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HB 2209Relating to controlled substance monitoring; and removing a dispensing prohibitionDrugs/Harm ReductionSteelePendingCommitteeHouse Health and Human Resources2/12/2025SupportRemoves the reporting requirement for opioid antagonists
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HB 2251Relating to authorizing the Department of Human Services to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the pilot program for drug screening of applicants for cash assistanceDrugs/Harm ReductionD. SmithPendingCommitteeHouse Health and Human Resources2/12/2025OpposeRequires drug testing for assistance
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HB 2365Creating the offense of exposing persons to fentanylDrugs/Harm ReductionKellyPendingCommitteeHouse Judiciary2/13/2025OpposeCriminalizes drug users based on moral panic
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HB 2378Prohibit needle exchanges from providing services in West VirginiaDrugs/Harm ReductionChiarelliPendingCommitteeHouse Health and Human Resources, House Judiciary2/14/2025OpposeProhibits SSPs
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HB 2380To impose a life sentence on fentanyl dealersDrugs/Harm ReductionChiarelliPendingCommitteeHouse Judiciary2/14/2025OpposeDrug prohibition and over crimialization of drug users
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HB 2437Clarification of penalties for offences involving fentanylDrugs/Harm ReductionAkersPendingHouse ReadingHouse Judiciary3/3/2025OpposeEnhanced sentencing for PWUDOn first reading
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HB 2441To make those who fail a drug test ineligible for unemploymentDrugs/Harm ReductionStreetPendingCommitteeHouse Judiciary2/17/2025OpposeCriminalizes drug users based on moral panicTo House Courts
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HB 2535Creating additional sentences for convicted inmates who test positive for illegal substances or who are found to be in possession of illegal or controlled substancesDrugs/Harm ReductionBrooksPendingCommitteeHouse Judiciary2/18/2025OpposeOvercriminalization of PWUD
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HB 2613Increasing penalties for drug possession and updating list of offensesDrugs/Harm ReductionClayPendingCommitteeHouse Judiciary2/19/2025OpposeIncreased sentencing and charges for PWUD
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HB 2621Relating to petition for involuntary treatment for drug and alcohol abuseDrugs/Harm ReductionPrittPendingCommitteeHouse Health and Human Resources2/19/2025OpposeInvoluntary treatment for drug use
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HB 2630To require all state employees, county employees, and employees of county school boards to be subject to random drug testingDrugs/Harm ReductionVancePendingCommitteeHouse Education, House Judiciary2/19/2025OpposeMandatory and random drug testing that has no evidence for need
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HB 2765Relating to certification of a patient’s eligibility for medical cannabisDrugs/Harm ReductionPushkinPendingCommitteeHouse Health and Human Resources, House Judiciary2/21/2025SupportEasier to qualify for medical cannabis
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HB 2854Removing certain drugs from schedule oneDrugs/Harm ReductionYoungPendingCommitteeHouse Health and Human Resources, House Judiciary2/24/2025SupportRemoves delta-8 from schedule one
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HB 2887Relating to legalizing cannabis production, sales and adult consumptionDrugs/Harm ReductionHansenPendingCommitteeHouse Judiciary, House Finance2/24/2025SupportLegalizes cannabis
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HB 3158Making methadone clinics illegalDrugs/Harm ReductionFlaniganPendingCommitteeHouse Health and Human Resources3/5/2025OpposeBans methadone
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HB 3159The purpose is to make needle exchange programs illegalDrugs/Harm ReductionFlaniganPendingCommitteeHouse Health and Human Resources3/5/2025OpposeBans SSPs
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SB 143Relating to the Uniform Controlled Substance ActDrugs/Harm ReductionWeldPendingCommitteeSenate SUD & MH, Senate Judiciary2/12/2025OpposeIncreasing penalties for PWUD who do not call 911 during an overdose
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SB 196Increasing penalties for drug possession and updating list of offenses (Lauren's Law)Drugs/Harm ReductionDeedsPendingCommitteeSenate Judiciary2/12/2025OpposeMore prohibition of drug use
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SB 203Making syringe exchange programs unlawfulDrugs/Harm ReductionTarrPendingCommitteeSenate Health and Human Resources2/12/2025OpposeMakes SSPs illegal
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SB 204Making opioid treatment programs unlawfulDrugs/Harm ReductionTarrPendingCommitteeSenate SUD & MH2/12/2025OpposeMakes methadone illegal
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SB 219Amending penalty of simple possession of marijuana from misdemeanor crime to civil violationDrugs/Harm ReductionWoelfelPendingCommitteeSenate SUD & MH, Senate Judiciary2/12/2025SupportDecreases penalty for possession
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SB 247Substance Abuse Intervention ActDrugs/Harm ReductionStuartPendingCommitteeSenate SUD & MH2/12/2025OpposeProvide involuntary treatment for drug users
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SB 444Establishing 3-year mandatory prison sentence for person convicted of illegal possession of Schedule I and Schedule II drugsDrugs/Harm ReductionTarrPendingCommitteeSenate Judiciary, Senate Finance2/13/2025OpposeAnti-drug user - mandatory minimum sentences do not work
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SB 463Creating new penalty and procedure for simple possession of certain Schedule I or II substancesDrugs/Harm ReductionDeedsPendingCommitteeSenate Judiciary2/13/2025OpposeIncreases penalties for possession
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SB 515Allowing parent to have adult dependent child involuntarily admitted for treatment and/or related proceduresDrugs/Harm ReductionHeltonPendingCommitteeSenate SUD & MH, Senate Judiciary2/18/2025OpposeInvoluntary treatment
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SB 541Sentencing guidelines for fentanylDrugs/Harm ReductionHeltonPendingCommitteeSenate Judiciary2/19/2025OpposeEnhanced sentencing for fentanyl - overcriminalization of PWUD
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SB 580Increasing penalty for felony distribution of controlled substance classified in Schedule I or IIDrugs/Harm ReductionHeltonPendingCommitteeSenate SUD & MH, Senate Judiciary2/24/2025OpposeSentencing enhancement and overcriminalization of PWUD
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SB 584Lauren's Law increasing penalty for delivery of certain controlled substancesDrugs/Harm ReductionHeltonPendingCommitteeSenate SUD & MH, Senate Judiciary2/24/2025OpposeSentencing enhancement and overcriminalization of PWUD
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SB 726Relating to office-based, medication-assisted treatment programs and opioid treatment programsDrugs/Harm ReductionHeltonPendingCommitteeSenate SUD & MH, Senate Finance3/7/2025OpposeForces individuals off of methadone
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SB 761Creating Joel Archer Substance Abuse Intervention ActDrugs/Harm ReductionStuartPendingCommitteeSenate SUD & MH, Senate Judiciary3/14/2025OpposeInvoluntary treatment