Bill Text: WV SB147 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Providing next of kin criminally responsible for relative's death may not be involved in burial arrangements
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - To Judiciary [SB147 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2020-SB147-Introduced.html
WEST virginia legislature
2020 regular session
Introduced
Senate Bill 147
By Senator Sypolt
[Introduced January 8, 2020;
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.
