---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to requirements to obtain a final order of discharge and dismissal for possession of opiates or opioids"
description: "Relating to requirements to obtain a final order of discharge and dismissal for possession of opiates or opioids"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 2922"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2922 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barrett"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 39
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d26050e-f196-4cf0-a0b9-394c8da12b98"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2922&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "f5443405cc50700273489a614bb7b5fa90abd131f602c0e0837817c113e5639b"
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 HB 2922 (2020) — Relating to requirements to obtain a final order of discharge and dismissal for possession of opiates or opioids

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2922%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=2922)
2. **HB2922 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB2922 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm)
3. **HB2922 S JUD AMT _1 2-5 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2020/RS/com_amends/HB2922 S JUD AMT _1 2-5 adopted.htm)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2922%20intr.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=2922)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **86–9** (pass) · lower
- HFA Fast 1-16 #1 — **30–68** (fail) · lower
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **93–5** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barrett — primary (person)
- Brown, S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-08** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-08** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Do pass
- **2020-01-15** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-01-15** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-01-16** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-01-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-16** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 8) `amendment-failure`
- **2020-01-17** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-01-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-01-17** Passed House (Roll No. 12) `passage`
- **2020-01-17** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-01-20** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-01-20** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-20** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-07** On 1st reading
- **2020-02-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-10** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-10** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2020-02-11** On 3rd reading
- **2020-02-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-11** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 114) `passage`
- **2020-02-11** Senate requests House to concur
- **2020-02-18** House received Senate message
- **2020-02-18** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 214)
- **2020-02-18** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-18** Completed legislative action
- **2020-02-19** House Message received
- **2020-02-28** To Governor 2/28/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-28** To Governor 2/28/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-28** To Governor 2/28/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-05** Approved by Governor 3/5/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-03-06** Approved by Governor 3/5/20 - House Journal
- **2020-03-05** Approved by Governor 3/5/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-15** Chapter 55, Acts, Regular Session, 2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d26050e-f196-4cf0-a0b9-394c8da12b98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).