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.