2025 Regular SessionWest Virginia Legislature

SB109: Creating program to reward citizens for information on drug trafficking

Legislative Summary

The purpose of this bill is to create a program to reward citizens for information on drug trafficking; to create an excise tax on opioid antagonists and test strips; create a special revenue account; to establish a program for providing rewards for pertinent information; placing the program with the State Police; giving the Secretary of Homeland Security jurisdiction over the program; set out privacy requirements; providing exclusions; authorizing funding; requiring an application; exempting the reward from taxation and other legal processes.

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Bill History

2/12/2025
Filed for introduction
Senate
2/12/2025
To Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health then Finance
Senate
2/12/2025
Introduced in Senate
Senate
2/12/2025
To Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health
Senate
3/7/2025
Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
Senate
3/7/2025
To Finance
Senate

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(2/12/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Committee
Finance(Senate)

Sponsors

Republican: 1

Primary Sponsor

Eric Tarr
Eric Tarr
Republican

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text1/1/197020.0 KB
Comm Sub
Bill Text1/1/197021.0 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note1/1/19704.5 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note1/1/19709.2 KB