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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 HB 1955. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | SB 888 | Virginia SB 888 (2025) |
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Virginia SB 888 (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 HB 1955.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed House (95-Y 0-N) — 95–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Russet Perry — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-03 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101923D
filing, introduction - 2025-01-03 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2025-01-08 Impact statement from VCSC (SB888)
- 2025-01-15 Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-17 Rules suspended
- 2025-01-17 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- 2025-01-17 Passed by for the day
- 2025-01-20 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2025-01-21 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2025-01-24 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB888)
- 2025-02-05 Placed on Calendar
- 2025-02-05 Read first time
reading-1 - 2025-02-05 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2025-02-05 Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-07 Read second time
reading-2 - 2025-02-10 Read third time
reading-3 - 2025-02-10 Passed House (95-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-11 Enrolled
enrolled - 2025-02-11 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB888ER)
passage - 2025-02-11 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2025-02-12 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB888)
- 2025-02-13 Signed by President
passage - 2025-02-18 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 18, 2025
enrolled - 2025-02-18 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
executive-receipt - 2025-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 403 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive-signature - 2025-03-24 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0403)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/54a98193-eb3e-4778-810a-d39e92736b93. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).