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VA HJR299

Joint Resolution

Status

Passed

3/12/2026

Primary Sponsor

Katrina Callsen

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Origin

House of Delegates

2026 Regular Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Commends Richard Bonnie, Harrison Foundation Professor of Medicine and Law Emeritus at the University of Virginia School of Law, on his 2023 retirement from teaching
  • Recognizes his military service as a captain in the U.S. Air Force, working in the Air Force General Counsel's office at the Pentagon
  • Acknowledges his influential scholarship on drug policy, including co-authoring "The Marijuana Conviction: A History of Marijuana Prohibition in the United States" (1974) and serving as associate director of President Nixon's National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse
  • Notes his leadership as director of UVA's Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy and chair of the Supreme Court of Virginia's Commission on Mental Health Law Reform (2006-2011)
  • Directs the Clerk of the House of Delegates to prepare a copy of the resolution for presentation to Richard Bonnie

Legislative Description

Commending Richard Bonnie.

Last Action

Agreed to by Senate Block Vote (Voice Vote)

3/12/2026

Full Bill Text

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