for the offense of manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing, or possessing with intent to manufacture, sell, give, or distribute a controlled substance or an imitation controlled substance. This bill is identical to SB 888.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Debra D. Gardner — primary (person)
- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101715D
filing, introduction - 2025-01-06 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2025-01-08 Impact statement from VCSC (HB1955)
- 2025-01-16 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
referral-committee - 2025-01-17 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 2025-01-24 Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-28 Read first time
reading-1 - 2025-01-29 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2025-01-30 Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2025-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2025-01-31 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2025-02-05 Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-07 Rules suspended
- 2025-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (38-Y 0-N)
- 2025-02-07 Passed by for the day
- 2025-02-10 Read third time
reading-3 - 2025-02-10 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-12 Enrolled
enrolled - 2025-02-12 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1955ER)
passage - 2025-02-12 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1955)
- 2025-02-12 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2025-02-15 Signed by President
passage - 2025-02-18 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 18, 2025
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2025-02-18 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
executive-receipt - 2025-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 394 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive-signature - 2025-03-24 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0394)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5db2a56e-181b-498d-938a-baa5f1eb8597. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).