West Virginia 2025 Regular Session

West Virginia House Bill HB2199

Introduced

2/12/25

Refer

2/12/25

Increasing and creating penalties sexual offenses

No companion bills found.

Surgical castration; authorize as an additional penalty for statutory rape.

Statutory rape; revise elements when both are dating and in secondary school.

Capital rape; increase penalty for rape of child under 12 to death penalty or life imprisonment.

Rape; remove element of force.

Generally revise laws related to restitution

Sexual extortion; penalty.

Crimes and punishments; lewd or indecent acts to a child; modifying scope of punishment for certain crimes. Effective date.

Crimes and punishment; modifying penalty provision related to child sexual abuse. Effective date.