| SB576 | Pass | (The purpose of this bill is to preempt Public Service Commission jurisdiction over internet protocol-enabled service or voice over internet protocol-enabled service and transactions involving telephone company entities under common ownership. )
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 197, Acts, Regular Session, 2015 |
| SB142 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Administration to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the Purchasing Division.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 155, Acts, Regular Session, 2015 |
| SB238 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to provide that county boards of education are not liable for loss or injury from the use of school property made available for unorganized recreation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 97, Acts, Regular Session, 2015 |
| SB454 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to make trademark counterfeiting a crime and provide penalties for this crime to help West Virginia higher education institutions protect their intellectual property.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 201, Acts, Regular Session, 2015 |
| SB175 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Health and Human Resources to promulgate a legislative rule relating to public water systems.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 157, Acts, Regular Session, 2015 |
| SB577 | Pass | Allowing higher education governing boards invest certain funds with nonprofit foundations
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 149, Acts, Regular Session, 2015 |
| SB378 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to provide for renewal of a previously nonrenewed electrician's license without retesting, if the electrician pays a double fee and the nonrenewed license had not been revoked.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 108, Acts, Regular Session, 2015 |
| SB423 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to amend the Aboveground Storage Tank Act to address and correct certain unintended consequences of the original enactment. The program is now focused on tanks with a capacity of 10,000 gallons or above within zones of cri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 1, Acts, Regular Session, 2015 |
| SB335 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to allow initial responders to possess and administer opioid antagonists in suspected opiate-related overdoses; to ensure opioid antagonists are made available to individuals at risk of overdose, as well as to relatives, f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 127, Acts, Regular Session, 2015 |
| SB277 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to create "Noah’s Law." It requires the creation of a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 241, Acts, Regular Session, 2015 |
| SB357 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to create the Coal Jobs and Safety Act of 2015, which is comprised of the new code sections added and the amendments to current code sections made during the 2015 Legislative Session. The bill provides methods of assuring ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 52, Acts, Regular Session, 2015 |
| SB382 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to provide payment to certain claimants who provided commodities and/or services to the state, but who were not paid because the agency involved overspent its budget. Total amount of general revenue - $176,344.42
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 51, Acts, Regular Session, 2015 |
| SB292 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to establish a uniform date of December 31 for the expiration of licenses for the business of currency exchange, transportation or transmission. The bill requires licensees to provide the Division of Financial Institutions...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 82, Acts, Regular Session, 2015 |
| SB7 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to require CPR to be taught in the public school system as a condition of graduation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 75, Acts, Regular Session, 2015 |
| SB295 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to establish an appeal process for decisions issued by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources Board of Review and the Bureau for Medical Services. Appeals shall be filed with the Circuit Court of Kanawh...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 137, Acts, Regular Session, 2015 |
| SB280 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to allow the Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection to transfer well work permits. Currently the transfers are prohibited by legislative rule.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 110, Acts, Regular Session, 2015 |
| SB374 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to allow in absentia parole hearings in certain instances and waiving a personal appearance by an inmate who is terminally ill and unable to attend permit.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 184, Acts, Regular Session, 2015 |
| SB267 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to repeal Article 29H of Chapter 16 of the West Virginia Code, titled “Governor’s Office of Health Enhancement and Lifestyle Planning.”
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 54, Acts, Regular Session, 2015 |
| SB409 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to create "The Fair and Open Competition in Governmental Construction Act." It prohibits governmental units from awarding a grant, tax abatement or tax credit that is conditioned upon a provision that requires or prohibits...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 116, Acts, Regular Session, 2015 |
| SB182 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to authorize the State Police to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the regulations and procedures pertaining to the West Virginia DNA Databank.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 158, Acts, Regular Session, 2015 |
| SB316 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to define a veteran-owned business and make those businesses exempt from paying the initial start-up fees and the first four annual report fees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 240, Acts, Regular Session, 2015 |
| SB342 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to clarify the scope, application and methods for error correction required by the CPR as it relates to PER, DRS, MPFRS, TRS, TDC Plan, State Police (Plan A), State Police (Plan B) and JRS.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 207, Acts, Regular Session, 2015 |
| SB471 | Pass | Making supplementary appropriation of federal funds to DHHR, Human Rights Commission, and DHHR, DHS
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 30, Acts, Regular Session, 2015 |
| SB412 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to establish reasonable time limits for the filing of complaints with the Real Estate Commission for potential disciplinary action against a licensee alleged to have engaged in unprofessional conduct.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 200, Acts, Regular Session, 2015 |
| SB439 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to clarify the roles of each institution of higher learning, the Higher Education Policy Commission, and the Council for Community and Technical College Education by creating a system whereby legislative policy maximizes t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 135, Acts, Regular Session, 2015 |
| SB106 | Pass | Excepting professional engineer member from sanitary board when project engineer under contract
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 215, Acts, Regular Session, 2015 |
| SB475 | Pass | Making supplementary appropriation to DMAPS, Division of Corrections, Parolee Supervision Fees, and WV State Police, Motor Vehicle Inspection Fund
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 33, Acts, Regular Session, 2015 |
| SB255 | Pass | Eliminating certain boards, councils, task forces, commissions and committees
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 53, Acts, Regular Session, 2015 |
| SB549 | Veto | The purpose of this bill is to classify civilian positions within the West Virginia State Police forensic laboratory and establishes their salaries. The bill also requires a manual be provided.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-18
Vetoed by Governor 4/2/15 - House Journal |
| SR58 | Pass | Raising committee to notify House Senate is ready to adjourn sine die
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-18
Completed legislative action |
| SR59 | Pass | Raising committee to notify Governor Legislature is ready to adjourn sine die
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-18
Completed legislative action |
| SB19 | Veto | The purpose of this bill is to set forth the minimum days per week, the number of instructional minutes per week and the minimum instructional days per year for early childhood education programs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-18
Vetoed by Governor 4/1/15 - House Journal |
| SB347 | Veto | The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia Firearms Act of 2015. The bill repeals the exceptions section of the code to prohibitions against carrying concealed handguns and exemptions from licensing fees. It authorizes carrying a handgun...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-18
Vetoed by Governor 3/20/15 - Senate Journal |
| SB582 | Veto | Relating to Herbert Henderson Office of Minority Affairs
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-18
Vetoed by Governor 3/31/15 - Senate Journal |
| SB30 | Veto | The purpose of this bill is to permit the sale of raw milk effective January 1, 2016. The bill authorizes rule-making.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-18
Vetoed by Governor 4/1/15 - House Journal |
| SB584 | Veto | Transferring Cedar Lakes Camp and Conference Center to private, nonstock, not-for-profit corporation
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-18
Vetoed by Governor 4/3/15 - House Journal |
| SB445 | Veto | The purpose of this bill is to specify where the Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority may invest its excess funds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-18
Vetoed by Governor 3/31/15 - House Journal |
| SCR67 | Intro
Sine Die | Requesting Joint Committee on Government and Finance study statewide fiber optic broadband infrastructure network
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-14
Referred to Rules |
| SB541 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to make changes concerning the regulation and control of elections. The bill modifies what qualifies as a federal reporting exemption. The bill requires certain contributions be reported to the State Election Commission wi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-14
From Special Calendar, 2nd reading, placed on House Calendar |
| SCR55 | Pass | Requesting DOH name section of road in Logan County "U. S. Army SP4 Terry Robert Albright Memorial Road"
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-14
House Message received |
| SCR64 | Intro
Sine Die | Requesting Joint Committee on Government and Finance study development of state occupational safety and health plan
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-14
To Senate Rules Committee |
| SCR60 | Pass | Requesting DOH name bridge in Logan County "U. S. Army SGT Bernard C. Maynard Memorial Bridge"
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-14
House Message received |
| SCR33 | Pass | Requesting Joint Committee on Government and Finance study undeveloped land preservation and conservation tax credit program
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-14
House Message received |
| SB325 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to set deadlines for candidates to file financial disclosure statements with the Ethics Commission. The bill clarifies to which office the Ethics Commission sends copies of the statements. The bill disqualifies any candida...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-14
Communicated to House |
| SB343 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to remove chiropractic physicians from the list of medical professionals required to perform continuing education in the area of mental health conditions common to veterans and family members of veterans.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-14
On 3rd reading, House Calendar |
| SB14 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginiana Public Charter Schools Act of 2015. The bill provides purpose and intent. The bill defines terms. The bill establishes that charter schools are subject to certain requirements and exempt from ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-14
From Special Calendar, 3rd reading, placed on House Calendar |
| SCR54 | Pass | Requesting DOH name stretch of road in Logan County "USMC LCpl Larry G. Williamson Memorial Highway"
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-14
House Message received |
| SCR59 | Pass | Requesting Joint Committee on Government and Finance study expansion of outcomes of MU Luke Lee Listening, Language and Learning Lab
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-14
House Message received |
| SB537 | Engross
Sine Die | Changing mandatory school instructional time from days to minutes
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-14
Communicated to House |
| SCR63 | Pass | Urging Board of Coal Mine Health and Safety develop regulations governing movement of underground mining equipment
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-14
House Message received |
