Bill Status - 2020 Regular Session
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There are 147 bill(s) regarding Crime
| Bill | Title | Status | Committee | Step | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 1 | Creating felony offense of cruelty to animals | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| SB 4 | Providing that persons 16 years or older may carry pepper spray for self-defense | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| SB 7 | Raising age of children who are victims of certain sex offenses to 16 | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| SB 13 | Increasing burglary penalty if crime against another person committed during burglary | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| SB 14 | Creating felony offense of attempting to kill another person | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| SB 35 | Limiting civil penalty for littering conviction to $2,000 | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 13, 2020) | ||
| SB 46 | Defining "pepper spray" and exempting from definition of "deadly weapons" | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 11, 2020) | ||
| SB 71 | Requiring minors in possession of marijuana and their parents to attend classes on danger of marijuana | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| SB 76 | Limiting liability of employers in cases where certain crime convictions are expunged | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/06/20 |
| SB 78 | Requiring DHHR to file petition to terminate parental rights under certain circumstances | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| SB 96 | Prohibiting municipalities from limiting persons' rights to possess certain weapons | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 31, 2020) | ||
| SB 98 | Requiring probationers who served 10 or more years to participate in work release program | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| SB 100 | Limiting penalty for possession of marijuana to no more than $1,000 without confinement | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| SB 111 | Relating generally to tobacco usage and e-cigarette restrictions | Pending | Senate Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| SB 125 | Prohibiting victim from being subjected to certain physical examinations for sexual offenses | Signed | Effective from passage - (March 4, 2020) | ||
| SB 128 | Increasing penalties for malicious assault, unlawful assault, and assault on law-enforcement officer | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| SB 144 | Creating misdemeanor penalty for making materially false statement in course of misdemeanor investigation | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 4, 2020) | ||
| SB 158 | Requiring State Police visit homes of registered sex offenders at regular intervals | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/09/20 |
| SB 169 | Relating generally to stalking and harassment | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/09/20 |
| SB 188 | Requiring participation in drug court program | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/09/20 |
| SB 191 | Creating felony offense of aggravated cruelty to animals | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/29/20 |
| SB 201 | Relating generally to criminal offenses of stalking and harassment | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 1, 2020) | ||
| SB 235 | Increasing criminal penalties for battery of police officer | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/09/20 |
| SB 255 | Providing certain persons be allowed to carry pepper spray in State Capitol Complex | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/10/20 |
| SB 259 | Requiring mandatory incarceration prior to parole for certain persons convicted of distributing controlled substances near libraries | Pending | Senate Rules | Committee | 02/25/20 |
| SB 261 | Creating criminal penalties for introducing ransomware into computer with intent to extort | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 5, 2020) | ||
| SB 267 | Creating offenses of conversion of leased or rented personal property | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/05/20 |
| SB 271 | Prohibiting civil rights violations | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/10/20 |
| SB 272 | Repealing certain misdemeanor offenses | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/10/20 |
| SB 277 | Relating to civil asset forfeiture | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/10/20 |
| SB 283 | Relating to criminal offenses of strangulation and suffocation | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/10/20 |
| SB 292 | Relating to criminal offenses of stalking and harassment | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/10/20 |
| SB 295 | Establishing criminal penalties for certain sexual offenses committed by teacher against student | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/10/20 |
| SB 471 | Providing valuation of stolen scrap copper or copper wire for penalty purposes | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/15/20 |
| SB 482 | Eliminating permit requirement for storing concealed handgun in vehicle on school property for persons over 21 | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/07/20 |
| SB 483 | Eliminating restriction to carry firearm on State Capitol Complex grounds | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/15/20 |
| SB 490 | Relating to criminal offenses against agricultural facilities | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 4, 2020) | ||
| SB 499 | Removing barriers to employment for certain individuals with criminal records | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 01/15/20 |
| SB 502 | Relating to methamphetamine criminal penalty | Pending | 3rd Reading | 03/07/20 | |
| SB 503 | Removing barriers to employment for certain individuals with criminal records | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 01/15/20 |
| SB 504 | Providing for timely and efficient handling of forensic evidence in sexual assault cases | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/15/20 |
| SB 512 | Increasing misdemeanor penalty for impersonation of law-enforcement officer | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/16/20 |
| SB 522 | Relating to compensation awards to crime victims | Signed | Effective July 1, 2020 | ||
| SB 553 | Relating to crimes against property | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/21/20 |
| SB 562 | Expunging certain criminal convictions | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 5, 2020) | ||
| SB 676 | Permitting fees from Central Abuse Registry be used for information technology support costs | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 13, 2020) | ||
| SB 692 | Clarifying persons indicted or charged jointly for felony offense can move to have separate trial | Vetoed | Vetoed | ||
| SB 694 | Relating to penalties for neglect, emotional abuse, or death by caregiver | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/04/20 |
| SB 709 | Removing limitation on damages due to sexual assault or sexual abuse on minor | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/05/20 |
| SB 765 | Modifying "Habitual Offender" statute | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 5, 2020) | ||
| SB 848 | Clarifying persons charged with DUI may not participate in Military Service Members Court | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 3, 2020) | ||
| SB 851 | Requiring Governor's Committee on Crime, Delinquency, and Correction propose rule in coordination with law enforcement and certain medical boards | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 5, 2020) | ||
| HB 2033 | Establishing procedures for carrying out the death sentence | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 2044 | Relating to pecuniary interest of county and district officers, teachers and school officials in contracts | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 2047 | Relating to penalties incurred from obstructing, fleeing from and making false statements to law-enforcement | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 2066 | Establishing an alternative methodology for pretrial release of persons charged with crimes | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 2109 | Extending the maximum period of confinement a judge may impose for certain, first-time probationary violations | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 2158 | Relating to alternate sentencing for nonviolent felony offenders | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 2185 | Relating to the removal of animals left unattended in motor vehicles | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 01/20/20 |
| HB 2194 | Creating a domestic violence registry | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 2195 | Creating the West Virginia Sentencing Commission | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 2215 | Making it a felony to knowingly expose another individual to HIV | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 2221 | Reducing the cost of the fee for a state license to carry a concealed weapon | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 2376 | Relating to the legalization of marijuana | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 2382 | Making it a misdemeanor for a person to knowingly allow a felony drug offense to be committed on his or her property | Pending | House Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 2419 | Relating to the authorization to release a defendant or a person arrested upon his or her own recognizance | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 5, 2020) | ||
| HB 2453 | Relating to eligibility for parole | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 2471 | Increasing criminal penalties for impersonation of law-enforcement officers or officials | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 01/15/20 |
| HB 2488 | Relating to the theft of consumer identity protections | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 2494 | Relating to the ineligibility for home incarceration for offenders under certain circumstances | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 2502 | Prohibiting registered sex offenders from participating in Halloween activities | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 2505 | Relating to the ineligibility for probation of certain defendants | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 2508 | Relating to certain defendants ineligible for probation | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 2526 | Creating an offense for public intoxication due to drug use | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 2527 | Relating to forgery and other crimes concerning lottery tickets | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/11/20 |
| HB 2562 | Requiring the issuance of a search warrant before a driver of a motor vehicle can be made to submit to a secondary blood test | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 2563 | Relating to civil asset forfeiture | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 2571 | Providing that the sale and purchase of copper as scrap metal may not be completed with the payment of cash | Pending | House Small Business, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 2602 | Including possession of known stolen property in the offense of receiving or transferring stolen property | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 13, 2020) | ||
| HB 2712 | Relating to death penalty for first degree murder | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 2752 | Adding to the persons who have access to the information kept by the Board of Pharmacy | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 2814 | Making it a felony to transport certain drugs into the state with intent to deliver | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 2820 | Relating to criminal penalties for reckless driving | Pending | House Technology and Infrastructure | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 2822 | Creating an enhanced penalty for certain aggravated serious traffic offenses | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 2835 | Changing provisions regarding polygraph examinations of sex offenders | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 2883 | Expanding the definitions of locations where enhanced penalties for selling controlled substances to a minor are applicable | Pending | House Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 2892 | Including digital and virtual information in the definition of property that can be searched and seized by a warrant | Signed | Effective from passage - (March 7, 2020) | ||
| HB 2915 | Restricting the performance of abortions and acquiring, providing, receiving, otherwise transferring, or using fetal body parts | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 2959 | Relating to unlawful panhandling and solicitation | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 3066 | Relating to extended supervision for certain drug offenders | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 3069 | Relating to the right of certain persons to limit possession of firearms on premises | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 3124 | Prohibiting civil rights violations based on disability, gender identity or sexual orientation | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 3134 | Establishing criminal penalties for negligent homicide, and increasing criminal penalties for reckless driving | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 01/15/20 |
| HB 4002 | Creating a felony crime relating to drug delivery resulting in death | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/27/20 |
| HB 4008 | Relating to the authorization to release a defendant or a person arrested upon his or her own recognizance | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 4024 | Eliminating the permit requirement for storing a concealed handgun in a vehicle on school property for persons 21 or older | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 4045 | Relating to provisions of the "Habitual Offender" statute | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/08/20 |
| HB 4067 | Relating to crimes against property | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/18/20 |
| HB 4076 | Removing the permit requirement for a person over 21 to possess a concealed handgun in a motor vehicle on school property | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/09/20 |
| HB 4093 | Eliminating the prohibition against carrying firearms on the grounds of the State Capitol Complex | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/10/20 |
| HB 4098 | Second Amendment Sanctuary Law | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/10/20 |
| HB 4119 | Establishing the crime of torture | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/23/20 |
| HB 4125 | Creating a felony penalty of life without mercy for the first degree murder of a law-enforcement officer | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/13/20 |
| HB 4166 | Prohibiting certain sex offenders from being in a supervisory position over children | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 17, 2020) | ||
| HB 4167 | Allowing victims of certain crimes to get a restraining order prohibiting convicted persons from contacting or living in proximity to the victim | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/14/20 |
| HB 4169 | Relating to the protection of animal and crop facilities | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 01/14/20 |
| HB 4184 | Relating to criminal trespass | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/14/20 |
| HB 4199 | Statewide Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kit Tracking System | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/14/20 |
| HB 4354 | Adding nabiximols to the permitted list of distributed and prescribed drugs | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 5, 2020) | ||
| HB 4362 | Relating to penalties for neglect, emotional abuse or death caused by a caregiver | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 5, 2020) | ||
| HB 4379 | Authorizing home incarceration supervisors to carry firearms | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/16/20 |
| HB 4392 | Increasing the penalties for exposure of governmental representatives to fentanyl or any other harmful drug | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/16/20 |
| HB 4393 | Relating to making suffocation and asphyxiation crimes | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 6, 2020) | ||
| HB 4395 | Removing the requirement that a veterinarian access and report to the controlled substance monitoring database | Vetoed | Vetoed | ||
| HB 4399 | Prohibiting civil rights violations based on gender identity or sexual orientation | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/17/20 |
| HB 4430 | Creating the misdemeanor offense of falsely filing a complaint against a law-enforcement office | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/20/20 |
| HB 4432 | Removing the one-time limit on the expungement of certain criminal convictions | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/20/20 |
| HB 4455 | Permitting fees from the Central Abuse Registry to be used for costs relating to information technology support and infrastructure | Pending | 2nd Reading | 03/07/20 | |
| HB 4469 | Increasing the minimum criminal penalty for a driver who, in an impaired state, causes the death of a minor | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/22/20 |
| HB 4509 | Transferring the Parole Board to the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation for purposes of administrative and other support | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 5, 2020) | ||
| HB 4510 | Prohibiting bodily intrusion by an inmate upon any person at any correctional facility | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 1, 2020) | ||
| HB 4532 | Expanding felony hate crime protections to individuals on the basis of perceived or actual sexual orientation | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/24/20 |
| HB 4533 | Strengthening the criminal penalty for assault on governmental representatives | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/24/20 |
| HB 4536 | Prohibiting certain sex offenders from being in a supervisory position over children | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/24/20 |
| HB 4539 | Relating to the cultivation of medical cannabis | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 01/24/20 |
| HB 4592 | Extending periods of limitations for commencing certain criminal and civil sexual offenses | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/29/20 |
| HB 4611 | Relating to fireworks | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 5, 2020) | ||
| HB 4635 | Vulnerable Child Protection Act | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/31/20 |
| HB 4638 | Modifying the authority of medical examiners regarding the disposition of bodies | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/17/20 |
| HB 4668 | Creating the misdemeanor crime of trespass for entering a structure that has been condemned | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 4, 2020) | ||
| HB 4699 | Relating to unfair or deceptive telemarketing acts or practices | Pending | House Technology and Infrastructure | Committee | 02/05/20 |
| HB 4707 | Clarifying that a legislator's immunity from arrest and trial is subject to the language of the state constitution | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/05/20 |
| HB 4717 | Seizure and Forfeiture Reporting Act | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 5, 2020) | ||
| HB 4759 | Creating a duty to disclose by owners of property that knew or should have known that crystal methamphetamine production was occurring | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/07/20 |
| HB 4765 | Reducing the criminal penalty for possession of small amounts of marijuana or paraphernal | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/10/20 |
| HB 4779 | Relating to the criminal offense of therapeutic deception | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/10/20 |
| HB 4808 | Relating to persons from another state storing firearms in this state | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/11/20 |
| HB 4818 | Making it a criminal offense to escape or attempt to escape from the custody of a Community Corrections program | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/11/20 |
| HB 4845 | Increasing the community service hours a person may be ordered to perform upon conviction of or pleading guilty to littering | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/11/20 |
| HB 4852 | Relating to the penalties for the manufacture, delivery, possession, or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver methamphetamine | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 5, 2020) | ||
| HB 4858 | Classifying "marihuana" and tetrahydrocannabinols as a Schedule IV controlled substance | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/11/20 |
| HB 4872 | Modifying the criminal penalties imposed on a parent, guardian or custodian for child abuse | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/26/20 |
| HB 4880 | Providing increased protections for the welfare of domestic animals | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/11/20 |
| HB 4883 | Relating to criminal procedure | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/11/20 |
| HB 4902 | Requiring higher education institutions to adopt policies and programs relating to sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/11/20 |
| HB 4913 | Providing a procedure for modification of a prison sentence when a person has served at least 10 years | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/11/20 |
| HB 4945 | Creating a criminal penalty for an agent or sworn officer who refuses or fails to enforce the Compact Agreement on Detainers in immigration cases | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/11/20 |