Bill > HB2871

Introduced Session

AN ACT to amend and reenact §14-2A-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, related to updating definitions to “criminally injurious conduct”; also to amend and reenact §17B-1A-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the driver’s license compact and clarifying that any conviction for an offense in another jurisdiction for the crimes contained within §17C-5-1 shall be subject to revocation; also to amend and reenact §17B-3-5 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to update that a conviction of any offense contained within 17C-5-1 shall be subject to revocation; also to amend and reenact §17C-5-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to adding an embryo as a protected person and subject to the protections of this section, establishing the crimes of vehicular homicide, aggravated vehicular homicide, vehicular homicide in a school zone, vehicular homicide in a construction zone, and establishing fines and penalties related thereto, and establishing the nexus between a conviction of any of these offenses and the revocation of a person’s driver’s license; also to amend and reenact §17C-5-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to reckless driving and updating and enhancing the fines and penalties relating thereto; also to amend and reenact §17C-14-15 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to amending the electronically distracted driving act to clarify that a person convicted of causing the death of another due to a violation shall now be guilty of vehicular homicide; also to amend and reenact §17E-1-13 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to updating the commercial drivers license process to clarify that a conviction of an offense in §17C-5-1 shall disqualify a person from a commercial driver’s license; also to amend and reenact §20-7-18a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to establishing the crimes of homicide by operation of motorized watercraft, aggravated homicide by operation of motorized watercraft, establishing fines and criminal penalties, and suspension of privileges to operate a motorboat or other motorized vessel upon conviction; also to amend and reenact §33-6A-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to cancellation and nonrenewal of automobile insurance premiums and updating to reflect the newly established crimes contained in §17C-5-1 of this code; also to amend and reenact §33-6A-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to clarifying that a conviction for a crime in the newly created §17C-5-1 of this code shall constitute a basis for failure to renew an outstanding automobile liability or physical damage insurance policy which has been in existence for two consecutive years; also to amend and reenact §49-1-207 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to updating that definitions in court actions involving juveniles to clarify that newly created criminal provisions contained in §17C-5-1 are defined as a “Violation of a traffic law of West Virginia”; also to amend and reenact §61-2-30 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to recognition of an embryo or fetus as a distinct unborn victim of certain crimes of violence against the person and clarifying that this section shall now apply to the criminal offenses contained in §17C-5-1 of this code”.

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Joe Funkhouser (R)*,  Geno Chiarelli (R),  Wayne Clark (R),  Rick Hillenbrand (R),  Josh Holstein (R),  Mike Hornby (R),  Chuck Horst (R),  Larry Kump (R),  Phil Mallow (R),  Ian Masters (R),  Carl Roop (R), 

Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 (on 04/25/2025)

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