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West Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 3167: To require hair follicle drug testing of parents or guardians in cases of substantiated child abuse or neglect of a minor

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 3167 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia House on March 5, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: To require hair follicle drug testing of parents or guardians in cases of substantiated child abuse or neglect of a minor. Primary sponsor: Phil Mallow (Republican). It lists 8 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 9, 2025): On 2nd reading, rereferred to Judiciary.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 7

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Phil MallowPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse75
Eric BrooksCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse45
DeVaultCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Lori DittmanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse63
Sarah DrennanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse20
Scot HeckertCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse13
KumpCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Adam VanceCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse35
Bryan WardCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse86

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. On 2nd reading, rereferred to Judiciary
  2. Read 1st time
  3. Immediate consideration
  4. Without recommendation, but first rereferred to Judiciary
  5. To Judiciary
  6. To Judiciary
  7. Introduced in Senate
  8. Communicated to Senate
  9. Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
  10. Passed House (Roll No. 281)
  11. Read 3rd time
  12. On 3rd reading, Special Calendar

Showing 12 most recent of 26 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source