By Philip . . . WVRSOL has provided written testimony in opposition to HB-4655 Establishing an animal abuser registry OPPOSITION Response to HB 4655 Establishing an animal abuser registry January 23, 2024 House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee: West Virginians for Rational Sexual Offence Laws (WVRSOL) is a West Virginia non-profit association and an affiliate of the National Association for…
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UPDATE – 3/11/2023 HB 3183 Status: Adjourned Sine Die (died in committee). By Philip . . . WVRSOL has provided written testimony in opposition to HB-3182 Prohibiting those listed on the state sex offender database from public school activities and events. OPPOSITION Response to HB 3183 Prohibiting those listed on the state sex offender database from public school activities…
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!UPDATE – 3/11/2023 SB 187 | Status: Enroll. By Philip . . . WVRSOL has provided written testimony in opposition to SB-187 Creating new criminal offenses of sexual contact, intrusion, or abuse of students by a school employee. OPPOSITION Response to SB 187 Creating new criminal offenses of sexual contact, intrusion, or abuse of students by school employee January…
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UPDATE – 3/11/2023 SB 120 Status: Adjourned Sine Die (died in committee). By Philip . . . WVRSOL has provided written testimony in opposition to SB-120 Requiring registered sex offenders [to] pay [an] annual fee OPPOSITION Response to SB 120 Requiring registered sex offenders pay annual fee January 27, 2023 Senate Judiciary Committee: West Virginians for Rational Sexual Offence Laws…
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By Philip . . . WVRSOL has joined NARSOL in Opposition to U.S. Senate SB3951, the PROTECT Act of 2022. You may read NARSOL’s opposition post here and the associated opposition letter here. WVRSOL has mailed individual letters of opposition to U.S. Senate SB3951 to the U.S. Judiciary Committee members and West Virginia Senators Joe Manchin, III and Shelley More…
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By Philip . . . On February 28th of the 2022 legislative session, the Senate Judiciary Committee introduced SB 728, quickly read it three times, passed, and engrossed it in the Senate 33 – 0. On March 2nd, SB728 has forwarded to the House and the House Judiciary Committee. If passed, the bill would have required all West Virginia registered…
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By Philip . . . The West Virginia 2021 legislative session ended on April 10th. I’m happy to announce that of the seven bills we were watching, only one will be added to the WV code (SB 361). Most importantly, the bill we provided written testimony against (HB-2380), which related to banning registered citizens from operating buses, limousines, amusement rides…
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By Philip . . . The last day to introduce new legislative bills in the WV 2021 session has passed both in the House on 3/16 and in the Senate on 3/22. We’re happy to announce that NO new relevant sexual offense-related last-minute bills were introduced. To see all of the relevant 2021 WV house & senate bills we are…
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By Philip . . . WVRSOL opposes HB 2380 with written testimony. House Republicans ( Westfall, Queen, and Hott) introduced HB 2380 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.…
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The WV Registry has hit a record number passing 6,000 registered persons. After several years of monitoring this registry I have noticed it is ramped up every January prior to the legislative sessions in Charleston. Current Registrants in WV(not incarcerated)6,008 , 31 SVP. See the West Virginia House and Senate bills we are following.
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