Drug paraphernalia and controlled paraphernalia; drug checking products.
Summary
Drug paraphernalia and controlled paraphernalia; drug checking products. Clarifies that drug checking products used to determine the presence or concentration of a contaminant that can cause physical harm or death are not drug paraphernalia or controlled paraphernalia.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 6, 2025
Signed Mar 21, 2025
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This bill transitioned from an enrolled draft to a chaptered version, meaning it was officially approved and enacted into law. The substantive text of the legislation regarding drug paraphernalia and controlled paraphernalia definitions remains unchanged, though the formatting was adjusted to match official chaptered document standards.
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The document was reformatted from draft session format to official chaptered format, including adding chapter number (281), approval date (March 21, 2025), and adjusting line breaks and spacing for publication.
Floor votes · Senate Jan 31, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 19, 2025
How they voted
39–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Jan 31, 2025
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
27
Key actions
10
Committee
6
Mar 21, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 281 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive
Mar 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 7, 2025
Upper · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB924ER)
upper
Feb 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed House (97-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 7, 2025
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
lower
Feb 7, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N)
upper
Jan 31, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 29, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
upper
Jan 6, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Chris Head
RRepublican
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