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WVSB190PassModifying definition of sexual contact
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2024-04-23
Chapter 82, Acts, Regular Session, 2024
WVHB5344Engross
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clarifying when a mentally incapacitated victim may not be required to testify in open court; and providing judicial discretion to determine the appropriateness of a mentally capacitated victim to testify.
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2024-02-29
To Senate Judiciary Committee
WVHB5235Engross
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The purpose of this bill is to increase penalties related to child sexual assault and sexual abuse; to increase penalties for distributing, possessing and transporting material depicting a child engaged in sexually explicit conduct; and to clarify th...
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2024-02-24
To Senate Judiciary Committee
WVHB5578Intro
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Modifying definition of sexual contact
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2024-02-12
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB5423Intro
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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.
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2024-02-02
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB4982Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to remove marriage from the definitions listed for crimes of sexual offenses.
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2024-01-22
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB4742Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to enforce stricter criminal penalties associated with dangerous felony crimes against children.
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2024-01-22
To House Judiciary Committee
WVSB392Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to modify the admissibility of a victim's prior sexual history.
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2024-01-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee
WVHB4651Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to increase the penalties for sexual offenses.
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2024-01-12
To House Judiciary Committee
WVSB322Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to establish the crime of sexual assault in the fourth degree; to prohibit school personnel from subjecting a minor student to sexually explicit or oriented discussion, gender persuasion, reading or viewing material as a c...
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2024-01-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee
WVHB4677Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to set the reimbursement rate paid by the Prosecuting Attorneys Institute for the cost of forensic medical examinations of persons alleged to be the victim of rape, and provides for an annual report to the Legislative Over...
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2024-01-12
To House Judiciary Committee
WVSB183Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to eliminate the marital exception to criminal prosecution of sexual assault offenses.
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2024-01-10
To Senate Judiciary Committee
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