WV HB4278 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-10 - To House Jails and Prisons
Pending: House Jails and Prisons Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 10 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-10 - To House Jails and Prisons
Pending: House Jails and Prisons Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
The purpose of this bill is to establish private prisons in West Virginia. The bill permits the HOPE scholarship to apply to those inmates in private prison who seek to achieve their high school diploma or GED. The bill sets forth the terms of the private prison. Finally, the bill repeals the prohibition against private prisons in West Virginia.
Title
Relating to private prisons
Sponsors
| Del. Chris Pritt [R] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-10 | House | To House Jails and Prisons |
| 2024-01-10 | House | Introduced in House |
| 2024-01-10 | House | To Jails and Prisons then Judiciary then Finance |
| 2024-01-10 | House | Filed for introduction |
Subjects
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15A | 13 | 1 | New Code | See Bill Text |
| 18 | 31 | 14 | New Code | See Bill Text |
| 25 | 5 | 5 | Repealed Code | Citation Text |
