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WV HB3189

Bill

Status

Engrossed

4/2/2025

Primary Sponsor

David Green

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Origin

House of Delegates

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Expands West Virginia's existing laws against smuggling contraband into correctional facilities to include federal correctional institutions located within the state

  • Makes it a felony (1-10 years imprisonment) to deliver items intended to aid escape or forcibly rescue someone from a federal facility, matching penalties for state and local facilities

  • Establishes misdemeanor penalties ($50-$500 fine, 3-12 months jail) for delivering unauthorized items like money, food, clothing, or written materials to inmates in federal facilities without permission

  • Creates felony penalties ($1,000-$5,000 fine and/or 2-10 years imprisonment) for transporting contraband such as alcohol, drugs, weapons, or escape implements onto federal facility grounds

  • Applies existing state-level inmate possession offenses to inmates at federal correctional facilities within West Virginia, including felony charges for possessing weapons, drugs, or telecommunications devices

Legislative Description

Creating crime of attempting to smuggle contraband into federal correctional institutions within the state

Corrections

Last Action

To Judiciary

4/3/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary4/3/2025
Judiciary3/6/2025

Full Bill Text

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