VA HB 1432
Status unknownMarijuana or marijuana products; underage possession, consequences, procedures.
Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did VA HB 1432 pass?
The current status of VA HB 1432 is not known from the official record. Latest recorded action (2026-02-17): Continued pursuant to House Rule 22 to 2027 in Courts of Justice
What is VA HB 1432 about?
Underage consumption or possession of alcoholic beverage or marijuana or marijuana products; consequences; procedures. Reduces the penalties for underage consumption or possession of alcoholic beverages or marijuana or marijuana products to a written warning for a first violation, a written warning and the provision of informational materials about how to access community services for a second violation, and a write-up and an optional referral for accessing community services for a third or subsequent violation. Under current law, underage consumption, purchase, or possession of alcoholic beverages is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor with a period of license suspension and an option for a deferred dismissal in certain circumstances. The current penalties for underage consumption or possession of marijuana or marijuana products is a civil penalty of $25 and an order to enter a substance abuse treatment or education program. The bill also provides that such underage persons are not capable of giving lawful consent to a search and that the unconcealed possession of an alcoholic beverage or marijuana or marijuana products shall not constitute probable cause to initiate a search of a person or that person's personal property to determine any further violations of law. The bill specifies that such underage persons shall not be subject to arrest or otherwise detained or taken into custody by a law-enforcement officer and that a law-enforcement officer's body-worn camera system shall be activated during any encounter involving an underage person suspected to be in violation of such provisions. The bill also puts limits on the dissemination and retention of any law-enforcement records related to violations of such provisions.
Who sponsors VA HB 1432?
Leslie Chambers Mehta is the primary sponsor of VA HB 1432, joined by 1 cosponsor.
Description
Underage consumption or possession of alcoholic beverage or marijuana or marijuana products; consequences; procedures. Reduces the penalties for underage consumption or possession of alcoholic beverages or marijuana or marijuana products to a written warning for a first violation, a written warning and the provision of informational materials about how to access community services for a second violation, and a write-up and an optional referral for accessing community services for a third or subsequent violation. Under current law, underage consumption, purchase, or possession of alcoholic beverages is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor with a period of license suspension and an option for a deferred dismissal in certain circumstances. The current penalties for underage consumption or possession of marijuana or marijuana products is a civil penalty of $25 and an order to enter a substance abuse treatment or education program. The bill also provides that such underage persons are not capable of giving lawful consent to a search and that the unconcealed possession of an alcoholic beverage or marijuana or marijuana products shall not constitute probable cause to initiate a search of a person or that person's personal property to determine any further violations of law. The bill specifies that such underage persons shall not be subject to arrest or otherwise detained or taken into custody by a law-enforcement officer and that a law-enforcement officer's body-worn camera system shall be activated during any encounter involving an underage person suspected to be in violation of such provisions. The bill also puts limits on the dissemination and retention of any law-enforcement records related to violations of such provisions.
- Introduced
- 2026-01-22
- Latest action
- 2026-02-17 — Continued pursuant to House Rule 22 to 2027 in Courts of Justice
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Leslie Chambers Mehtaprimary
- Joshua G. Colecosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2026-01-22
Presented and ordered printed 26103239D
introduction
2026-01-22
Referred to Committee on General Laws
referral-committee
2026-02-03
Referred from General Laws and referred to Courts of Justice (Voice Vote)
referral-committee
2026-02-07
Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal
referral-committee
2026-02-09
House subcommittee offered
2026-02-09
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (7-Y 3-N)
substitution
2026-02-11
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
committee-passage
2026-02-11
Committee substitute printed 26107614D-H1
substitution
2026-02-13
Read first time
reading-1
2026-02-16
Floor substitute printed 26108054D-H2 (Mehta)
2026-02-16
Floor offered Delegate Mehta Substitute
2026-02-16
Read second time
reading-2
2026-02-16
committee substitute rejected
2026-02-16
Delegate Mehta Floor substitute agreed to
substitution
2026-02-16
Engrossed by House - floor substitute
2026-02-17
Motion to rerefer to Courts of Justice agreed to
2026-02-17
Rereferred to Courts of Justice
referral-committee
2026-02-17
Continued pursuant to House Rule 22 to 2027 in Courts of Justice
Versions
Documents
Votes
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute
2026-02-09 · pass · 7-3
Member-level votes (10)
- Vivian E. Watts: yes
- Karrie K. Delaney: yes
- Phil M. Hernandez: yes
- Rae Cousins: yes
- Katrina Callsen: yes
- Leslie Chambers Mehta: yes
- Charlie Schmidt: yes
- Wren M. Williams: no
- Will Davis: no
- Madison Whittle: no
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute
2026-02-11 · pass · 13-9
Member-level votes (22)
- Patrick A. Hope: yes
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado: yes
- Vivian E. Watts: yes
- Marcus B. Simon: yes
- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr.: yes
- Karrie K. Delaney: no
- Phil M. Hernandez: yes
- Rae Cousins: yes
- Atoosa R. Reaser: yes
- Katrina Callsen: no
- Karen Keys-Gamarra: yes
- Leslie Chambers Mehta: yes
- Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie: yes
- Virgil Thornton: yes
- Charlie Schmidt: yes
- Terry G. Kilgore: no
- James A. "Jay" Leftwich: no
- Jason S. Ballard: no
- Wren M. Williams: no
- Will Davis: no
- Madison Whittle: no
- Justin Pence: no
Related bills
No related bills recorded for this bill.
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