Bill Text: WV HB3289 | 2023 | Regular Session | Introduced

West Virginia House Bill 3289 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Prohibiting any next of kin who is criminally responsible for the death of a relative from being involved in the decedent’s burial arrangements

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-03 - To House Judiciary [HB3289 Detail]

Download: West_Virginia-2023-HB3289-Introduced.html

WEST virginia legislature

2023 regular session

Introduced

House Bill Number

By Delegates Dean and Howell

[Introduced February 03, 2023; Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary]

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §41-3-12, relating to providing that any next of kin who is criminally responsible for the death of a relative may not be involved in the decedent’s burial arrangements.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 3. PROVISIONS AS TO CONSTRUCTION.

§41-3-12. Burial arrangements prohibition.

Any next of kin who is criminally responsible for the death of a relative is prohibited from being involved in the decedent’s burial arrangements.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit any next of kin who is criminally responsible for the death of a relative from being involved in the decedent’s burial arrangements.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.