HB4596 S JUD AMT #1 2-28

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 4596— A BILL to amend and reenact §15A-7-5 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend and reenact §30-29-1 of said code; to amend and reenact §49-4-719 of said code; to amend and reenact §61-7-11a of said code; to amend said code by adding thereto a new section designated §62-11B-7b; and to amend and reenact §62-12-5  and  §62-12-6 of said code all relating generally to recognizing additional professions qualifying for protections under the Law-Enforcement Officers Safety Act; clarifying that home incarceration supervisors, state adult probation officers, state juvenile probation officers, and state parole officers are, by virtue of their duties, qualified law 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 to give home incarceration supervisors, state probation officers, juvenile probation officers, and parole officers the option to carry firearms pursuant to applicable federal law; requiring annual firearm training pursuant to federal law; removing inconsistent language relating to probation officers; clarifying that supervisory entities retain sole discretion as to authorizing participation of qualified officers in such program; providing for training to enable home incarceration supervisors, state probation officers, juvenile probation officers, and state parole officers to fully qualify as law-enforcement officers if they have not previously done so; setting forth the duties of supervising authorities as to participation of home incarceration supervisors, state probation officers, juvenile probation officers, and state parole officers, and removing  a duplicative reference to probation officers in code.

Adopted

Rejected