WV HB5423 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)
Status: Introduced on February 2 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-02-02 - To House Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on February 2 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-02-02 - To House Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit a cognitively impaired or mentally defective person from being forced to testify in open court, and to increase the penalty for sexual assault of a mentally defective or mentally incapacitated person.
Title
To allow mentally challenged person to be protected from testifying in an open court
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-02-02 | House | To House Judiciary |
| 2024-02-02 | House | Introduced in House |
| 2024-02-02 | House | To Judiciary |
| 2024-02-02 | House | Filed for introduction |
Subjects
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | 5 | 1A | New Code | See Bill Text |
| 61 | 8B | 5 | Amended Code | Citation Text |
