SB 563 — Prohibiting sexual assault victim be subjected to certain physical examinations

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Red = new code to be enacted WEST virginia legislature regular session IntroducedCommittee Substitute for Senate Bill 563 By Senators Trump, Woelfel, Plymale, Boso, and RuckerRucker, [Introducedoriginal Februarysponsors 8,[Originating 2019;in the Committee on the Judiciary;

ReferredReported toon theFebruary Committee12, on2019] the  Judiciary]  A BILL to amend and reenact §61-8B-11 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating generally to evidence in prosecutionprosecutions for sexual offenses;

prohibiting aan alleged victim from being subjectedrequired to submit to or undergo certain physical examinations;examinations in prosecutions for sexual offenses;

anddefining providing“sexual thatoffense”; a victim’s refusal to undergo certain physical examinations does not preclude admission of evidence regarding other physical examinations.

and providing that an alleged victim’s refusal to submit to or undergo certain physical examinations does not preclude admission of evidence regarding other relevant physical examinations.

(b) In any prosecution under this articlearticle, evidence of specific instances of the victim’s sexual conduct with persons other than the defendant, opinion evidence of the victim’s sexual conduct, and reputation evidence of the victim’s sexual conduct shall not be admissible:

(e)(e)(1) NoA court may requirenot order or orderotherwise arequire victim,an alleged victim in  anya prosecution underfor thisa article,sexual offense to submit to or undergo a gynecological or physical examination of the breasts, buttocks, anus, or any part of the sex organs.

(2) The refusal of aan alleged victim to undergo suchan examination atdescribed thein requestsubdivision (1) of thethis defendantsection may not serve as the basis to exclude evidence obtained from other relevant physical examinations of the victim, except where constitutionally required.

The(3) purposeFor the purposes of this subsectionsubsection, isthe toterm expressly“sexual overruleoffense” themeans decisionany offense in which sexual intercourse, sexual contact, or sexual intrusion is an element of the Supremeoffense, Courtand ofincludes Appealsany inprosecution Stateunder exthis rel.article, §61-8-12, or §61-8D-5 of this code.

J.W.

v.

Knight, 223 W.Va.

785, 679 S.E.2d 617 (2009).

785, 679 S.E.2d 617 (2009).

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