WV HB4561 | 2018 | Regular Session

West Virginia House Bill 4561 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on February 13 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-02-13 - To House Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse
Pending: House Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

The purpose of this bill is to address the opioid epidemic by authorizing prosecuting attorneys to appoint the Attorney General or an assistant of the Attorney General as a special prosecutor to enforce provisions of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act.

Title

appoint the Attorney General or an assistant of Relating to the Attorney General as a special prosecutor to enforce provisions of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-13	House	To House Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse
2018-02-13	House	Introduced in House
2018-02-13	House	To Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse then Judiciary
2018-02-13	House	Filed for introduction

Subjects

Alcoholic Liquors and Beers

Code Citations

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
60A	5	501	Amended Code	Citation Text

West Virginia State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4561&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4561%20intr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4561