West Virginia Senate Bill 524

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 23 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-23 - To Government Organization
Pending: Senate Government Organization Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the relocation, removal, alteration, or renaming, of any statue, monument, memorial, nameplate, or plaque which is located on public property and has been erected for, or named, or dedicated in honor of certain historical military, labor, civil rights, and Native American events, figures, and organizations; to prohibit any person from preventing the governmental entity having responsibility for maintaining the items, structures, or areas from taking proper measures to protect, preserve, care for, repair, or restore the items, structures, or areas.

WV Monument and Memorial Protection Act of 2024

Sen. Mark Maynard [R]

Sen. Robert Karnes [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-23	Senate	To Government Organization
2024-01-23	Senate	Introduced in Senate
2024-01-23	Senate	To Government Organization
2024-01-23	Senate	Filed for introduction

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
29	1	8E	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=524&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb524%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=524