# West Virginia HB 3066: To provide notification to victims when their criminal offenders escape or are released from prison

West Virginia HB 3066, To provide notification to victims when their criminal offenders escape or are released from prison, is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Sarah Drennan (Republican); status failed, last action 2025-03-10 (To House Homeland Security) (as of 2026-10-17).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-HB3066-2025rs
- As of: 2026-10-17
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: West Virginia HB 3066
- State: West Virginia
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: To provide notification to victims when their criminal offenders escape or are released from prison
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-03-03
- Last action: 2025-03-10, To House Homeland Security
- Sponsor: Sarah Drennan (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 10
- Subjects: §15A-3-4, House Homeland Security
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Sarah Drennan (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: James Robert "JB" Akers II (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Geno Chiarelli (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Clark, T.
- Cosponsor: Lori Dittman (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Dave Foggin (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Joe Funkhouser (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Erica Moore (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Matthew Rohrbach (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Steele
- Cosponsor: Adam Vance (Republican), House

## Actions (6)

- 2025-03-10: To House Homeland Security (House)
- 2025-03-10: Markup Discussion (House)
- 2025-03-03: Filed for introduction (House)
- 2025-03-03: To Judiciary (House)
- 2025-03-03: Introduced in House (House)
- 2025-03-03: To House Judiciary (House)

## Bill text

- Introduced Version: [HTML](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb3066 intr.htm), [PDF](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb3066 intr.pdf)

## Related bills

- HB 2451: To facilitate the creation of home-based businesses (signed)
- SB 464: Creating license plate for recipients of Medal of Valor (signed)
- SB 196: Lauren's Law (signed)
- SB 138: Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer (signed)
- SB 270: Declaring sale and manufacture of firearms essential business during declared emergency (signed)
- SB 617: Discouraging gang activity (signed)

## Sources
- [Introduced Version (HTML)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb3066 intr.htm)
- [Introduced Version (PDF)](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2025_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb3066 intr.pdf)

## Related
- [HB 2451: To facilitate the creation of home-based businesses](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-HB2451-2025rs)
- [SB 464: Creating license plate for recipients of Medal of Valor](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB464-2025rs)
- [SB 196: Lauren's Law](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB196-2025rs)
- [SB 138: Enhancing penalties for fleeing officer](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB138-2025rs)
- [SB 270: Declaring sale and manufacture of firearms essential business during declared e…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB270-2025rs)
- [SB 617: Discouraging gang activity](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-SB617-2025rs)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WV-HB3066-2025rs (as of 2026-10-17).