Bill Text: WV HB3134 | 2021 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibiting public disclosure of restricted information
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-18 - Recommitted to Judiciary on 3rd reading [HB3134 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2021-HB3134-Introduced.html
WEST virginia legislature
2021 regular session
Originating
House Bill 3134
By Delegates Pinson, Capito, Westfall and L. Pack
[Originating in the Committee on Judiciary; Reported on March 12, 2021]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §61-2-17 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, creating a new criminal offense prohibiting public disclosure of restricted information.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia.
§61-2-17. Prohibiting public disclosure of restricted information; penalties.
(a) A person who knowingly makes the restricted personal information of another person
or the person’s immediate family member publicly available:
(1) With the intent to threaten, intimidate, or incite the commission of a crime of violence
against that person; or
(2) With the intent and knowledge that the restricted personal information will be used to
threaten, intimidate, or facilitate the commission of a crime of violence against that person;
is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $500 or confined in jail not more than one year, or both fined and confined.
(b) A person who knowingly makes the restricted personal information about a grand or
petit juror, witness, law enforcement officer in any court of the State of West Virginia, an informant, a witness in a State investigation or prosecution, or the immediate family member of a grand or petit juror, witness, law enforcement officer in any court of the State of West Virginia, an informant, or witness in a State investigation or prosecution publicly available:
(1) With the intent to threaten, intimidate, or incite the commission of a crime of violence
against the person; or
(2) With the intent and knowledge that the restricted personal information will be used to
threaten, intimidate, or facilitate the commission of a crime of violence against that person;
is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned in a state correctional facility not more than five years, or both fined and imprisoned.
(c) For the purposes of this section “restricted personal information” means social security number, credit card number, mobile telephone number, unlisted home telephone number, driver license number, home address, whether a primary or secondary residence or personal email.
