Bill Summary

SB 470 Revising Penalties for Nonviolent Offenses (2022 Session)
Revising Penalties for Nonviolent Offenses; Authorizing the issuance of civil citations for the possession of 20 grams or less of cannabis and the possession of drug paraphernalia used in connection with the consumption of cannabis; providing for civil fines; providing for community service in lieu of civil fines; revising a principle of the Criminal Punishment Code relating to a prisoner’s required minimum term of imprisonment, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
10/13/21
SENATE
Filed
10/21/21
SENATE
Referred to Judiciary; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations
03/12/22
SENATE
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
03/14/22
SENATE
Died in Judiciary
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Filed on 10/13/21
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