| SB813 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to allow student-athletes to participate in competitive events and activities while playing for their school.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
To House Education Committee |
| HB4784 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to establish the requirement that in order for the commission to award a siting certificate for a wind energy system, the minimum distance from a wind turbine to the closest residence be two miles.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB5358 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to create an ombudsman program within the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation to review complaints against a state agency or correctional facility.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB5345 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to clarify how those required to register sex offenders, who have no permanent residence, can satisfy their legal obligation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB5516 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the use of deep fake images for the criminal invasion of privacy or the unlawful depiction of nude or partially nude minors or minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct; establishing such conduct as criminal ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB5280 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia Short Line Railroad Modernization Act and tax credit allowed and credit limitations for short line railroad companies in West Virginia.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To Senate Economic Development Committee |
| HB4855 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to require purchasing division contracts to be nonspecific in regards to manufacturers or suppliers of commodities to be purchased.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| HB5031 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to add a definition for "illegal alien" under human trafficking and provide that illegal aliens are not eligible for restitution.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB5025 | Engross
50% | This bill is being introduced at the request of the state Tax Division. The purpose of this bill is to eliminate the additional one and one-half percent interest rate for underpayments and specify an effective date.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB5565 | Engross
50% | Relating to requiring the Division of Motor Vehicles to provide an identification card for eligible released inmates
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee |
| HB4548 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to authorize application of the manufacturing investment tax credit and the manufacturing property tax adjustment credit against personal income tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB5425 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to add experience needed for principals to apply and to grant waivers of experience required in employment of professional education personnel if nobody applies with the experience needed.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To Senate Education Committee |
| HB5062 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to allow a guardian ad litem to request the appointment of a court appointed special advocate in cases of child neglect or abuse.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB5530 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to require hospital to disclose price and fee information for certain hospital services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| HB5093 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to clean up language relating to the revision of order concerning distribution of marital property.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB162 | Engross
50% | Establishing Summer Feeding for All Program
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To House Finance Committee |
| HB5613 | Engross
50% | Creating plans to protect West Virginia from major crises
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| HB4744 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to require certain non-discretionary procedures be strictly complied with by the West Virginia Parkways Authority before tolls, rents, fees or charges may be increased.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee |
| HB4963 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the use of deep fake technology to influence an election.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB4507 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to create a tax credit for improving facades in historic districts. The bill provides that individuals and corporations are entitled to a 25 percent tax credit of the replacement cost of a historic façade.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB5572 | Engross
50% | Prohibiting cameras and recording devices in bedrooms and bathrooms of foster children
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| HB5130 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to provide for increased fines for criminal trespass.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB5593 | Engross
50% | Relating to the creation, composition, qualifications, and compensation of the State Board of Risk and Insurance Management
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
Senate requests House to concur |
| HB4549 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to change the threshold jobs creation number from 300 to 50; and to making stylistic changes, which authorizes an exemption for qualified purchases of computers and computer software, primary material handling equipment, r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To Senate Finance Committee |
| HB5337 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to establish the legislative oversight committee of the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation; clarify that the legislative oversight committee shall be charged with the immediate and ongoing oversight of the Division...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-27
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB851 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to establish requirements for contingency fee arrangements between political subdivisions and private attorneys.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB861 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to increase support and professional development for educators; expand factors used to determine how funds for supporting county-level implementation of the comprehensive systems for teacher and leader induction and profes...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-27
To House Education Committee |
| SB848 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to create a special revenue account within the State Treasury designated the "Office of the Inspector General Reimbursement Fund" within Department of Health, to reimburse the Department of Health for eligible costs attrib...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-27
To House Finance Committee |
| SB842 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is enhance training requirements for county boards of education members by increasing the number of hours required for training, authorizing the State Board to require members to attend additional training when beneficial, mo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-27
To House Education Committee |
| SB725 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to clarify the conditions for pretrial release and the maximum bail amount that may be set for individuals charged with multiple misdemeanor offenses. The bill revises the definition of "bail" and establishes that a defend...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB5248 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to consolidate and update the behavioral health center licensing provisions and requirements. This update would separate behavioral health centers based on treatment settings, residential or non-residential. This division ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-27
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB575 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to set forth provisions for genetic and gestational surrogacy. The bill requires an agreement, sets forth requirements to enter the agreement, required terms, the process of the agreement, and the content of the agreement....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB754 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to permit new and used motor vehicle dealerships in this state to utilize a search engine to determine if buyers of vehicles have valid motor vehicle insurance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-27
On 3rd reading, House Calendar |
| SB442 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to remove liability for mental health professionals providing services in mental hygiene cases involving possible involuntary hospitalization.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-27
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB742 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to authorize sheriffs who are members of the public retirement system to retire upon attaining the age of sixty-two with eight or more years of service.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
To House Finance Committee |
| SB306 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to create the Equipment Right to Repair Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB225 | Engross
50% | Establishing revocation of authority for spending by agency in support of challenge to WV law
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
To House Finance Committee |
| HB4706 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to create the utility pole rights-of-way and easement mapping initiative; to require pole owners to provide information to the Department of Economic Development to map the poles; required the Department of Economic Develo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
To Senate Economic Development Committee |
| SB760 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to modify the length of service an employee of the Legislature whose term of employment is otherwise classified as temporary and who is employed to perform services required by the Legislature for its regular sessions must...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
To House Finance Committee |
| SB493 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to amend §1-1-6 and §30-1-24 relating generally to the use of criminal records as disqualification, from authorization to practice a profession or occupation, by a board, authority, or other agency authorized to issu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
To House Government Organization Committee |
| SB348 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to update the definition of "electioneering communication" to be consistent with the Federal Election Commission.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB815 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to require the Department of Human Services and the Bureau for Social Services to make a rate study, analysis of workforce capacity, and the impact on children of the current reimbursement levels for child placement agenci...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
To House Finance Committee |
| SB167 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to create a statewide Health and Safety Fee that would allow visitors to help contribute to the readiness cost of emergency services through an up to $1.00 per day/activity fee that would be distributed to the counties twi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
To House Economic Development and Tourism Committee |
| HB5621 | Engross
50% | Prohibiting the termination of employment of an employee who defends themselves from an attack inside workplace
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB562 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to expand the employment and training requirements necessary to receive SNAP benefits. The bill defines and expands exemptions. The bill clarifies the Secretary's duties when there is a lack of funding or inability to prov...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
To House Finance Committee |
| SCR30 | Engross
50% | Honoring Hershel "Woody" Williams as one of two WV statues in National Statuary Hall Collection
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
To House Rules Committee |
| SB746 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to is to increase the composition of the West Virginia Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority Board to 11 members, add additional county commissioners, and increase meetings to four times a year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB4191 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to modify the requirements imposed on social media companies to prevent corruption and provide transparency of election-related content made available on social media websites. The bill provides equal opportunities for all...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-24
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| HB5235 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to increase penalties related to child sexual assault and sexual abuse; to increase penalties for distributing, possessing and transporting material depicting a child engaged in sexually explicit conduct; and to clarify th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-24
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB5647 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to increase and maintain the bracketed tax rates on the privilege of establishing or operating a health maintenance organization, specify effective dates, and provide a process for rates to be certified to the tax commissi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-24
To Senate Finance Committee |
