West Virginia legislation · 2025 Regular Session
West Virginia HB2217: Relating to penalties for conspiracy to commit murder
Status: Passed both chambers, April 25, 2025
The purpose of this bill is to define the appropriate penalties for conspiracy to commit murder in the first degree, conspiracy to commit murder in the second degree, and conspiracy to commit voluntary manslaughter.
What the bill says
An act to amend and reenact §61-10-31 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to conspiracy; modifying penalties for crimes against the state; establishing the penalty for conspiracy to commit felony crimes of violence against a person or felony crimes where the victim was a minor child; establishing the penalty for conspiracy to commit felony crimes punishable by life imprisonment; establishing the penalty for conspiracy to commit felony crimes of kidnapping, arson in the first degree, and sexual assault in the first degree; creating criminal penalties; and making technical c.
From the enrolled text, April 7, 2025:
AN ACT to amend and reenact §61-10-31 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to conspiracy; modifying penalties for crimes against the state; establishing the penalty for conspiracy to commit felony crimes of violence against a person or felony crimes where the victim was a minor child; establishing the penalty for conspiracy to commit felony crimes punishable by life imprisonment; establishing the penalty for conspiracy to commit felony crimes of kidnapping, arson in the first degree, and sexual assault in the first degree; creating criminal penalties; and making technical corrections. ARTICLE 10. CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC POLICY. §61-10-31. Conspiracy; construction of section; penalties. (a) It is unlawful for two or more persons to conspire: (1) to commit any offense against the state, or (2) to defraud the state, the state or any county board of education, or any county or municipality of the state, if, in either case, one or more of such persons does any act to effect the object of the conspiracy. (b) Nothing in this section may be construed to supersede, limit, repeal, or affect the provisions of §3-9-8; §5-1-2; §5A-3-31; §9-7-5; §15-1E-81; §20-7-7; §60-6-16, §60A-4-414; §61-6-7, §61-6-8, §61-6-9, and §61-6-10; §61-10-34; or §62-8-1; all of this code. It is not a defense to any prosecution under this section that the conduct charged or proven …