Virginia’s governor has signed bills to allow patients to use medical marijuana in hospitals and protect the parental rights of cannabis consumers.
Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) on Monday also also recommended that lawmakers adopt amendments to legislation that is aimed at providing resentencing relief to people with prior marijuana convictions.
Meanwhile, advocates are awaiting her action on separate bills to legalize and regulate recreational marijuana sales in the state ahead of a midnight deadline.
Here’s a look at the cannabis legislation that Spanberger has already acted on:
Protect Marijuana Consumers’ Parental Rights
The governor signed a bill to protect the rights of parents who use marijuana in compliance with state law.
HB 942 from De; Nadarius E. Clark (D) 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 new law also specifies that a parent or legal guardian can’t be construed to have failed a drug test over legal substances such as cannabis.
The legislation is consistent with a measure Clark sponsored last session that advanced through the legislature, only
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