---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expanding alcohol test and lock program to include offenders with drug-related offense"
description: "Expanding alcohol test and lock program to include offenders with drug-related offense"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 345"
citation: "West Virginia SB 345 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weld"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-18"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2025e1fa-751f-4418-b4d1-5eb6846b8289"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=345&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "a6bdf7555fc02a1221c9adcf5f6ceaea3f3118b13a50a706eeddc0139b0cd3bb"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
---

# West Virginia SB 345 (2021) — Expanding alcohol test and lock program to include offenders with drug-related offense

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB345%20SUB1.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=345)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB345%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=345)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB345%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=345)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Weld — primary (person)
- Ihlenfeld — cosponsor (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Unger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-02-18** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-02-18** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-02-18** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** Committee substitute reported
- **2021-03-02** On 1st reading
- **2021-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** On 2nd reading
- **2021-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-04** On 3rd reading
- **2021-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-04** Passed Senate (Roll No. 74) `passage`
- **2021-03-04** Ordered to House
- **2021-03-05** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-03-05** Immediate consideration
- **2021-03-05** Reference dispensed
- **2021-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-05** Dispensed with Constitutional Rule (Roll No. 87)
- **2021-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-05** Passed House (Roll No. 88) `passage`
- **2021-03-05** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-03-05** Completed legislative action
- **2021-03-08** House Message received
- **2021-03-10** To Governor 3/10/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-11** To Governor 3/10/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-17** Approved by Governor 3/16/21 - House Journal
- **2021-03-16** Approved by Governor 3/16/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-17** Approved by Governor 3/16/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-05-24** Chapter 266, Acts, Regular Session, 2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2025e1fa-751f-4418-b4d1-5eb6846b8289`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).