West Virginia House Bill 2365 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 13 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-02-13 - To House Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to change certain offenses and penalties therefor for certain persons who are accessories to a crime. The bill provides that a domestic partner to a felony offender may not be deemed an accessory after the fact; removes prohibition that a servant of a felony offender may not be deemed an accessory after the fact; providing that an accessory to a felony who is the brother or sister, parent or grandparent, or child or grandchild of the principal offender is guilty of a misdemeanor; providing that an accessory to a misdemeanor is a misdemeanor.

Relating to accessories to a crime

Del. Doug Smith [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-13	House	To House Judiciary
2021-02-13	House	Introduced in House
2021-02-13	House	To Judiciary
2021-02-13	House	Filed for introduction

HB2365 (Carry Over) 2021-02-13 - To House Judiciary

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
61	11	6	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2365&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2365%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2365
Supplement	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Fiscalnotes/FN(2)/fnsubmit_recordview1.cfm?RecordID=799084442