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Introduced
01/21/2026
01/21/2026
In Committee
01/21/2026
01/21/2026
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
Introduced Session
2025-2026 Session
Bill Summary
This bill proposes to establish the Drug Use Health and Safety Advisory Board for the purpose of determining the benchmark personal use supply for each regulated drug; decrease low-level drug possession violations to a penalty of six months’ imprisonment or a $500.00 fine, or both; decrease low-level felony drug possession violations to misdemeanor offenses; and eliminate the crime of dispensing regulated drugs, except that dispensing a regulated drug to a person under 21 years of age when the person dispensing is at least three years older would be a five-year felony.
AI Summary
This bill establishes a Drug Use Health and Safety Advisory Board to determine benchmark personal use quantities for regulated drugs, aiming to reduce the criminalization of personal drug possession. It also reduces penalties for low-level drug possession violations to a maximum of six months imprisonment or a $500 fine, and reclassifies some low-level felony drug possession offenses as misdemeanors. Furthermore, the bill eliminates the crime of dispensing regulated drugs, with the exception that dispensing a regulated drug to someone under 21 years old, when the dispenser is at least three years older, would become a five-year felony.
Committee Categories
Justice
Sponsors (1)
Last Action
Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary (on 01/21/2026)
Official Document
bill text
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bill summary
| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/S.284 |
| BillText | https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2026/Docs/BILLS/S-0284/S-0284%20As%20Introduced.pdf |
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