---
type: "Bill"
title: "The Joel Archer Substance Abuse Intervention Act."
description: "The Joel Archer Substance Abuse Intervention Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 2347"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2347 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Worrell"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 41
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-13"
last_action: "2025-07-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0dee4fac-a1d8-4b56-9a81-417453ad0afa"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2347&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "e2b42a1553feb31cb2a1a1c0ab04bcc88e2d38ae1f96acd68e823d80a6dc3cdb"
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 2347 (2025) — The Joel Archer Substance Abuse Intervention Act.

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2347%20sub1.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2347)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2347%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2347)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2347%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2347)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2347%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2347)
5. **hb2347 s jud am _1 4-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/com_amends/hb2347%20s%20jud%20am%20_1%204-9%20adopted.htm)
6. **hb2347 sfat stuart _1 4-10 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/hb2347%20sfat%20stuart%20_1%204-10%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **69–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Worrell — primary (person)
- Chiarelli — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Heckert — cosponsor (person)
- Hite — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Petitto — cosponsor (person)
- Pushkin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-13** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-13** To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-02-13** To House Health and Human Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** Markup Discussion
- **2025-03-07** By substitute, do pass
- **2025-03-07** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2025-03-10** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-03-11** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-12** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-03-12** Passed House (Roll No. 64) `passage`
- **2025-03-12** Communicated to Senate
- **2025-03-13** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-03-13** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-10** Immediate consideration
- **2025-04-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-04-11** On 2nd reading
- **2025-04-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-11** Com. amendment including provisions of SB761 adopted (voice vote)
- **2025-04-12** On 3rd reading
- **2025-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-12** Passed Senate (Roll No. 545) `passage`
- **2025-04-12** Title amendment adopted
- **2025-04-12** Senate requests House to concur
- **2025-04-12** House received Senate message
- **2025-04-12** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 628)
- **2025-04-12** Communicated to Senate
- **2025-04-12** Completed legislative action
- **2025-04-12** House Message received
- **2025-04-22** To Governor 4/22/2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/22/2025 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/22/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** Became law without Governor's signature - Senate Journal
- **2025-04-30** Became law 4/30/2025
- **2025-04-12** Became law without Governor's signature- House Journal
- **2025-07-31** Chapter 230, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0dee4fac-a1d8-4b56-9a81-417453ad0afa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).