West Virginia House Bill 4778

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 16 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-01-16 - To House Health and Human Resources
Pending: House Health & Human Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to grant jurisdiction to supervise youth sport league athletic events to county boards of education and the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission and to establish the West Virginia Youth Sports Safety Commission and empower it to create and enforce safety procedures for physical training for youth sports leagues and secondary schools interscholastic activities. The bill requires schools and youth sport leagues to implement certain safety measures during athletic events. The bill authorizes fines and requires rulemaking.

Granting jurisdiction to supervise youth sport league events to county boards of education and the West Virginia Athletic Trainers Association

Del. Sean Hornbuckle [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-16	House	To House Health and Human Resources
2024-01-16	House	Introduced in House
2024-01-16	House	To Health and Human Resources then Education
2024-01-16	House	Filed for introduction

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	25	Amended Code	Citation Text
18	2	25a	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4778&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4778%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4778