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WV HB4387

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/15/2026

Primary Sponsor

Adam Burkhammer

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Origin

House of Delegates

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends §15-3D-7 of the West Virginia Code to clarify the process for submitting information to identify human remains under the Missing Persons Act

  • Requires medical examiners to promptly provide all identification information to the West Virginia State Police, rather than submitting directly to databases

  • Mandates the West Virginia State Police to immediately submit all available identification information to NamUs (National Missing and Unidentified Persons System) and other appropriate law-enforcement databases

  • Shifts database entry responsibility from medical examiners to the West Virginia State Police while maintaining the medical examiner's role in collecting and providing identification data

Legislative Description

Relating to information submitted by medical examiner to aid in identification of human remains

Public Safety

Last Action

To House Health and Human Resources

1/15/2026

Committee Referrals

Health & Human Resources1/15/2026

Full Bill Text

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