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Virginia Legislators
Senators
Mark Warner (D)
VIRGINIA
NORML Grade: BVotes
Cosponsor
S. 1333: Therapeutic Hemp Medical Access Act of 2015
S. 134: Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2015
Tim Kaine (D)
VIRGINIA
NORML Grade: C+Votes
Comments
“I’ve never been a legalization fan. I just haven’t been. Just for a whole series of both health- and sort of crime-related reasons, I think that would not be a good idea.”
“I have generally been for reexamination of sentences because I think often, for sentences for marijuana and marijuana usage, I think some sentences are too strict,” he said. “These are often, if they’re nonviolent crimes, I think it could be handled in a different way on a sentencing standpoint. But in terms of the decriminalization of marijuana, I’ve never been a proponent.”
He “support[s]drastic changes in sentencing laws” but “wouldn’t vote for a law at the federal or state level that would decriminalize marijuana.”
“I actually kind of like this notion of the states as labs and they can experiment [with legalizing marijuana]and we can see what happens,” he said.
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Reps
Don Beyer (D)
VIRGINIA
NORML Grade: AVotes
Cosponsor
H.R. 2076: Marijuana Businesses Access to Banking Act of 2015
H.R. 667: Veterans Equal Access Act
H.R. 1013: Regulate Marijuana like Alcohol Act
H.R. 1538: CARERS Act of 2015
H.R. 3518: Stop Civil Asset Forfeiture Funding for Marijuana Suppression Act of 2015
Gerry Connolly (D)
VIRGINIA
NORML Grade: BVotes
Cosponsor
H.R. 525 Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2015
H.R. 1538 CARERS Act of 2015
Scott Rigell (R)
VIRGINIA
NORML Grade: BVotes
Cosponsor
H.R. 1635 Charlotte’s Web Medical Access Act of 2015
Bobby Scott (D)
VIRGINIA
NORML Grade: BVotes
Cosponsor
H.R. 525 Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2015
Robert Hurt (R)
VIRGINIA
NORML Grade: CVotes
Cosponsor
H.R. 525 Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2015
H.R. 1774 Compassionate Access Act
Morgan Griffith (R)
VIRGINIA
NORML Grade: C-Votes
Sponsor
H.R. 1774: Compassionate Access Act
H.R. 2373: LUMMACosponsor
*H.R. 5549 Medical Marijuana Research Act of 2016
Dave Brat (R)
VIRGINIA
NORML Grade: DVotes
No sponsorships or comments
Barbara Comstock (R)
VIRGINIA
NORML Grade: DVotes
No sponsorships or comments
Bob Goodlatte (R)
VIRGINIA
NORML Grade: DVotes
No sponsorships or comments
Rob Wittman (R)
VIRGINIA
NORML Grade: DVotes
Cosponsor
H.R. 1635: Charlotte’s Web Medical Access Act of 2015
Randy Forbes (R)
VIRGINIA
NORML Grade: FVotes
No sponsorships or comments
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Comments
When contacted by NORML a staffer responded, “Senator Warner supports the use of medical marijuana when used appropriately, and thinks that Virginia should “wait until there is more data from Colorado and Washington state” in terms of legalizing marijuana for non-medical use.”