Virginia lawmakers have passed a bill to protect the rights of parents who use marijuana in compliance with state law.
The legislation from Del. Nadarius Clark (D) cleared both the Senate and House of Delegates last week in amended form. It now heads to Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D).
The bill is consistent with a measure Clark sponsored last session that advanced through the legislature, only to be vetoed by then-Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R).
The current proposal states that a “person’s legal possession or consumption of substances…alone shall not serve as a basis to restrict custody or visitation unless other facts establish that such possession or consumption is not in the best interest of the child.”
The bill also specifies that a parent or legal guardian can’t be construed to have failed a drug test over legal substances such as cannabis.
“HB 942 is a bill that states no parent shall lose their child custody or visitation for the sole legal possession or consumption of authorized substances,” Clark said on the House floor on Friday when urging the body to approve the Senate’s changes to his legislation. “The Senate put a substitution on this bill because there’s a current study going
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