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There are 80 bill(s) regarding Crimes (And Related Subheadings)

Bill Title Status Committee Step Last Action
SB 2 Relating to judges' sentencing discretion for certain youthful offenders Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/09/08 
SB 31 Relating to castle doctrine generally Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/09/08 
SB 42 Relating to criminal invasion of privacy generally Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/09/08 
SB 61 Relating to theft of certain utility services Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/09/08 
SB 70 Providing temporary detention of certain criminal suspects Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/09/08 
SB 73 Requiring defendants pay certain costs of incarceration Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/09/08 
SB 84 Creating misdemeanor offense of interference with treatment of injured railroad employee Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/09/08 
SB 105 Relating to stalking offense generally Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/09/08 
SB 108 Requiring background checks on real estate licensing applicants Pending  Senate Government Organization Committee  01/09/08 
SB 109 Setting imprisonment term for malicious assault of certain officers Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/09/08 
SB 114 Excluding horses from farm livestock exemption to prohibition against animal cruelty Pending  Senate Agriculture Committee  01/09/08 
SB 118 Relating to reasonable force in defense of self, real and personal property Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/09/08 
SB 136 Deleting provision banning weapons on State Capitol property Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/09/08 
SB 142 Relating to limited expungement of certain criminal records Signed    Governor  04/08/08 
SB 143 Relating to abandoned vehicles generally Pending  Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee  01/09/08 
SB 145 Relating to reasonable force in defense of self, real and personal property Signed    Governor  04/08/08 
SB 160 Creating felony offense of intrastate employee transfer of child sex offender Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/10/08 
SB 163 Establishing Criminal Justice Policy Council Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/10/08 
SB 182 Relating to coal mine health and safety generally Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/10/08 
SB 195 Imposing certain penalties for Freedom of Information Act noncompliance Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/10/08 
SB 241 Requiring consumers' notification of information security breach Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/17/08 
SB 274 Providing certain animal cruelty protections Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/21/08 
SB 290 Creating felony offense of unauthorized practice of certain health care professions Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/19/08 
SB 308 Preserving criminal case biological evidence Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/23/08 
SB 313 Prohibiting text messaging while driving Pending  Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee  01/23/08 
SB 316 Creating Joint Parenting Act Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/25/08 
SB 320 Creating Local Government Purchasing Card Expenditure Fund Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/07/08 
SB 340 Requiring consumers' notification of information security breach Signed    Governor  04/08/08 
SB 460 Prohibiting interstate transport of minor for abortion without guardians' written consent Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/28/08 
SB 469 Defining offense of incapacitated or elderly persons' abuse or neglect Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/28/08 
SB 483 Limiting certain video lottery operation Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/29/08 
SB 489 Allowing medical workers right to refuse participation in abortion-related activity Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/29/08 
SB 526 Clarifying basis for prospective juror disqualification Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/31/08 
SB 590 Protecting health care workers Signed    Governor  04/08/08 
SB 659 Increasing certain crime victims' benefits Signed    Governor  04/08/08 
SB 661 Increasing certain criminal trespassing penalties Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/13/08 
SB 694 Relating to crime victim's rights Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/18/08 
SB 695 Creating Community Defense Act Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/18/08 
SB 713 Relating to castle doctrine generally Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/18/08 
SB 728 Prohibiting seizure of lawfully owned firearms during state of emergency Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/18/08 
HB 2036 Establishing the crime of partial birth infanticide Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/09/08 
HB 2040 Relating to conditions of bond for defendants in cases of crimes between family or household members Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/09/08 
HB 2052 Providing that the term "impersonation" of a public official or employee includes the act of operating a motor vehicle which falsely displays an official emblem or other marking Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/09/08 
HB 2053 Creating the offense of sexual battery Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/09/08 
HB 2104 Ensuring victims' rights to testify at sentencing in criminal cases Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/21/08 
HB 2124 Providing for a death penalty and procedures and standards applicable thereto Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/09/08 
HB 2140 Defining "the deceased" for purposes of prescribing that a deceased victim includes unborn children under first and second degree murder Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/09/08 
HB 2171 Creating the criminal offense of harassment of a participant of a neighborhood crime watch Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/09/08 
HB 2179 Including persons who participate in or who contribute to taking a person's identity with fraudulent intent Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/09/08 
HB 2200 Clarifying the penalty provisions regarding battery on a police officer Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/09/08 
HB 2227 Creating a criminal offense for picketing or disrupting funerals or memorial services Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/09/08 
HB 2235 Prohibiting the willful obstruction or impediment of a funeral or interment service Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/09/08 
HB 2249 Making it a misdemeanor to fail to provide a woman with information regarding all available reproductive alternatives Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/09/08 
HB 2269 Prohibiting law-enforcement officers from asking crime victims if they have insurance coverage to cover losses occasioned by criminal activity Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/09/08 
HB 2275 Imposing misdemeanor penalties for obstructing or giving false statements to a law-enforcement officer Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/09/08 
HB 2482 Increasing penalties for financial exploitation of an elderly person or incapacitated adult Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/09/08 
HB 2727 Creating the criminal offense of injury to a pregnant woman that results in miscarriage or stillbirth Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/09/08 
HB 2974 Making the destruction of a landlord's property which has been rented for residential purposes a criminal offense Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/09/08 
HB 2994 Establishing criminal penalties for interfering with medical treatment of a railroad employee Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/09/08 
HB 3053 Providing that accessible parking violations will be considered motor vehicle violations and criminal offenses for certain penalty and record keeping purposes Pending  House Roads and Transportation Committee  01/09/08 
HB 3171 Criminalizing the giving of false or misleading information to county and municipal officers Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/09/08 
HB 3200 Relating to preserving biological evidence that is secured in the investigation or prosecution of a criminal case Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/09/08 
HB 4003 Establishing the crimes of human trafficking and involuntary servitude Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/09/08 
HB 4100 Repealing outdated provisions of the West Virginia Code relating to the operation of the penitentiary by the Commissioner of Public Institutions Tabled    3rd Reading  01/28/08 
HB 4101 Repealing outdated provisions of the West Virginia Code relating to Huttonsville Correctional Center Tabled    3rd Reading  01/28/08 
HB 4103 Increasing criminal penalty to commit malicious assault, unlawful assault, battery or assault upon a child protective caseworker or a local adult protective services caseworker employee Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/21/08 
HB 4106 Allowing the Supreme Court of Appeals to establish a uniform bail schedule Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/26/08 
HB 4296 Relating to the rights of crime victims Signed    Governor  04/08/08 
HB 4344 Relating to the criminal offense of cruelty to animals Signed    Governor  04/08/08 
HB 4379 Providing crime watch members coverage under the West Virginia Public Employees Insurance health coverage plan Pending  House Banking and Insurance Committee  02/01/08 
HB 4430 Providing a misdemeanor penalty if a person fails to make a reasonable, good faith attempt to return a minor child in a timely manner at the expiration of a lawful custody or visitation period Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/05/08 
HB 4437 Enhancing criminal penalties for certain criminal acts against health care workers Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/06/08 
HB 4484 Relating to the criminal offense of stalking Signed    Governor  04/08/08 
HB 4485 Requiring the preservation of biological evidence found in connection with a criminal case, and establishing penalties for violations Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/11/08 
HB 4518 Altering the definition of criminal neglect Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/13/08 
HB 4572 Relating to the crime victims compensation program Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/14/08 
HB 4597 Prohibiting wagering at animal fighting ventures and providing penalty Pending  House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee  02/18/08 
HB 4634 Creating a funding mechanism for Child Advocacy Centers from the Crime Victim's Compensation Fund Pending  House Finance Committee  02/18/08 
HB 4649 Increasing certain penalties for persons convicted of domestic battery and domestic assault Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/18/08 
HB 4682 Increasing the fine for littering from fifty dollars to one hundred dollars Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/18/08