Bill Status - 2022 Regular Session
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There are 123 bill(s) regarding Crime
| Bill | Title | Status | Committee | Step | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 29 | Providing fee for processing of criminal bonds | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 03/08/22 |
| SB 47 | Creating crime for being under influence of controlled substance unless specifically prescribed | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| SB 85 | Changing simple possession of marijuana from misdemeanor crime to civil violation | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| SB 86 | Creating criminal offense of sexual extortion | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/17/22 |
| SB 87 | Creating Campus Self Defense Act | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| SB 90 | Limiting penalty for possession of marijuana to no more than $1,000 without confinement | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| SB 92 | Requiring probationers who served 10 or more years to participate in work release program | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| SB 93 | Requiring DHHR file petition to terminate parental rights under certain circumstances | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| SB 134 | Creating felony offense of aggravated cruelty to animals | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| SB 137 | Requiring persons convicted of certain felonies on or after March 8, 1995, provide DNA samples | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/23/22 |
| SB 139 | Prohibiting smoking in vehicle when minor 16 or younger is present | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/28/22 |
| SB 232 | Relating to punishment for third offense felony | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 9, 2022) | ||
| SB 248 | Creating Patrolman Cassie Marie Johnson Memorial Act | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| SB 254 | Relating to crime of vehicular homicide | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/13/22 |
| SB 256 | Prohibiting civil rights violations based on disability, gender identity, or sexual orientation | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/13/22 |
| SB 259 | Removing requirement of imminent lawless action to prerequisite for crime of intimidation | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/13/22 |
| SB 260 | Mandating extended supervision for defendants convicted of stalking and related felonious acts | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/13/22 |
| SB 266 | Adding definition of “ammunition” for purposes of obtaining state license to carry concealed deadly weapon | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 03/03/22 |
| SB 413 | Clarifying crime of harassment to include stalking | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 03/02/22 |
| SB 431 | Relating generally to Uniform Controlled Substances Act | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/17/22 |
| SB 459 | Modifying definition of "sexual contact" | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/21/22 |
| SB 490 | Expanding online privacy protection for minors | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/26/22 |
| SB 514 | Relating to use of force in defense of self, real, and personal property | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/31/22 |
| SB 558 | Increasing members of WV Parole Board | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/28/22 |
| SB 569 | Relating to confidentiality of court files and law-enforcement records for certain offenses | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/02/22 |
| SB 575 | Ensuring that imposition of certain sexual offenses apply to persons working in juvenile facilities | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 6, 2022) | ||
| SB 595 | Relating to Dangerousness Assessment Advisory Board | Signed | Effective from passage - (March 9, 2022) | ||
| SB 601 | WV Human Life Protection Act | Pending | Senate Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/09/22 |
| SB 616 | Relating to confidentiality of court files and law-enforcement records of certain enumerated offenses | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 7, 2022) | ||
| SB 621 | Relating to funds for operations of jails | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/11/22 |
| SB 666 | Adding Kratom and Delta-8 THC to list of Schedule 1 controlled substances | Pending | Senate Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/17/22 |
| SB 668 | Clarifying eligibility for probation and parole conditions for sex offenses | Pending | 2nd Reading | 03/12/22 | |
| SB 697 | Modifying and clarifying elements of kidnapping and unlawful restraint | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 03/02/22 |
| SB 703 | Relating to controlled substances schedule | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 03/04/22 |
| SB 726 | Relating to pre-trial diversion agreements and deferred prosecution agreements | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2022) | ||
| SB 728 | Requiring registered sex offenders pay annual fee | Pending | 1st Reading | 03/12/22 | |
| HB 2017 | Rewriting the Criminal Code | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2060 | Reducing the criminal penalty for possession of small amounts of marijuana or paraphernal | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2095 | Providing increased protections for the welfare of domestic animals | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2114 | Prohibiting civil rights violations based on disability, gender identity or sexual orientation | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2138 | Defend the Guard Act | Pending | House Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2171 | Vulnerable Child Protection Act | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2176 | Making it a criminal offense to escape or attempt to escape from the custody of a Community Corrections program | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2184 | Increasing the penalties for exposure of governmental representatives to fentanyl or any other harmful drug | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/25/22 |
| HB 2220 | 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 | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2239 | Restricting the performance of abortions and acquiring, providing, receiving, otherwise transferring, or using fetal body parts | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2257 | Relating to extended supervision for certain drug offenders | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/15/22 |
| HB 2295 | Relating to pecuniary interests of county and district officers, teachers and school officials in contracts | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2310 | Relating to death penalty for first degree murder | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2328 | Relating to criminal trespass | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2335 | Increasing the minimum criminal penalty for a driver who, in an impaired state, causes the death of a minor | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2364 | Permit teachers in K-12 schools be authorized to carry concealed firearms as a designated school protection officer | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/18/22 |
| HB 2365 | Relating to accessories to a crime | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2376 | Allow concealed carry on and in capitol grounds | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2379 | Make criminal invasion of privacy a felony | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2524 | Modifying the definition of child abuse or neglect to exclude accidental injury | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/21/22 |
| HB 2550 | Relating to the cultivation of medical cannabis | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2552 | Removing the one-time limit on the expungement of certain criminal convictions | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2558 | Creating a domestic violence registry | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2655 | Expanding felony hate crime protections to individuals on the basis of perceived or actual sexual orientation | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2850 | Establish a Corporate Crime division in the State Police | Pending | House Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2869 | To remove any mandatory mask mandate in West Virginia | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2912 | Relating to cannabis and cannabis product sales, growth, and consumption in this state | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 2919 | Protect privacy of those who store firearms in WV | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 3000 | To allow circuit court judges with at least six years of service to conceal carry if they so desire | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 3095 | To create the "Protection of Property from Warrantless Searches Act” | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 3108 | Establish the WV Constitution and the WV Code as the primary law in WV | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 3113 | Removing certain drugs from schedule 1 | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 3119 | Relating to access of records in controlled substance monitoring | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 3121 | Providing for collection of data regarding police encounters that are not traffic stops | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 3161 | Relating to online privacy protection for minors | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 3163 | Second Look Sentencing Act | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 3188 | Making expungement of records for certain defendants found not guilty or have had charges dismissed to occur without petitioning the court | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 3196 | Ensuring those citizens qualified for an expungement receive the expungement they are entitled | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 3264 | Provide for crime of impersonating non-public persons on social media | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 3280 | Relating to assault with bodily fluids | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 4005 | Relating to fetal body parts | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 03/09/22 |
| HB 4006 | Relating to revising the criminal code generally | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 4014 | Allowing the concealed carry of firearms on and in Capitol grounds | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/24/22 |
| HB 4032 | Modifying the criminal penalties imposed on a parent, guardian or custodian for child abuse | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/11/22 |
| HB 4038 | To allow those who are 18-20 years old to carry a deadly weapon concealed without a permit, as is allowed for those who are 21 or older | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 4042 | Increasing criminal penalties for certain crimes against houses of worship | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 4052 | Relating to Off Duty LEO and LEOSA Exemptions | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 4053 | Relating to reasonable force in defense of self, real and personal property | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/12/22 |
| HB 4086 | Updating the definition of ammunition relating to carry concealed weapons | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/14/22 |
| HB 4090 | Increasing penalties for trespassing | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/14/22 |
| HB 4100 | Providing criminal penalties for the intentional defacement of public and private property due to graffiti | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/17/22 |
| HB 4268 | Relating to two person consent for recording | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/19/22 |
| HB 4273 | Related to fines for trespassing | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/19/22 |
| HB 4283 | Relating to penalties for conspiracy to commit murder | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/19/22 |
| HB 4293 | Prohibiting mass mailing of absentee ballots | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 03/03/22 |
| HB 4297 | To facilitate the sharing of information between the Department of Health and Human Resources and the State Auditor’s office in order to investigate reports of financial abuse and neglect of a vulnerable adult | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 5, 2022) | ||
| HB 4299 | To prohibit the intentional interference with election processes and creating associated criminal penalties | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 25, 2022) | ||
| HB 4300 | A bill to strengthen open-can burning | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/20/22 |
| HB 4307 | Increase some benefits payable from Crime Victims Compensation Fund | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2022) | ||
| HB 4308 | Authorizing disclosure of juvenile information to Crime Victims Compensation Fund for investigation and award of benefits | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 22, 2022) | ||
| HB 4311 | Creating criminal penalties for illegal voting activity | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 9, 2022) | ||
| HB 4327 | Relating to the suspension of driver’s license for unpaid tickets | Pending | House Technology and Infrastructure | Committee | 01/21/22 |
| HB 4340 | Relating to maximizing the opportunity to recover anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2022) | ||
| HB 4359 | Creating the Criminal Forfeiture Process Act, replacing the West Virginia Contraband Forfeiture Act | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/24/22 |
| HB 4368 | To correct a code citation referring to the authority and jurisdiction of the State Fire Marshal | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 01/25/22 |
| HB 4401 | Making it a misdemeanor for a person to knowingly allow a felony drug offense to be committed on his or her property | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/26/22 |
| HB 4422 | To enforce stricter penalties upon railroad companies and engineers of trains who block crossings. | Pending | House Technology and Infrastructure | Committee | 01/27/22 |
| HB 4423 | To allow West Virginia Magistrate Courts to more easily recover payments owed to them. | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/27/22 |
| HB 4440 | Ban sanctuary cities in West Virginia. | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/17/22 |
| HB 4506 | To clarify that the nonviolent offense parole program is not available to offenders who are serving a sentence that runs concurrently or consecutively with an excludable offense and to further clarify that the program is not available to an offender who has been released under the program on a previous occasion. | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/02/22 |
| HB 4508 | Increasing penalties sexual offenses | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/02/22 |
| HB 4517 | Relating to the repealing requirements to display video ratings | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 5, 2022) | ||
| HB 4519 | Relating to establishing criminal penalties for human trafficking | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/02/22 |
| HB 4520 | To amend the laws relating to overtaking and passing school buses in West Virginia | Pending | House Technology and Infrastructure | Committee | 02/02/22 |
| HB 4555 | To modify laws relating to carrying and storing a handgun or handgun ammunition by a hotel guest | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/03/22 |
| HB 4600 | Making it a felony for a “Person in a Position of Trust” to assault, batter, or verbally abuse a child, or neglect to report abuse they witness | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2022) | ||
| HB 4642 | Relating to pecuniary interests of county and district officers, teachers and school officials in contracts | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2022) | ||
| HB 4674 | Creating a process to expunge certain criminal charges from someone’s record | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/14/22 |
| HB 4681 | To establish a state animal abuse register | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 02/15/22 |
| HB 4682 | Providing for the reintegration of inmates in correctional facilities | Pending | House J&P | Committee | 02/15/22 |
| HB 4690 | Creating the Police Partnering with Communities Act | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/15/22 |
| HB 4694 | Relating to dangerous crimes against children | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/15/22 |
| HB 4704 | Relating generally to unlawful restraint of dogs | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/15/22 |
| HB 4726 | Grant automatic expungement of criminal records in certain instances | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/15/22 |
| HB 4734 | Relating to filing a false complaint involving law enforcement | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/15/22 |
| HB 4765 | Safe Play Act | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/15/22 |
| HB 4771 | Creating the Fair Chance Act | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/15/22 |