Signed into LawFiled Feb 3, 2026
Sponsor: Tristan Leavitt (R)
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H Chapter 95, Acts, Regular Session, 2026
Jun 29, 2026
Summary
The Joanna Phillips Domestic Violence Prevention Act revises West Virginia’s criminal code to define strangulation, suffocation and asphyxiation and to increase jail time and fines for those crimes, especially when committed against family or household members. It also raises penalties for domestic battery and assault and adds harsher punishments for repeat offenders. The law is intended to better protect victims of intimate‑partner and household violence.
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