SB547 SFAT TRUMP #1 2-26

Smith  7883

Senator Trump moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. Com. Sub. for Senate Bill 547—A Bill to amend and reenact §60A-4-401, §60A-4-409, §60A-4-414, and §60A-4-416, of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; all relating to controlled substances violations; increasing sentences for certain controlled substances offenses; making certain offenses ineligible for suspension of sentence or probation, or alternative sentencing; making possession of Schedule I and II narcotics and methamphetamine a felony; expressing legislative intent; authorizing reduction from felony to misdemeanor under certain circumstances; declaring that minimum period of 10 years' incarceration for the offense of drug delivery causing death; requiring inert substances mixed with controlled substances to be considered a controlled substance for purposes of weight measurement; setting forth method for measurement where more than one controlled substance is in a mixture; and modifying sentences for certain offenses.

Adopted

Rejected