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There are 67 bill(s) regarding Crime

Bill Title Status Committee Step Last Action
SB 277 Adding definition and increasing criminal penalties for certain assaults and batteries Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/14/16 
SB 283 Creating crime when fire is caused by operation of clandestine drug laboratory Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2016)
SB 289 Including intimidation of public official or employee in definition of "terrorist act" Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/14/16 
SB 326 Repeal and recodify law relating to contributing to delinquency of minor child Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 8, 2016)
SB 361 Prohibiting persons who have committed crimes against elderly from performing community service involving elderly Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2016)
SB 362 Increasing criminal penalties for financial exploitation of elderly person Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/21/16 
SB 368 Establishing criminal offense of disturbing peace Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/21/16 
SB 388 Creating criminal offenses relating to money laundering Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/26/16 
SB 391 Creating additional penalty for use of firearm in furtherance of drug offense Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/26/16 
SB 394 Creating felony crime of prohibited sexual contact by psychotherapist Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/09/16 
SB 405 Creating felony offense of conspiracy in violation of Uniform Controlled Substances Act Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/27/16 
SB 411 Creating Second Chance for Employment Act Pending  House Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business Committee  03/08/16 
SB 436 Defining adequate shelter for dogs and cats Pending  House ANRS Committee  02/18/16 
SB 454 Licensing and regulating medication-assisted treatment programs for substance use disorders Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2016)
SB 472 Providing communication by lender or debt collector is not violation of WV Computer Crime and Abuse Act Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/09/16 
SB 482 Creating felony crime of strangulation Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/02/16 
SB 496 Creating 24/7 Sobriety Program administered by Attorney General Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/03/16 
SB 497 Banning and providing for criminal penalties for manufacture of powdered alcohol Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/03/16 
SB 500 Authorizing Superintendent of State Police hold training classes to use West Virginia Automated Police Network Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 3, 2016)
SB 504 Relating to confidentiality of juvenile records Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2016)
SB 546 Relating generally to Public Defender Services Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/11/16 
SB 567 Providing protection against property crimes committed against coal mines, railroads, utilities and other industrial facilities Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2016)
SB 578 Protecting utility workers from crimes against person Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2016)
SB 624 Creating felony offenses and penalties for human trafficking Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/18/16 
SB 651 Modifying controlled substance monitoring program Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  02/20/16 
SB 659 Requiring drug testing for driver involved in accident resulting in death Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/20/16 
HB 4176 Permitting the Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority to participate in the addiction treatment pilot program Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2016)
HB 4178 Relating to sanctions for recipients of benefits from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/20/16 
HB 4201 Increasing the criminal penalties for participating in an animal fighting venture Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2016)
HB 4240 Relating to the Uniform Controlled Substances Act Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  03/02/16 
HB 4251 Increasing the criminal penalties for participating in an animal fighting venture Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/25/16 
HB 4254 Relating generally to workers’ compensation Pending  House Banking and Insurance Committee  01/25/16 
HB 4258 Relating to substance abuse Pending  House Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse Committee  01/25/16 
HB 4260 Providing private educational facilities authority to determine whether, and under what circumstances, to permit deadly weapons on school premises through written policies Pending  House Education Committee  01/25/16 
HB 4285 Making it a misdemeanor for a person to impersonate a veteran Pending  House Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security Committee  01/26/16 
HB 4291 Increasing penalties for teachers who commit sexual offenses against children Pending  Senate Education Committee  02/18/16 
HB 4292 Increasing criminal incarceration penalties for the transportation of controlled substances into the state Pending  House Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse Committee  01/27/16 
HB 4293 Relating to the West Virginia Controlled Substances Monitoring Program database Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/20/16 
HB 4297 Increasing penalties for destruction or theft of election campaign advertising Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/27/16 
HB 4306 Prohibiting persons who have committed crimes against the elderly from performing any court ordered public service involving the elderly Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/29/16 
HB 4309 Increasing criminal penalties for conviction of certain offenses of financial exploitation of an elderly person Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2016)
HB 4314 Prohibiting the sale of powdered or crystalline alcohol Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2016)
HB 4342 Relating to the purchase of scrap metal Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/01/16 
HB 4350 Creating a domestic violence registry Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/02/16 
HB 4362 Establishing a felony offense of strangulation Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 3, 2016)
HB 4373 Prohibiting exposing a dog or cat that is a companion animal to extreme weather conditions that results in injury or death Pending  House ANRS Committee  02/03/16 
HB 4413 Relating to the use of drone surveillance of private citizens Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/05/16 
HB 4448 Clarifying that communication by a lender or debt collector which is allowed under the West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act, likewise does not violate the provisions of the West Virginia Computer Crime and Abuse Act Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2016)
HB 4453 Requiring the State Police to partner with the DNA and Digital Forensics sections of Marshall University Forensic Science Center Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/09/16 
HB 4455 Prohibiting sex offender registrants from having Halloween related contact with children Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/09/16 
HB 4458 Increasing the criminal penalties for participating in an animal fighting venture Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/09/16 
HB 4478 Defining the act of leaving the scene of a crash involving death or serious bodily injury as a felony; Erin's Law Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/10/16 
HB 4489 Relating generally to human trafficking Pending    Concurrence  03/12/16 
HB 4503 Relating to substance abuse while pregnant Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/17/16 
HB 4525 Establishing new procedures for courts with criminal jurisdiction to suspend and revoke driver’s licenses based on D.U.I. Pending  House Roads and Transportation Committee  02/12/16 
HB 4558 Relating to victim notification and designation of additional individuals to receive notice of an offender's release Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2016)
HB 4575 Creating criminal offenses relating to money laundering Pending    Concurrence  03/12/16 
HB 4577 Creating an additional penalty for use of a firearm in furtherance of a drug offense Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  03/02/16 
HB 4578 Creating a criminal offense of conspiracy to violate the drug laws Pending    Concurrence  03/11/16 
HB 4587 Relating to violations associated with absent voters’ ballots Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 8, 2016)
HB 4602 Increasing mandatory minimum sentences for trafficking drugs into the state Pending  House Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse Committee  02/17/16 
HB 4620 Prohibiting the production, manufacture or possession of fentanyl Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/26/16 
HB 4667 Creating a State Animal Abuse Registry Pending  House ANRS Committee  02/22/16 
HB 4671 Relating to schedule three controlled substances Pending  House ANRS Committee  02/22/16 
HB 4673 Providing for a crime for the theft, damage or release of deer from private game farms Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2016)
HB 4678 Relating to penalties incurred from obstructing, fleeing from and making false statements to law-enforcement Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/23/16 
HB 4712 Relating to permitted use and possession of marihuana Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/23/16