The Senate Judiciary Committee met Thursday afternoon to discussed three bills on the agenda.
Senate Bill 72 Relates to sexual assault victims. The bill would give sexual assault victims a bill of rights. The bill of rights would include:
· The right to receive a forensic medical examination
· The right to have a sexual assault evidence collection kit tested and preserved
· The right to be informed of the results of any forensic medical examination
· The right to receive notification of evidence obtained from a forensic medication examination no fewer sixty days prior to the date of the intended destruction or disposal of said evidence
· The right to have said evidence to be preserved for an addition period not to exceed ten years as a result of a written request
Senate Bill 102 would authorize certain West Virginia courthouse security officers to carry concealed firearms while off duty with court approval. Qualifying individuals would be required to complete yearly training.
Senate Bill 199 is Bundle Nine and included 32 other bills. One of those bills include Senate Bill 192 which relates to industrial hemp. The bill would establish requirements for licensing, cultivating, testing, supervision, production, process and sale of industrial Hemp in West Virginia.
All three bills were approved by the Committee, and were reported to the Senate to be voted upon.
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