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WV HB2979

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/26/2025

Primary Sponsor

Phil Mallow

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Origin

House of Delegates

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Expands information sex offenders must provide to the Sex Offender Registry to include all online identifiers: email addresses, social media accounts, mobile app usernames, chat handles, mobile phone numbers, and device identification information

  • Requires sex offender registrants to permit inspection of their mobile devices by State Police to verify all mobile application identifiers have been disclosed

  • Adds All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) and Utility Terrain Vehicles (UTVs) to the list of vehicles registrants must report, including make, model, color, and license plate number

  • Removes the word "regularly" from vehicle reporting requirements, meaning registrants must now report all vehicles they operate, not just those operated regularly

  • Applies to persons convicted of sexual offenses including sexual assault, sexual abuse, child pornography, and human trafficking for sexual servitude under West Virginia law or equivalent statutes in other jurisdictions

Legislative Description

To allow police access to all photo information upon arrest for sex offenders

Crime

Last Action

To House Judiciary

2/26/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary2/26/2025

Full Bill Text

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