SB196 HFAT Akers 4-10

WRV 3133

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

S. B. 196 -- “A Bill to amend and reenact §60A-4-401, §60A-4-409, §60A-4-414, §60A-4-416, §61-11-8, and §62-12-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, and to amend the code by adding thereto a new section, designated §60A-4-419, relating to controlled substances violations; clarifying certain requirements for the enhanced sentencing of crimes involving fentanyl; increasing sentences for certain controlled substances offenses; modifying the weight of certain controlled substances for purposes of sentencing; making certain offenses ineligible for suspension or probation, or alternative sentencing; clarifying the offense of drug delivery resulting in death; creating a separate offense for drug delivery in exchange for money or any other thing of value resulting in death; modifying the penalties for failure to render aid in certain circumstances; creating definitions related to the offense of failure to render aid; creating a new offense for conspiracy involving a drug kingpin; creating a definition of drug kingpin; clarifying certain procedures for prosecution of a drug kingpin; clarifying the penalty where a detectable amount of controlled substances is found in certain circumstances for purposes of weight; setting forth a method for measurement where more than one controlled substance is in a mixture; modifying sentences for certain offenses; updating list of offenses related to controlled substance that are qualifying offenses for recidivist sentencing enhancements; declaring certain offenses to be ineligible for probation; and creating criminal penalties.”

Adopted

Rejected