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Subcommittee reports, amends, or lays on table a slate of bills including cannabis tax, prison temperature standards and solitary confinement limits

2167418 · January 29, 2025
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The subcommittee acted on a range of bills: HB 24-85 (adult retail cannabis market) and HB 18-94 (prison temperature standards) were reported, HB 19-82 was laid on the table, and other bills on veterans services, training and jail oversight were reported or amended with recorded roll-call tallies.

A House subcommittee of the Virginia General Assembly considered and recorded outcomes on multiple bills affecting public safety, corrections, veterans services, public health and retail cannabis.

Key outcomes included: HB 24-85, a bill to establish an adult retail cannabis market administered by the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority and to levy an 8 percent sales tax on cannabis products, reported out of the subcommittee by a 5-3 vote. HB 18-94, a substitute bill addressing extreme temperatures in Virginia prison cells and requiring interior cell temperature…

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