Bill Text: WV SB158 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requiring State Police visit homes of registered sex offenders at regular intervals
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-09 - To Judiciary [SB158 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2020-SB158-Introduced.html
WEST virginia legislature
2020 regular session
Introduced
Senate Bill 158
By Senator Sypolt
[Introduced January 9, 2020; referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary]
A BILL to amend and reenact §15-12-10 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to requiring the State Police to visit the homes of registered sex offenders at regular intervals.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 12. SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION ACT.
§15-12-10. Address and online information verification; home visitation.
All registrants, including
those for whom there has been no change in registration information since their
initial registration or previous address verification, must report, in the
month of their birth, or in the case of a sexually violent predator in the
months of January, April, July and October, to the State Police detachment
responsible for covering their county of registration and must respond to all
verification inquiries and informational requests, including, but not limited
to, requests for online information made by the State Police pursuant to this
section. The State Police shall verify addresses of those persons registered as
sexually violent predators every ninety at least once every 60 days
and all other registered persons once a year at least once every 120
days by means of home visitations with the registrant physically present. As
used in this section, the term “online information” shall mean means
all information required by §15-12-2(d)(8) of this code. The State Police may
require registrants to periodically submit to new fingerprints and photographs
as part of the verification process. The method of verification shall be in
accordance with internal management rules pertaining thereto promulgated by the
superintendent under authority of §15-2-25 of this code.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require the State Police to visit the homes of registered sex offenders at regular intervals.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.