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WV HB4579
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/20/2026
Primary Sponsor
Adam Burkhammer
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AI Summary
- Child Protective Services workers must wear body-worn cameras while investigating all reports of child abuse or neglect
- Workers must obtain consent from the person being investigated to use cameras in private areas where a reasonable expectation of privacy exists
- Workers may refrain from using cameras if doing so would compromise the child's privacy or impede the investigation, but must document the specific factual basis for this decision in the case file
- Audio and video recordings must be preserved until all appellate timeframes have been exhausted
- Recordings are classified as confidential child welfare records and are exempt from public disclosure under the state's Freedom of Information Act
Legislative Description
Relating to body-worn cameras
Last Action
To House Judiciary
1/20/2026
Committee Referrals
Judiciary1/20/2026
Full Bill Text
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