West Virginia House Bill 4609

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-11 - To House Senior, Children, and Family Issues
Pending: House Seniors, Children, and Family Issues Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to remove the procedure for the court to conduct written investigations into proceedings under Article 9, to ensure that the West Virginia judiciary remains neutral and detached in all matters pending before any court of this state, and to ensure that the West Virginia judiciary does not in any way initiate or participate in investigations or other activities properly reserved to the executive consistent with the separation of powers required under Article V, Section 1, of the Constitution of the State of West Virginia.

To ensure that the WV Judiciary remains neutral and detached in matters related to allocation of custodial responsibility and decision-making responsibility of children

Del. Geoff Foster [R]	Del. Mark Dean [R]	Del. Darren Thorne [R]	Del. Todd Kirby [R]
Del. Chuck Horst [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-11	House	To House Senior, Children, and Family Issues
2024-01-11	House	Introduced in House
2024-01-11	House	To Senior, Children, and Family Issues then Judiciary
2024-01-11	House	Filed for introduction

SB621 (Similar To) 2024-02-02 - To Judiciary

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
48	9	301	Repealed Code	Citation Text
48	9	302	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4609&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4609%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4609