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HB 2864 Text
Enrolled Version - Final Version House Bill 2864 History
HB2864 SUB ENR
H. B. 2864
(By Delegates Miley, Lawrence, Ferro, Skaff,
Perdue, Brown, Paxton and Stowers)
AN ACT to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section designated §61-2-14g; and to amend and reenact §61-2-28 of said code, all relating to the creation of the misdemeanor offense of unlawful restraint; distinguishing the offense from that of kidnapping; defining restrain; providing for affirmative defenses; and penalties
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §61-2-14g; and to amend and reenact §61-2-28 of said code, all to read as follows:
(a) Any person who, without legal authority intentionally restrains another with the intent that the other person not be allowed to leave the place of restraint and who does so by physical force or by overt or implied threat of violence or by actual physical restraint but without the intent to obtain any other concession or advantage as those terms are used in section fourteen-a of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be confined in jail for not more than one year, fined not more than $1,000, or both.
(d) This section shall not apply to acts done by a law enforcement officer in the lawful exercise of his or her duties.
§61-2-28. Domestic violence -- Criminal acts.
(c) Second offense. -- Domestic assault or domestic battery.
A person convicted of a violation of subsection (a) of this section after having been previously convicted of a violation of subsection (a) or (b) of this section, after having been convicted of a violation of subsection (b) or (c), section nine of this article or subsection (a), section fourteen-g of this article where the victim was his or her current or former spouse, current or former sexual or intimate partner, person with whom the defendant has a child in common, person with whom the defendant cohabits or has cohabited, a parent or guardian, the defendant's child or ward or a member of the defendant's household at the time of the offense or who has previously been granted a period of pretrial diversion pursuant to section twenty-two, article eleven of this chapter for a violation of subsection (a) or (b) of this section, or a violation of subsection (b) or (c), section nine of this article or subsection (a), section fourteen-g of this article where the victim was a current or former spouse, current or former sexual or intimate partner, person with whom the defendant has a child in common, person with whom the defendant cohabits or has cohabited, a parent or guardian, the defendant's child or ward or a member of the defendant's household at the time of the offense is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be confined in a county or regional jail for not less than sixty days nor more than one year, or fined not more than one thousand dollars, or both.
(e) As used in this section, "family or household member" means "family or household member" as defined in §48-27-204 of this code.
(g) No law-enforcement officer may be subject to any civil or criminal action for false arrest or unlawful detention for effecting an arrest pursuant to this section or pursuant to §48-27- 1002 of this code.