HB2770 S JUD AMT  3-31

Smith  7883

The Committee on Judiciary moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. House Bill 2770—A Bill to amend and reenact §15A-7-5 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend and reenact §61-7-11a of said code; to amend and reenact §62-11B-7a of said code, and to amend and reenact §62-12-5 of said code, all relating generally to qualifying for protection under the Law-Enforcement Officers Safety Act; clarifying that home confinement supervisors, state probation officers, and state parole officers are qualified enforcement officers who may carry a concealed firearm nationwide, as authorized by the federal Law-Enforcement Officers Safety Act; exempting certain persons from prohibition for carrying deadly weapons on the premises of educational facilities; providing the statutory authority necessary to give home confinement supervisors, state probation officers, and parole officers the option to carry firearms pursuant to federal law; requiring annual firearm training pursuant to federal law; clarifying that supervisory entities retain sole discretion as to authorizing participation in a program and setting forth duties of supervising authorities as to participation of home confinement supervisors, state probation officers, and state parole officers.

Adopted

Rejected