WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

2025 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

Senate Bill 715

By Senator Oliverio

[Introduced March 6, 2025; referred
to the Committee on Pensions; and then to the Committee on Finance]

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new section, designated §5-10D-15, relating to personally identifiable information of a member, retirant, beneficiary, or alternate payee of a retirement system administered by the Consolidated Public Retirement Board being confidential and exempt from disclosure.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 10D. CONSOLIDATED PUBLIC RETIREMENT BOARD.

§5-10D-15. Confidential information exempt from disclosure.

Due to the increased risk of fraud and personal identity theft, all information contained in the records maintained by the Consolidated Public Retirement Board for all retirement systems  administered pursuant to this article that would tend to disclose personally identifiable information of a member, retirant, beneficiary or alternate payee are confidential and exempt from disclosure under the provisions of §29B-1-1 et seq. of this code. This information includes, without limitation, social security numbers, account numbers, dates of birth, addresses, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, medical or disability information and direct deposit information. Members, retirants, beneficiaries, alternate payees, or persons authorized by them, are permitted access to their own information.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to exempt personally identifiable information of members, retirants, beneficiaries or alternate payees of a retirement system administered by CPRB from disclosure.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.