HB4415 is a bill in the West Virginia Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Creating crime of attempting to smuggle contraband into federal correctional institutions within the state.

What is the status of HB4415?

Signed into law as of March 25, 2026. Latest action: Chapter 77, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 (June 29, 2026).

Who sponsored HB4415?

Green, David (R, 036), with 10 co-sponsors.

Where is the official record for HB4415?

On the West Virginia Legislature website: https://www.wvlegislature.gov/bill_status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4415&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill

West Virginia legislation · 2026 Regular Session

West Virginia HB4415: Creating crime of attempting to smuggle contraband into federal correctional institutions within the state

Q: What does HB4415 do?

In its own words: An act to amend and reenact §61-5-8 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to federal correctional institutions; adding federal correctional institutions to the list of correctional facilities in which it is a criminal offense to deliver anything unlawfully to a person in custody or confined therein; adding telecommunications device as a prohibited object that may be delivered or transported, or caused to be delivered or transported, into a correctional institution; updating and expanding the definition of a telecommunications device; and amending, enhancing, and modifying cr.

Status: Signed into law, March 25, 2026

What the bill says

An act to amend and reenact §61-5-8 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to federal correctional institutions; adding federal correctional institutions to the list of correctional facilities in which it is a criminal offense to deliver anything unlawfully to a person in custody or confined therein; adding telecommunications device as a prohibited object that may be delivered or transported, or caused to be delivered or transported, into a correctional institution; updating and expanding the definition of a telecommunications device; and amending, enhancing, and modifying cr.

From the enrolled text, March 14, 2026:

AN ACT to amend and reenact §61-5-8 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to federal correctional institutions; adding federal correctional institutions to the list of correctional facilities in which it is a criminal offense to deliver anything unlawfully to a person in custody or confined therein; adding telecommunications device as a prohibited object that may be delivered or transported, or caused to be delivered or transported, into a correctional institution; updating and expanding the definition of a telecommunications device; and amending, enhancing, and modifying criminal penalties related to crime of aiding escape and other offenses relating to adults and juveniles in custody or confinement. ARTICLE 5. CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC JUSTICE. §61-5-8. Aiding escape and other offenses relating to adults and juveniles in custody or confinement; penalties. (a) Where any adult or juvenile is lawfully detained in custody or confinement in any jail, state correctional facility, juvenile facility, juvenile detention center, or federal correctional facility, if any other person delivers anything into the place of custody or confinement of the adult or juvenile with the intent to aid or facilitate the adult's or juvenile's escape or attempted escape from the facility, or if the other person forcibly rescues or attempts to rescue an adult or a juvenile from the facility, the other person is guilty of a …

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West Virginia HB4415: Creating crime of attempting to smuggle contraband into federal correctional institutions within the state

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