WV HB4997

Prohibits persons convicted of terroristic threats involving schools, children, daycares, or similar facilities from living within 1,000 feet of any public or private school, preschool, daycare, or educational facility where children are regularly present

Residency restriction applies during probation, parole, supervised release, or as a sentencing condition even without supervision

Courts or parole boards must impose the restriction as a mandatory condition; distance measured using GIS, property records, or surveying data

Violating the residency restriction is a felony punishable by 1-5 years in state prison, fines up to $10,000, or both, plus potential revocation of probation or parole

Modeled after existing sex offender residency restrictions under West Virginia Code §62-12-26