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WV HB3190

Bill

Status

Engrossed

3/20/2025

Primary Sponsor

David Green

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Origin

House of Delegates

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Expands West Virginia's public intoxication law to explicitly include intoxication from controlled substances, not just alcohol

  • Clarifies that "intoxicated" includes impairment from controlled substances as defined in the state drug schedules (§60A-2-201 et seq. and §60A-4-401 et seq.)

  • Allows law enforcement officers discretion in issuing citations to intoxicated individuals when a sober person agrees to take responsibility for them

  • Updates mandatory counseling requirements from "alcoholism counseling" to "counseling on alcohol and controlled substance dependence" for repeat offenders

  • Establishes that three public intoxication convictions within six months constitutes evidence of alcoholism or dependence on controlled substances

Legislative Description

Controlled Substances and arrestable offenses

Crime

Last Action

To Judiciary

3/21/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary3/21/2025
Judiciary3/12/2025
Courts3/11/2025
Judiciary3/6/2025

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