West Virginia House Bill 4300

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-01-10 - 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 considered an accessory after the fact; removes prohibition that a servant of a felony offender may not be considered 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
2024-01-10	House	To House Judiciary
2024-01-10	House	Introduced in House
2024-01-10	House	To Judiciary
2024-01-10	House	Filed for introduction

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=4300&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4300%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4300