West Virginia legislation · 2025 Regular Session
West Virginia HB3412: Relating to exemptions from disclosure of certain records; and exempting the legislative branch if it adopts its own rules.
Status: Passed one chamber, April 2, 2025
The purpose of this bill is to provide exemptions from disclosure of certain records and exempt the legislative branch if it adopts its own rules.
What the bill says
To amend and reenact §29B-1-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, and to amend the code by adding a new section, designated §29B-1-8, relating to public records; providing exemptions from disclosure of certain records; and exempting the legislative branch if it adopts its own rules. ARTICLE 1. PUBLIC RECORDS §29B-1-2. Definitions. As used in this article: (1) "Custodian" means the elected or appointed official charged with administering a public body. (2) "Law-enforcement officer" shall have the same definition as this term is defined in W.Va. Code §30-29-1: Provided, That for purposes.
From the introduced text, March 17, 2025:
A BILL to amend and reenact §29B-1-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, and to amend the code by adding a new section, designated §29B-1-8, relating to public records; providing exemptions from disclosure of certain records; and exempting the legislative branch if it adopts its own rules. ARTICLE 1. PUBLIC RECORDS §29B-1-2. Definitions. As used in this article: (1) "Custodian" means the elected or appointed official charged with administering a public body. (2) "Law-enforcement officer" shall have the same definition as this term is defined in W.Va. Code §30-29-1: Provided, That for purposes of this article, "law-enforcement officer" shall additionally include those individuals defined as "chief executive" in W.Va. Code §30-29-1. (3) "Person" includes any natural person, corporation, partnership, firm or association. (4) "Public body" means every executive state officer, agency, department, including the executive legislative and judicial departments, division, bureau, board and commission; every county and city governing body, school district, special district, municipal corporation, and any board, department, commission council or agency thereof; and any other body which is created by state or local authority or which is primarily funded by the state or local authority. (5) "Public record" includes any writing containing information prepared or received by a public body, the content or context of which, judged either by content or context, relates to the conduct …