SB196 SFAT Helton #1 3-7

Nichols  7892

Senator Helton 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 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, establishing Lauren’s Law; relating to controlled substances violations; increasing sentences for certain controlled substances offenses; making certain offenses ineligible for suspension or probation, or alternative sentencing; declaring that minimum period of 10 years' incarceration for the offense of drug delivery 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; modifying sentences for certain offenses; updating list of offenses related to controlled substance that are qualifying offenses for recidivist sentencing enhancements; and declaring certain offenses to be ineligible for probation.

Adopted

Rejected