H. B. 4258
(By Delegates Beach, Eldridge, Varner, Ferro,
Manypenny, Swartzmiller, Andes, Canterbury, Crosier)
[Introduced February 1, 2010; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §15-12-10 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, all relating to requiring sex offenders to
verify their e-mail and other online identities in the same
way as they register their physical address.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §15-12-10 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 12. SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION ACT.
§15-12-10. Address and online information verification.
All registrants, including those for whom there has been no
change in registration information since their initial registration
or previous address
and online information verification, must
report, in the month of their birth, or in the case of a sexually
violent predator in the months of January, April, July and October,
to the State Police detachment in their county or counties of
registration and must respond to all verification inquiries or
requests made by the State Police pursuant to this section. The State Police shall verify addresses
and online information of those
persons registered as sexually violent predators every ninety days
and all other registered persons once a year. The State Police may
require registrants to periodically submit to new fingerprints and
photographs as part of the verification process. The method of
verification shall be in accordance with internal management rules
pertaining thereto promulgated by the superintendent under
authority of section twenty-five, article two, chapter fifteen of
this code.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require sex offenders to
verify their e-mail and other online identities in the same way as
they register their physical address.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added