Crime
West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Relating to Vehicular Homicide [HB-2097]
[Crime ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
The purpose of this bill is to create the felony offense of reckless and wanton vehicular homicide.
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To increase the penalty for passing a school bus and causing injury [HB-2132]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
The purpose of this bill is to increase the penalties for passing a school bus.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Relating to extended supervision for certain drug offenders [HB-2198]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
The purpose of this bill is to require extended supervision for certain drug offenders.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Mandating restitution to children of victims of negligent homicide or driving under the influence causing death [HB-2196]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
The purpose of this bill is to mandate restitution to children of victims of negligent homicide or driving under the influence causing death.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Allowing the concealed carry of firearms on and in Capitol grounds [HB-2051]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
The purpose of this bill is to change the West Virginia code to allow concealed carry on and in Capitol grounds.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Prohibiting those listed on the state sex offender database from public school activities and events [HB-2088]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit those listed on the state sex offender database from attending public school activities and events. The bill also requires parent teacher conferences for those persons to be conducted off school grounds.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Expand exception to Spousal Privilege [HB-2220]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
The purpose of this bill is to expand the exceptions to spousal privilege to exclude therefrom cases in which the offense at issue was committed against any child rather than a child of one or both spouses.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Establishing the crime of torture [HB-2194]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
The purpose of this bill is to establish the crime of torture. The bill establishes criminal penalties. The bill defines terms.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Relating to establishing criminal penalties for human trafficking [HB-2206]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
The purpose of this bill is to increase penalties for human trafficking.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Relating to penalties for conspiracy to commit murder [HB-2217]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
The purpose of this bill is to define the appropriate penalties for conspiracy to commit murder in the first degree, conspiracy to commit murder in the second degree, and conspiracy to commit voluntary manslaughter.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Relating to Off Duty LEO and LEOSA Exemptions [HB-2118]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the carrying a of a concealed handgun by off duty or retired law-enforcement officers; to authorize off duty or retired law-enforcement officers to conceal carry on and in the State Capitol Complex; and to define terms.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Relating to the offense of adulteration or alteration of medical cannabis testing results [HB-2218]
[Cannabis ]
[Crime ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
The purpose of this bill is to establish the offense of adulteration or alteration of medical cannabis testing results; defining offense; and setting forth penalties
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
To clarify when inmates may receive “good time” or time served [HB-2207]
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[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
The purpose of this bill is to provide that offenders of certain criminal offenses are not entitled to the deduction from a sentence of incarceration for good conduct. These offenses include an inmate sentenced to a life sentence, certain offenses relating to crimes against the person, sexual offenses, child abuse, or human trafficking. The bill also requires that all persons not eligible for good time have one year of mandatory post-release supervision following the first instance in which the inmate reaches his or her calculated discharge date;
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Relating to pretrial release [HB-2216]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
The purpose of this bill is to clarify the conditions for pretrial release and the maximum bail amount that may be set for individuals charged with multiple misdemeanor offenses. The bill revises the definition of "bail" and establishes that a defendant has the right to select among several methods of securing bail, subject to a judicial officer's authority to impose terms and conditions of bail reasonably necessary to secure defendant's appearance and protect the public. The bill authorizes a judicial officer to release a defendant on his or her
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Increasing and creating penalties sexual offenses [HB-2199]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
The purpose of this bill is to establish criminal penalties for sexual offenses and to create criminal penalties for certain sexual offenses..
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Permit teachers in K-12 schools be authorized to carry concealed firearms as a designated school protection officer [HB-2187]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
The purpose of this bill is to authorize teachers in elementary or secondary schools to carry concealed firearms and be designated as a school protection officer (SPO).
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Providing authority for West Virginia law enforcement agencies to fine individual vehicle owners who fail to register their vehicle that have have been parked at their residence for more than sixty days [HB-2096]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
The purpose of this bill is to provide authority for West Virginia law enforcement agencies to fine individual vehicle owners who fail to register their vehicle that have been parked at their residence for more than sixty days.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Relating to accessories to a crime [HB-2113]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
The purpose of this bill is to change certain offenses and penalties therefor for certain persons who are accessories to a crime. The bill provides that a domestic partner to a felony offender may not be considered an accessory after the fact; removes prohibition that a servant of a felony offender may not be considered an accessory after the fact; providing that an accessory to a felony who is the brother or sister, parent or grandparent, or child or grandchild of the principal offender is guilty of a misdemeanor; providing that an accessory to
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Creating a crime for the destruction of first responder equipment. [HB-2066]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
The purpose of this bill is to create a felony offense of damaging, destroying, or stealing equipment used by first responders in their duties.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Modifying the criminal penalties imposed on a parent, guardian or custodian for child abuse [HB-2123]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
The purpose of this bill is to modify the criminal penalties imposed on a parent, guardian, custodian, or person in a position of trust in relation to a child for child abuse resulting in injury and child abuse or neglect creating risk of injury.