December 8, 2021
West Virginia Statutory Research Resources
Live In-person
Time: 9:30 a.m.
Location: WV House of Delegates Chamber, State Capitol Building
Sponsor: Division of Legislative Services
CLE: 1.5 credit
Cost: No fee
The program includes a brief history of the West Virginia Code as well as an overview of the constitutional and legislative processes through which legislative acts are embodied into the Code. An overview will be provided of the different sources of information – Enrolled Bills, the Acts of the Legislature, and the Legislature’s website – for practitioners to research the history of individual statutes. The presentation explains what each of the sources can provide to practitioners and how to use each to track changes to the law over time, determine the exact wording of a statute in effect on a given date, and resolve issues regarding apparent conflicts in the enactment of state statutes. As part of the program, relevant opinions from the WV Supreme Court of Appeals will be highlighted. The presentation includes a live demonstration of the new research tools.