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HB1432Introduced in the House of Delegates

Marijuana or marijuana products; underage possession, consequences, procedures.

Engrossed

Introduced by Leslie Chambers Mehta, District 73

What does this bill do?

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Official 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.

Where it stands

Continued pursuant to House Rule 22 to 2027 in Courts of Justice

February 17, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House of DelegatesStage: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 9-N) · February 11, 2026

13

Yes

9

No

0

Absent or Not Voting

22 delegates recorded in this House of Delegates vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

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Bill history

  1. Presented and ordered printed 26103239D

  2. Referred to Committee on General Laws

  3. Referred from General Laws and referred to Courts of Justice (Voice Vote)

  4. Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal

  5. House subcommittee offered

  6. Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (7-Y 3-N)

  7. Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 9-N)

  8. Committee substitute printed 26107614D-H1

  9. Read first time

  10. Floor substitute printed 26108054D-H2 (Mehta)

  11. Floor offered Delegate Mehta Substitute

  12. Read second time

  13. committee substitute rejected

  14. Delegate Mehta Floor substitute agreed to

  15. Engrossed by House - floor substitute

  16. Motion to rerefer to Courts of Justice agreed to

  17. Rereferred to Courts of Justice

  18. Continued pursuant to House Rule 22 to 2027 in Courts of Justice

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