WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

2024 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

House Bill 5663

By Delegates Kelly and Hott

[Introduced February 13, 2024; Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary]

A BILL to amend and reenact §61-2-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to parole eligibility for the crime of murder in the second degree.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 2. Crimes Against The Person.

§61-2-3. Penalty for murder of second degree.

Murder of the second degree shall be punished by a definite term of imprisonment in the penitentiary which is not less than ten fifteen nor more than forty sixty years. A person imprisoned pursuant to the provisions of this section is not eligible for parole prior to having served a minimum of ten fifteen years of his or her sentence or the minimum period required by the §62-12-13 of this code, whichever is greater.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to modify the sentence and parole eligibility for murder in the second degree.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.