HB 2439 West Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Provide wardens with ability to use inmates to perform work in the upkeep local cemeteries

HB 2439 allows regional jail wardens to require qualified inmates to maintain local cemeteries as part of their work program. It specifically permits inmates (excluding those convicted of sexual offenses or violent felonies) to perform cemetery upkeep, with requirements that public cemeteries must have local government approval and private cemeteries require landowner consent. The bill also provides liability protection for landowners and agencies involved in this work. This directly affects inmates in regional jails, local governments managing cemeteries, and cemetery landowners. The policy change modifies existing correctional work program rules to include cemetery maintenance as a permitted activity.
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Feb 2025
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Introduced Feb 17, 2025 Last action Feb 18, 2025
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Feb 18, 2025
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