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.

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