West Virginia House Bill 2131 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-01-08 - To House Energy
Pending: House Energy Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to establish a Legislative Oversight Commission on Energy Workers’ Safety to: (1) Direct certain state agencies and boards to report regularly to the commission; to direct the commission to study worker safety in the mining and gas extraction industries; (2) Provide a mechanism for the Legislature to be kept informed and to study and identify issues and solutions for workers’ safety; and (3) Require the commission to study and report on whether a need exists for expansion of safety regulations within the gas extraction industry.

Establishing the Legislative Oversight Commission on Energy Workers Safety

Sen. Michael Caputo [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-08	House	To House Energy
2020-01-08	House	Introduced in House
2020-01-08	House	To Energy then Judiciary
2020-01-08	House	Filed for introduction

HB2131 (Carry Over) 2019-01-09 - To House Energy

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
22C	13	1	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2131&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2131%20intr.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=2131