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WV HB3128
Bill
Status
Introduced
3/4/2025
Primary Sponsor
David Kelly
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AI Summary
- Amends §30-29-13 of the West Virginia Code to explicitly include persons "elected" as municipal police chiefs under existing certification requirements
- Requires any person elected or appointed as chief executive of a municipal law-enforcement agency to be certified, or certifiable, as a law-enforcement officer under §30-29-5
- Maintains the existing exemption for chief executives employed prior to July 1, 2018, who were not certified law-enforcement officers at that time
- Closes a potential loophole where elected police chiefs may not have been subject to the same certification standards as appointed chiefs
Legislative Description
Clarifying that elected municipal police chiefs shall be certified law-enforcement officers.
Municipalities
Last Action
To House Judiciary
3/4/2025
Committee Referrals
Judiciary3/4/2025
Full Bill Text
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