The House of Delegates met this morning at 9 a.m.
With crossover day looming just around the corner, the House is working to push as many House Bills as possible today and tomorrow.
The first portion of the floor session lasted from 9 to 12 and covered the first 12 of 44 bills on third reading. Among them were Senate Bill 558, Senate Bill 597, House Bill 2665, House Bill 2849, House Bill 2963 and House Bill 4176. The bill would allow regional jails and correctional facilities to participate in a pilot drug treatment program and would allow these facilities to provide the opportunity for addiction treatment and counseling to those that are identified as high-risk for opioid addiction.
Additionally they passed House Bills 4183, 4225, 4248, 4271, 4307 and 4240, the Uniform Controlled Substances Act. This bill would create a mandatory minimum for repeat drug trafficking offenders, also referred to as three strikes and you are out. Offenders that fall under this act would have to have been convicted of a drug offense at least twice previously and be in possession of a certain amount of drugs at the time of arrest.
The House has recessed until 12:30 p.m.
