Bill Text: WV HB4386 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Automatic CPS expungement if an individual is not found to have committed abuse and neglect by court order
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-10 - To House Senior, Children, and Family Issues [HB4386 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2024-HB4386-Introduced.html
WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2024 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
House Bill 4386
By Delegate C. Pritt
[Introduced January 10, 2024; Referred
to the Committee on Senior, Children, and Family Issues then the Judiciary]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §49-4-905, relating to allowing for Child Protective Services expungement in certain circumstances.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 4. COURT ACTIONS.
§49-4-905. Automatic expungement in certain instances.
The name of a person who is found not to have committed abuse and neglect through the form of a court order shall be expunged by Child Protective Services. The provisions of this section shall be retroactive to apply to cases where this has happened previously.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to allow for Child Protective Services expungement in certain circumstances.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
