The Future Of Free West Virginia Mugshots: What's Next?

Mugshots will no longer be available to the public in most circumstances if a bill passed narrowly by the west virginia house of delegates on tuesday becomes law. Booking photographs of criminal suspects could no longer be made public by state corrections officials under a bill passed by the house of delegates. After about an hour of debate, delegates passed.

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If the new law is enacted the west virginia division of corrections & rehabilitation could no longer make mugshots public on its websites and it would no longer be able to share booking photos, even with accredited news outlets. The matter is the focus of house bill 4621. Hb4621 seeks to amend the code of. If the bill is enacted into law, the west virginia division of corrections & rehabilitation could no longer make mugshots public on its websites and it would no longer be able to share booking photos, even with accredited news outlets.

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Lawmakers on the house judiciary got into the very bones of the u. s. Constitution on wednesday over a bill largely banning mugshots and allowing people to sue websites that publish them for profit. House bill 4621 would also require websites that publish mugshots and take payments to remove them remove those photos from publication within seven days of a persons request to do so. The bill was approved on a voice vote. It will next go to the full house of delegates for consideration.

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