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WV SB55
Bill
Status
Engrossed
1/28/2026
Primary Sponsor
Patricia Rucker
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AI Summary
- Adds home incarceration supervisors and social service workers to the list of protected public justice workers under West Virginia's obstruction law
- Creates a felony offense for knowingly, willfully, and forcibly obstructing or hindering these workers while they are lawfully acting in their official capacity, when such obstruction causes their death
- Establishes a penalty of 15 years to life imprisonment in a state correctional facility for this offense
- Defines "social services worker" as a person employed by governmental or private entities to investigate child or adult abuse/neglect, work with delinquent youth, or provide mental health and educational assistance through field work and home visits
- Defines "home incarceration supervisor" as a person employed to supervise individuals in home incarceration programs
Legislative Description
Establishing criminal offense for obstructing or hindering home incarceration supervisor or social services worker
Public Safety
Last Action
To House Judiciary
1/29/2026
Committee Referrals
Judiciary1/29/2026
Judiciary1/14/2026
Full Bill Text
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