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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 1004

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Relating to: possession of not more than 10 grams of marijuana and providing a penalty.

Crime and criminals — Felony Drugs — Criminal acts and law enforcement Fines Forfeiture Legislature — Criminal penalties joint review committee on

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Current law prohibits a person from possessing or attempting to possess

marijuana. A person who violates the prohibition may be fined not more than $1,000

or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both, for a first conviction and is guilty

of a Class I felony for a repeat conviction. This bill reduces to a $100 forfeiture the

penalty for possessing or attempting to possess not more than 10 grams of marijuana

and eliminates the counting of a conviction involving not more than 10 grams of

marijuana when determining if a violation is a repeat conviction.

Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime,

the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a

report.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Anderson (D) , Bowen (D) , Brostoff (D) , Considine (D) , Crowley (D) , Goyke (D) , Gruszynski (D) , Kolste (D) , Shankland (D) , Sinicki (D) , Sortwell (R) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D)

3 cosponsors

L. Taylor (D) , Larson (D) , Smith (D)

Full history

  1. Mar 13, 2020 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Sortwell, Goyke, Shankland, Considine, Kolste, Sinicki, Crowley, Gruszynski, Brostoff, Subeck, Anderson, Bowen and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Senators Smith, L. Taylor and Larson

  2. Mar 13, 2020 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety

  3. Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1