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WEST virginia legislature

2022 regular session

ENROLLED

Committee Substitute

for

Senate Bill 575

By Senators Trump, Woelfel, and Grady

[Passed March 08, 2022; in effect 90 days from passage]

 

 

AN ACT to amend and reenact §61-8B-10 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the felony offense of imposition of sexual acts by any employee or volunteer on persons incarcerated, detained, or under supervision by the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, or the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, or by any person acting pursuant to or under the authority of any sheriff, county commission, municipality, or court to ensure compliance with the provisions of §62-11B-1 et seq. of this code; clarifying that the felony offense applies to a person working at a juvenile facility or working for a municipal home incarceration alternative sentencing program; providing that the felony offense applies to sexual imposition on persons detained at or committed to a facility; establishing criminal penalties; and clarifying the definition of “incarcerated or detained in this state” to include adult and juvenile offenders sentenced, detained, committed, or serving a period of supervision pursuant to §62-11B-1 et seq. of this code.  

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:


ARTICLE 8B. SEXUAL OFFENSES.


§61-8B-10. Imposition of sexual acts on persons incarcerated, detained, or under supervision; penalties.


(a) Any person employed by the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, any person working at a correctional or juvenile facility managed by the Commissioner of Corrections and Rehabilitation pursuant to contract or as an employee of a state agency or as a volunteer or any person employed by, or acting pursuant to, the authority of any sheriff, county commission, municipality, or court to ensure compliance with the provisions of §62-11B-1 et seq. of this code who engages in sexual intercourse, sexual intrusion, or sexual contact with a person who is incarcerated or detained in this state is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned in a state correctional facility for not less than one nor more than five years, or both fined and imprisoned.

(b) Any person employed by the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation as a parole officer or by the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals as an adult or juvenile probation officer, who engages in sexual intercourse, sexual intrusion, or sexual contact with a person said parole officer or probation officer is charged as part of his or her employment with supervising, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned in a state correctional facility for not less than one nor more than five years­, or both fined and imprisoned.

(c) Any person working or volunteering in an alternative sentence program authorized by the provisions of §62-11C-1 et seq. of this code who, as part of his or her employment or volunteer duties, supervises program participants, and engages in sexual intercourse, sexual intrusion, or sexual contact with a program participant is guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned in a state correctional facility for not less than one nor more than five years, or both fined and imprisoned.

(d) The term “incarcerated or detained in this state” for purposes of this section includes, in addition to its usual meaning, adult offenders serving a sentence or a period of supervision under the provisions of §62-11B-1 et seq. of this code, and juvenile offenders detained, committed, or serving a period of supervision under the provisions of §62-11B-1 et seq. of this code.

(e) An authorized pat-down, strip search, or other security-related task does not constitute sexual contact pursuant to this section.

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