West Virginia Senate Bill 621

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 2 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-02-02 - To Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary 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.

Removing discretion of court to issue written investigation for proceedings

Sen. Mike Azinger [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-02	Senate	To Judiciary
2024-02-02	Senate	Introduced in Senate
2024-02-02	Senate	To Judiciary
2024-02-02	Senate	Filed for introduction

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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48	9	301	Repealed Code	Citation Text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=621&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb621%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=621