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West Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 444: Establishing 3-year mandatory prison sentence for person convicted of illegal possession of Schedule I and Schedule II drugs

In committee 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

SB 444 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia Senate on February 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Establishing 3-year mandatory prison sentence for person convicted of illegal possession of Schedule I and Schedule II drugs. Primary sponsor: Eric Tarr (Republican). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 13, 2025): 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 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Eric TarrPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate4
Brian HeltonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate9
PhillipsCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“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. To Judiciary
  2. Introduced in Senate
  3. To Judiciary then Finance
  4. Filed for introduction

Sources

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