Crime
West Virginia 2018 Regular Session
Relating to the criminal offense of desecration of graves and vandalizing cemeteries [HB-2352]
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[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
The purpose of this bill is to mandate that anyone who desecrates a grave or vandalizes a cemetery shall perform one thousand hours of service to the cemetery involved in the offense.
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Prohibiting sex offender registrants from having Halloween related contact with children [HB-2322]
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[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit sex offender registrants from having Halloween related contact with children. The bill also provides a misdemeanor criminal penalty for violations.
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West Virginia 2018 Regular Session
Establishing new procedures for courts with criminal jurisdiction to suspend and revoke driver’s licenses based on D.U.I. [HB-2306]
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[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing new procedures for courts with criminal jurisdiction to suspend and revoke driver’s licenses based on D.U.I.
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West Virginia 2018 Regular Session
Relating to sanctions for recipients of benefits from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program [HB-2154]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
The purpose of this bill is to provide sanctions for recipients of benefits from the temporary assistance for needy families program through temporary suspensions of benefits when they are convicted of misdemeanor theft offenses of shoplifting or petit larceny. The bill provides definitions. It establishes administrative review of decisions to deny benefits. The bill also provides a mechanism for dependent children to receive benefits if a parent is deemed ineligible. It authorizes rulemaking, providing penalties and allows for exceptions to
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West Virginia 2018 Regular Session
Making it a misdemeanor for a person to impersonate a veteran [HB-2137]
[Veterans ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Military ]
Making it a misdemeanor for a person to impersonate a veteran
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West Virginia 2018 Regular Session
Defining the act of leaving the scene of a crash involving death or serious bodily injury as a felony; Erin's Law [HB-2099]
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[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
The purpose of this bill is to define the act of leaving the scene of a crash involving death or serious bodily injury as a felony. The bill also establishes certain presumptions of knowledge based on the circumstances of a vehicle crash.
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West Virginia 2018 Regular Session
Creating a domestic violence registry [HB-2106]
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[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Creating a domestic violence registry
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West Virginia 2018 Regular Session
Relating to penalties incurred from obstructing, fleeing from and making false statements to law-enforcement [HB-2021]
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[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
The purpose of this bill is to amend the penalties for several of the violations under this section to make it clear that the convicted person may be fined and confined. The offenses include obstructing, fleeing from and making false statements to law-enforcement, probation and parole officers and interfering with emergency communications.
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West Virginia 2016 1st Special Session
Decriminalizing and permitting personal use, growth and possession of certain amounts of marihuana by persons over the age of twenty-one [HB-114]
[Cannabis ]
[Taxes ]
[Crime ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
The purpose of this bill is to decriminalize and permit personal use, growth and possession of certain amounts of marihuana by persons over the age of twenty-one under certain circumstances; to remove marihuana from the list of schedule I drugs; to create a tax stamp for eligible persons to purchase to allow for possession of up to two ounces of marihuana; to provide method for distribution of stamps; to decriminalize first offense distribution of under 30 grams of marihuana; to establish news criminal penalties for marihuana possession and sale;
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Louisiana 2016 Regular Session
Provides with respect to Medicaid fraud [HB-983]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Crime ]
Provides with respect to Medicaid fraud
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Louisiana 2016 Regular Session
Amends the provisions of law regarding hate crimes [HB-953]
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[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
Amends the provisions of law regarding hate crimes
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Louisiana 2016 Regular Session
Creates the crime of unlawful display of profane material in historic districts (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note) [HB-938]
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[Arts and Culture ]
[Public Safety ]
Creates the crime of unlawful display of profane material in historic districts (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
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Louisiana 2016 Regular Session
Amends provisions of law regarding domestic abuse battery (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note) [HB-931]
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[Criminal Justice ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Public Safety ]
Amends provisions of law regarding domestic abuse battery (EN NO IMPACT GF EX See Note)
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Louisiana 2016 Regular Session
Prohibits and provides criminal penalties for the use of unmanned aircraft in certain areas and for certain purposes (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note) [HB-811]
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[Drones ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibits and provides criminal penalties for the use of unmanned aircraft in certain areas and for certain purposes (OR SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
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Louisiana 2016 Regular Session
Amends second degree cruelty to a juvenile to include prenatal exposure to drugs [HB-73]
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[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
Amends second degree cruelty to a juvenile to include prenatal exposure to drugs
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Louisiana 2016 Regular Session
Adds the use of unmanned aircraft systems as elements of certain crimes involving the invasion of privacy (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note) [HB-635]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Crime ]
[Drones ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Adds the use of unmanned aircraft systems as elements of certain crimes involving the invasion of privacy (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
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Louisiana 2016 Regular Session
Provides with respect to prior bad acts in domestic violence and cruelty to juveniles cases [HB-590]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Provides with respect to prior bad acts in domestic violence and cruelty to juveniles cases
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Louisiana 2016 Regular Session
Creates the crime of homestead exemption fraud (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note) [HB-546]
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[Housing ]
[Property Tax ]
[Real Estate ]
Creates the crime of homestead exemption fraud (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
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Louisiana 2016 Regular Session
Creates the crime of providing false, nonexistent, or incomplete declaration of residence for bail (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note) [HB-385]
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[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Creates the crime of providing false, nonexistent, or incomplete declaration of residence for bail (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
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Louisiana 2016 Regular Session
Provides with respect to limitations on the rights of certain convicted felons to possess a firearm [HB-316]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Provides with respect to limitations on the rights of certain convicted felons to possess a firearm