West Virginia HB 3167: Access to Rehabilitation Act

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WEST virginia 
legislature

2021 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 3167

By Delegates Young, Pushkin, 
Fluharty, Zukoff, Walker, Thompson, and Lovejoy

[Introduced March 15, 2021; 
Referred to the Committee on Finance]

A BILL to amend the Code 
of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new article, designated 
§25-8-1, relating to inmate cost for reading material.

Be it enacted by the 
Legislature of West Virginia:

Article 8. Access to 
rehabilitation act.

§25-8-1. Prohibition 
on fees for reading.

No correctional facility 
operated in the State of West Virginia shall assess any fee to inmates related 
to obtaining material to read, including, but not limited to, books, 
newspapers, educational material, e-reader, or electronic tablet of any kind 
which may be used to read.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is 
to prohibit fees assessed to inmates for reading material.

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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