West Virginia House Bill 4450 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-2)
Status: Introduced on February 9 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-09 - To House Government Organization
Pending: House Government Organization Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to create the “West Virginia Court Reporter Act of 2016”. In so doing, the bill contains the following provisions that: (1) Provide a short title; (2) define certain terms; (3) provide licensure and reporting firm requirements; (4) provide court reporters are not required to be involved in all legal proceedings; (5) provide for the creation of the “West Virginia Board of Court Reporting; (6) designate membership requirements and setting terms of service for board members; (7) establish duties for the board; (8) provide a procedure to handle complaints against court reporters and reporting firms; (9) provide for fines for certain violations and noncompliance with the article; (10) provide for reciprocal agreements with governmental or other entities; (11) provide guidelines for determining when state licensure laws apply over another state’s licensure laws in case of conflict; (12) require and provide for fees for licensure or registration; (13) address license and registration renewal; (14) require continuing legal education for licensees; (15) require licensees to provide changes of address; (16) provide guidelines for grandfathering licensure of court reporters; (17) provide for the disposition and disbursement of moneys collected by the board; (18) require the board to annually establish a budget; and (19) authorize the board to contract for services under certain circumstances.

West Virginia Court Reporter Act of 2016

Del. Stephen Skinner [D]	Del. Timothy Manchin [D]	Del. Justin Marcum [D]	Del. Kenneth Hicks [D]
Del. Steven Shaffer [D]	Del. Larry Rowe [D]	Del. Isaac Sponaugle [D]	Del. Andrew Byrd [D]
Del. John McCuskey [R]	Sen. Ryan Weld [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-09	House	To House Government Organization
2016-02-09	House	Introduced in House
2016-02-09	House	To Government Organization then Judiciary
2016-02-09	House	Filed for introduction

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
30	41	1	New Code	See Bill Text
30	41	10	New Code	See Bill Text
30	41	11	New Code	See Bill Text
30	41	12	New Code	See Bill Text
30	41	13	New Code	See Bill Text
30	41	14	New Code	See Bill Text
30	41	15	New Code	See Bill Text
30	41	2	New Code	See Bill Text
30	41	3	New Code	See Bill Text
30	41	4	New Code	See Bill Text
30	41	5	New Code	See Bill Text
30	41	6	New Code	See Bill Text
30	41	7	New Code	See Bill Text
30	41	8	New Code	See Bill Text
30	41	9	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4450&year=2016&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4450%20intr.htm&yr=2016&sesstype=RS&i=4450