SB490 HFAT Capito 3-3

WRV 3133

Delegate Capito moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

“A Bill to amend the Code of West Virginia 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §61-5-17a, relating to creating the offense of obstructing a law-enforcement officer, probation officer, parole officer, courthouse security officer, correctional officer, the State Fire Marshal, a deputy or assistant fire marshal, firefighter, or emergency medical service personnel causing death; requiring proof of knowingly, willfully and forcibly obstructing or hindering a law enforcement officer, probation officer, parole officer, courthouse security officer, correctional officer, the State Fire Marshal, a deputy or  assistant fire marshal, firefighter, or emergency medical service personnel engaged in their official capacity and thereby proximately causing the death of the person acting in his or her official capacity; establishing the criminal penalty therefor as life imprisonment with parole eligibility after service of 15 years; and providing a definition.

PREAMBLE: THIS LAW IS DESIGNATED AND MAY BE REFERRED TO AS THE PATROL OFFICER CASSIE MARIE JOHNSON MEMORIAL ACT.”

Adopted

Rejected