| WV | SR38 | Pass | Recognizing value and supporting Small Town and Main Street development
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15
Completed legislative action |
| WV | SB798 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to describe Distressed Utilities Accounts and requiring utilities to hold at least 1/8 capital reserve to be eligible to request additional state funding.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15
To Senate Economic Development Committee |
| WV | SB321 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to prevent municipalities from targeting protected businesses with planning and zoning ordinances more restrictive than those placed upon other businesses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
Rereferred to Rules on 2nd reading |
| WV | SB783 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to enact the West Virginia School Construction Alternatives Pilot Program Act to authorize county boards of education to enter into construction management at risk contracts for public school construction projects.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To Senate Education Committee |
| WV | SB781 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to increase the size of matching grants for local economic development from $30,000 to $50,000.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To Senate Economic Development Committee |
| WV | SB756 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to provide state mine inspectors with a $4,000 raise.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To Senate Finance Committee |
| WV | SB564 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to eliminate requirement that the credit base be limited to wages paid to apprentices in the construction trades and specifying an effective date.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08
To Senate Finance Committee |
| WV | SCR24 | Pass | Recognizing First Responders Honor Board's nominees of Medal of Honor
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
House Message received |
| WV | SB554 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to define veterans benefits matters and identify actions that constitute representation and compensation for representing a person seeking veterans benefits. The bill requires that any such representation comply with feder...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB678 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to clarify that the premises of the United States Armed Forces or the West Virginia National Guard are not a public service for purposes of the jurisdiction of the West Virginia Public Service Commissioner when receiving e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06
To Senate Economic Development Committee |
| WV | SB320 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to remove the requirements for wineries to serve food in order to serve and sell wine by the glass or bottle; to allow the service of wine in glasses and sale of wine in bottles and glasses for consumption on winery proper...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-02
To House Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SB402 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to codify the USCCA to provide concealed carry classes in West Virginia.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB604 | Intro
25% | 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] | 2024-01-31
To Senate Economic Development Committee |
| WV | SB196 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to update and correct sections of the West Virginia Rail Trails Program. The bill provides for updated definitions to include a definition of "rail with trail." Finally, the bill addresses railroad liability and safety ris...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-30
To House Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SB397 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to fully exempt both high tunnels and greenhouses from personal property taxes, whether the high tunnels or greenhouses are heated or unheated.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-30
To Senate Finance Committee |
| WV | SR17 | Pass | Recognizing Riley Gaines as ambassador for Independent Women's Forum and advocate for women's equality in sports
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
Completed legislative action |
| WV | SJR5 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this resolution is to propose an amendment to the State Constitution that would provide for a Homestead Exemption for Veterans with 100 percent service-connected disabilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26
To Senate Finance Committee |
| WV | SR16 | Pass | Supporting preservation of Charleston USPS Processing and Distribution Center
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26
Completed legislative action |
| WV | SB565 | Intro
25% | 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] | 2024-01-26
To Senate Economic Development Committee |
| WV | SB566 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to create a council to establish a state Alzheimer's Plan.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SCR17 | Pass | Reaffirming support of WV Legislature for State of Israel and Jewish people
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
House Message received |
| WV | SR11 | Pass | Designating January 25, 2024, as Veterans Appreciation Day
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
Completed legislative action |
| WV | SB552 | Intro
25% | 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] | 2024-01-25
To Senate Economic Development Committee |
| WV | SB549 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to permit investigators in the State Tax Division to carry concealed weapons.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SR10 | Pass | Commemorating 78th Southern Legislative Conference of Council of State Governments Southern Office
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
Completed legislative action |
| WV | SR8 | Pass | Designating January 23, 2024, as Hunger Free WV Day at Legislature
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-23
Completed legislative action |
| WV | SB510 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia Children's Vision Act, requiring school children to have vision examinations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-23
To Senate Education Committee |
| WV | SB450 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require a photograph of the user on EBT cards.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-22
Referred to Finance |
| WV | SR7 | Pass | Designating January 22, 2024 as WV Tourism Day
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-22
Completed legislative action |
| WV | SB490 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to clarify that West Virginia follows a market-based approach to municipal business and occupation taxation, in line with rulings of the Supreme Court of the United States recognizing that the national economy has changed ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-18
To Senate Economic Development Committee |
| WV | SB478 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to establish the Energy Intensive Industrial or Manufacturing Consumer Tax Credit.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-17
To Senate Finance Committee |
| WV | SB479 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to eliminate the ability of a person's driver's license to be suspended for the failure to pay court fines and costs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB480 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to clarify the uniform statewide deadline for electronically submitted voter registration applications.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-17
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SB481 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to regulate pawnbrokers. The bill removes an exception for certain transactions from the report required of all pawnbrokers. The bill requires all pawnbrokers to be equipped with certain surveillance equipment and signage ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB476 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to establish a "pop-up" window that directs users to optional firearms safety classes offered by the NRA and the USCCA.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-17
To Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee |
| WV | SB465 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit schools from starting an instructional day any earlier than 7:45 a.m.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-16
To Senate Education Committee |
| WV | SB157 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to the require residency of a person within the district or county he or she will represent for one year prior to any appointment to a vacancy in the office of State Senator or as a member of the House of Delegates.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-15
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB177 | Engross
50% | Protecting consumers against automatic renewals without consent
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-15
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB144 | Engross
50% | Requiring each county board to ensure that its meetings are open to public through in-person attendance and broadcast live on its website
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-15
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB158 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to create second and third offenses for fleeing from an officer.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-15
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB178 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to provide for transparency of the expenditure of dental health care plan premiums, and to require annual reports and rebates to patients if the medical loss ratio exceeds a certain percentage.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-15
To House Banking & Insurance Committee |
| WV | SB176 | Engross
50% | Relating to permissible expenditures by Water Development Authority from Infrastructure Fund
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-15
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | SB151 | Engross
50% | Clarifying terms and offense of human smuggling
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-15
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB169 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to allow physician assistants to own a practice. This bill also allows the West Virginia Board of Medicine to deny a license or other authorization to physician assistants who make unlawful referrals where that physician a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-15
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB154 | Engross
50% | Increasing penalties for drug possession and updating list of offenses
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-15
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB143 | Engross
50% | Creating WV Guardian Program
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-15
To House Education Committee |
| WV | SCR9 | Intro
25% | US Merchant Marine Joseph Ward Teter Memorial Bridge
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-15
To Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee |
| WV | SCR13 | Intro
25% | US Navy S1 Paul McCue Bridge
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-15
To Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee |
| WV | SB153 | Intro
25% | Making adoption records accessible for medical purposes
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-12
Referred to Rules on 3rd reading |
| WV | SB356 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to provide voters with the ability to identify and verify their ballot cast in a statewide election in West Virginia.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
