2026 Regular Session
Link to Bill History on Legacy Website (Click Here)Summary: Mandating life sentence for first degree murder of minor victim with firearm
PDF: sb920 intr.pdf
DOCX: SB920 INTR.docx
FISCAL NOTE
2026 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
Senate Bill 920
By Senator Charnock
[Introduced February 11, 2026; referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary; and then to the Committee on Finance]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new section, designated §61-2-2a, relating to making a first-degree murder of a minor conviction with a firearm punishable by life imprisonment without mercy.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 2. CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON.
§61-2-2a. Koda’s Law.
Murder of the first degree of a minor involving a firearm shall be punished by confinement in the penitentiary for life without the possibility of mercy.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to make a first-degree murder of a minor conviction with a firearm punishable by life imprisonment without mercy.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.