West Virginia House Bill 2567 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 21 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-21 - To House Health and Human Resources
Pending: House Health & Human Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to allow an individual to petition a circuit court for the expungement of misdemeanor offenses. The bill requires that the petition may be filed not fewer than 90 consecutive days after the successful compliance with a West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources approved substance abuse treatment and counseling program and graduation from a Department of Education approved Job Readiness Adult Training course, and entering into an agreement with the Department of Health and Human Resources to undergo random drug screenings if required by an employer for a period not to exceed 24 months, with no subsequent violations or random drug test failures after the petitioner began the rehabilitation and counseling program and the adult training course. The bill sets forth what the petition must contain. The bill limits the number of expungements. The bill sets forth a fee.

Allowing an individual to petition a circuit court for the expungement of misdemeanor offenses

Del. Roger Hanshaw [R]

Del. Tim Miley [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-21	House	To House Health and Human Resources
2019-01-21	House	Introduced in House
2019-01-21	House	To Health and Human Resources then Judiciary
2019-01-21	House	Filed for introduction

SB349 (Similar To) 2019-01-18 - To Judiciary

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
61	11	26	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2567&year=2019&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2567%20intr.htm&yr=2019&sesstype=RS&i=2567