WV SB203 | 2025 | Regular Session

West Virginia Senate Bill 203

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 12 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-12 - To Health and Human Resources
Pending: Senate Health and Human Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

The purpose of this bill is to make syringe services unlawful and provide for penalties for violation of the article. The proposed bill permits the provision of harm reduction services not associated with a syringe exchange program and permits an administrative timeframe for the transition of care. Requiring the Office for Health Facilities Licensure and Certification to seek penalties and the ability to seek injunctive relief for violations of the article.

Title

Making syringe exchange services programs unlawful

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-12	Senate	To Health and Human Resources
2025-02-12	Senate	Introduced in Senate
2025-02-12	Senate	To Health and Human Resources
2025-02-12	Senate	Filed for introduction

Subjects

Health

Code Citations

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	64	1	Repealed Code	Citation Text
16	64	10	Repealed Code	Citation Text
16	64	2	Repealed Code	Citation Text
16	64	3	Repealed Code	Citation Text
16	64	4	Repealed Code	Citation Text
16	64	5	Repealed Code	Citation Text
16	64	6	Repealed Code	Citation Text
16	64	7	Repealed Code	Citation Text
16	64	8	Repealed Code	Citation Text
16	64	9	Repealed Code	Citation Text
16	64A	1	New Code	See Bill Text
16	64A	2	New Code	See Bill Text
16	64A	3	New Code	See Bill Text
16	64A	4	New Code	See Bill Text

West Virginia State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=203&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb203%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=203