Bill Text: WV HB2380 | 2021 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Banning convicted sex offenders from driving taxis, ride share, limousines, and buses
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-13 - To House Judiciary [HB2380 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2021-HB2380-Introduced.html
WEST virginia legislature
2021 regular session
Introduced
House Bill 2380
By Delegates Westfall, Queen and Hott
[Introduced February 13, 2021; Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §17-29-19, relating to banning convicted sex offenders from operating buses, limousines, amusement rides and taxicabs, including Uber/Lyft ride-sharing services.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 29. Transportation network companies.
§17-29-19. Registered Sex Offenders Prohibited from Certain Transportation Employment.
A person who is a registered sex offender in the State of West Virginia shall be prohibited from being able to:
(1) Operate or offer to operate a bus;
(2) Provide or offer to provide a passenger taxicab, including taxis, Uber/Lyft, or limousine transportation service;
(3) Provide or offer to provide any type of service in the residence of another person; or
(4) Operate or offer to operate any amusement ride.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit registered sex offenders from being able to operate buses, taxi cabs, ride-sharing services, limousines, and amusement rides.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
