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WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2026
REGULAR SESSION
FISCAL NOTE
Introduced
House Bill 5183
By Delegates Pushkin, Lewis, Garcia, Young, and Hamilton
[Introduced February 04, 2026; referred to the Committee on the Judiciary]
A BILL to amend and reenact §48-27-301 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to directing the Supreme Court of Appeals to create a pilot domestic violence court in Kanawha County.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 27. PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
Part III. Procedure.
§48-27-301. Jurisdiction.
(a) Circuit courts, family courts and magistrate courts have concurrent jurisdiction over domestic violence proceedings as provided in this article.
(b) The Supreme Court of Appeals
is authorized to
shall
assign appropriate judicial officers for
five
one pilot
domestic violence
courts in any jurisdiction chosen by the Supreme Court of Appeals
court in Kanawha County
. Judicial officers so assigned have the authority and jurisdiction to preside over criminal misdemeanor crimes of domestic violence involving family or household members as defined in §48-27-204 (1) through (6) and §48-27-204 (7)(A), (B), and (H), of this code, relating to offenses §61-2-9 (b) and (c), of this code, misdemeanor violations of §61-2-9a of this code, misdemeanor violations of §61-2-28 of this code, misdemeanor offenses under §61-3-1
et seq.
of this code where the alleged perpetrator and the victim are said family or household members, §61-7-7 (7) and (8), of this code and civil and criminal domestic violence protective order proceedings as provided in this article. The judicial officer chosen for any domestic violence court may be a current or senior status circuit judge, family court judge, temporary family court judge or magistrate. The Supreme Court of Appeals
is requested to
shall
maintain statistical data to determine the feasibility and effectiveness of
any
the
domestic violence court established by the provisions of this section.
The Supreme Court shall report to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Delegates regarding the program's efficacy prior to the regular sessions of the Legislature in 2027 and 2028.
(c) The assigned judicial officer in a domestic violence court does not have jurisdiction to preside over any felony crimes unless the assigned judicial officer is a circuit court judge.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to direct the Supreme Court of Appeals to assign appropriate judicial officers for a pilot domestic violence court in Kanawha County.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
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