West Virginia Legislature

2023 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

House Bill 2675

BY Delegate Foster

[Introduced January 17, 2023; Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security then the Judiciary]

A BILL to amend and reenact §64-6-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the State Police to promulgate a legislative rule relating to West Virginia State Police professional standards investigations, employee rights, early identification system, psychological assessment, and progressive discipline.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 6. Authorization for Department of homeland security. to promulgate legislative rules.

§64-6-1. State Police.

The legislative rule filed in the State Register on July 29, 2022, authorized under the authority of §15-2-25 of this code, modified by the State Police to meet the objections of the Legislative Rule-Making Review Committee and refiled in the State Register on October 14, 2022, relating to the State Police  (West Virginia State Police professional standards investigations, employee rights, early identification system, psychological assessment, and progressive discipline 81 CSR 10), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the State Police to promulgate a legislative rule relating to West Virginia State Police professional standards investigations, employee rights, early identification system, psychological assessment, and progressive discipline.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.