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WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2026
REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
House Bill 5600
By Delegates Pinson, Statler, Heckert, Kimble, Mazzocchi, Mallow, Jennings, and Worrell
[Introduced February 16, 2026; referred to the Committee on Government Organization]
A BILL to amend and reenact §30-29-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to law enforcement training and certification; and adding representation of the West Virginia Fire Marshal's office to law-enforcement professional standards subcommittee.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 29. LAW-ENFORCEMENT TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION.
§30-29-2. Law-enforcement professional standards subcommittee.
(a) The Law-Enforcement Professional Standards Subcommittee is continued as a subcommittee of the Governor's Committee on Crime, Delinquency and Correction. The subcommittee has the following responsibilities:
(1) Review and administer programs for qualification, training and certification of law-enforcement officers in the state; and
(2) Consider applications by law-enforcement officers whose certification is deemed inactive as a result of his or her separation from employment with a law-enforcement agency.
(b) The subcommittee shall be comprised of eleven members, including one representative of each of the following:
(1) West Virginia State Police;
(2) Law-enforcement section of the Department of Natural Resources;
(3) West Virginia Sheriffs' Association;
(4) West Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police;
(5) West Virginia Deputy Sheriffs' Association;
(6) West Virginia State Lodge Fraternal Order of Police;
(7) West Virginia Municipal League;
(8) West Virginia Association of County Officials;
(9) Human Rights Commission;
(10) West Virginia Troopers Association;
and
(11)
Office of the State Fire Marshal; and
(12)
The public at large.
(c) The subcommittee shall elect a chairperson and a vice chairperson. Special meetings may be held upon the call of the chairperson, vice chairperson or a majority of the members of the subcommittee. A majority of the members of the subcommittee who are present in person, by proxy or designation, or by electronic means constitutes a quorum. Any member appointed to the subcommittee who is a written designated representative has the full rights of a member, including the right to vote, serve on subcommittees or perform any other function.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to add representation of the Office of the State Fire Marshal to the LEPS committee.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
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