H. B. 3080
(By Delegates Manuel, Hrutkay and Poling)
[Introduced February 20, 2003; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend article eight, chapter sixty-one of the code of
West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section
twenty-nine, relating to creating the criminal offense of
video voyeurism.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article eight, chapter sixty-one of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section
twenty-nine, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 8. CRIMES AGAINST CHASTITY, MORALITY AND DECENCY.
§61-8-29. Video voyeurism.
Any person, in order to arouse or gratify his or her sexual
desires or those of another, who knowingly views, photographs,
films, videotapes or otherwise visually records another person, without that person's consent, in any private residence or other
place where the person has a reasonable expectation of privacy, is
guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be
fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned in a county
or regional jail for not more than six months, or both fined and
imprisoned.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to
create the criminal
offense of video voyeurism.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.