2025 SESSION
INTRODUCED
25101837D
SENATE BILL NO. 802
Offered January 8, 2025
Prefiled December 29, 2024
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 18.2-247.1, relating to illegal drugs; venue for certain distribution offenses.
PatronMcDougle
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 18.2-247.1 as follows:
18.2-247.1. Venue.
Notwithstanding the provisions of 19.2-244, a prosecution for the distribution of a Schedule I or II drug in violation of 18.2-248 or 18.2-248.03, where an overdose death occurred from such distribution, may be had in any county or city in which (i) any act in furtherance of the crime was committed or (ii) the deceased person was located.