| HB2173 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to authorize insurance to married workers without children at reduced rates under the West Virginia Public Employees Insurance Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-21
To House Banking & Insurance Committee |
| HJR9 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this joint resolution is to propose an amendment to the Constitution to require that bills imposing a tax or license fee and bills increasing the effective rate of any tax levied or fee imposed may not be enacted unless two thirds of t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-21
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB272 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to decrease the number of jurors on a municipal jury in criminal matters from twelve to six.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-21
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| HB2192 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to exempt heating oil used for residential purposes from the Motor Fuel Excise Tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-21
To House Energy Committee |
| HB2163 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to increase salaries for school service personnel by $500 effective July 1, 2015.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-21
To House Education Committee |
| HB2167 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide a $500 tax credit to volunteer firefighters who have responded to at least five verified calls in a year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-21
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2193 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide the Parkways Authority with the power to issue $500 million worth of bonds to finance the construction of the King Coal Highway after tolls have been removed from the West Virginia Turnpike.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-21
To House Roads & Transportation Committee |
| SB270 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to increase from 50% to 60% the number of patients treated with controlled substances to control chronic pain to be designated a pain management clinic.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-21
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| HB2168 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require an official declaration of war or an action to call forth the state militia by the United States Congress before members of the West Virginia National Guard may be released from state control to participate in a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-21
To House Veterans Affairs & Homeland Security Committee |
| HB2190 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to remove the limitations on advertising and promotional activities by limited video lottery retailers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-21
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2174 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to increase criminal incarceration penalties for the transportation of controlled substances into the state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-21
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2181 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to designate one or more areas of state wildlife management areas as a "Wounded Warrior Special Hunt Area" to provide special outdoor recreational opportunities for eligible veterans and members of the Armed Forces who hav...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-21
To House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee |
| SB281 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create an alternative method for tax sales in this state that rely on superior notice at the start of the process, a judicial order, and transfer of the property to the new purchaser in a quick manner following the sale...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-21
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB275 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to protect the privacy of concealed weapon permit holders. The bill provides that information relating to applications for concealed weapon permits is exempt from the Freedom of Information Act. The bill further provides t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-21
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB2162 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to allow employers to pay all wages earned by an employee within the next payroll cycle, rather than at the time of quitting, if the employee quits or resigns, but has given at least one pay period's notice of intention to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-21
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2197 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to remove the compensation caps entirely for secretary-clerks and case coordinators in the family court system and allow the Administrative Director of the Supreme Court of Appeals to set the salary of those employees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-21
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2183 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to give all school personnel a six percent salary increase. This section is new; therefore, it has been completely underscored.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-21
To House Education Committee |
| SR9 | Pass | Designating January 21, 2015, Disability Advocacy Day
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-21
Completed legislative action |
| HB2188 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide that five unexcused occasions on which a student is tardy for school may equal one unexcused absence.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-21
To House Education Committee |
| HB2143 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create a hunting license permitting the use of crossbow in hunting deer. The bill grants the Director of the Division of Natural Resources rule-making authority.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-20
To House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee |
| HB2106 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to repeal certain sections of the Alternative and Renewable Energy Portfolio Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-20
To House Energy Committee |
| HB2150 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the modification of mufflers resulting in excessive noise levels. The bill also provides an exception.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-20
To House Roads & Transportation Committee |
| HB2102 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the sale of United States flags or West Virginia flags, unless manufactured in the United States. This section is new; therefore, it has been completely underscored.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-20
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2149 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to exempt records of concealed weapon license applications and issuance from disclosure under the West Virginia Freedom of Information Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-20
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2107 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require the accumulation of one and one-half years of instruction in the study of the Declaration of Independence and other founding American historical documents, including the Bill of Rights, before high school gradua...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-20
To House Education Committee |
| HB2122 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to make it illegal for anyone to photograph a corpse except for certain legitimate purposes. This section is new; therefore, it has been completely underscored.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-20
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2110 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide manufacturing investment tax credit generally for small arms manufacturing. It amends the definition of manufacturing for purposes of special method for appraising qualified capital additions to manufacturing fa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-20
To House Small Business, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Committee |
| SB265 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to reduce the deposit of excess lottery proceeds into the Infrastructure Fund from $40 million to $30 million for fiscal year 2016 and to increase the percentage of such funds in the Infrastructure Fund which may be used t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-20
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB269 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create a $20,000 annual flood zone homestead property tax exemption for property owners residing on homestead properties in designated flood plains.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-20
To Senate Natural Resources Committee |
| HR5 | Intro
Sine Die | Amending the rules of the House of Delegates, relating to requiring that a Jobs Impact Statement be attached to proposed legislation affecting employment or taxes in the state
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-20
To House Rules Committee |
| HB2109 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to exempt firearms, firearms accessories and ammunition from federal regulation if it is sold and maintained in the State of West Virginia. This article is new; therefore, it has been completely underscored.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-20
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2135 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to extend the expiration of the driver’s licenses of military members’ spouses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-20
To House Roads & Transportation Committee |
| HB2133 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require the board of Barbers and Cosmetologists to approve certain continuing education courses for licensees, permitees, certificate holders and registrants.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-20
To House Government Organization Committee |
| HB2155 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to increase pay to teachers and service personnel over a four year period. This section is new; therefore, it has been completely underscored.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-20
To House Education Committee |
| HB2126 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to remove the prohibition against the immediate temporary suspension, suspension or revocation of a certificate held by a certified person subject to a collective bargaining agreement until the arbitration has concluded an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-20
To House Industry and Labor Committee |
| HB2159 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to elect justices to the Supreme Court of Appeals beginning on a nonpartisan basis beginning in 2016. The bill provides for a nonpartisan judicial office on the voting ballot. The bill sets forth how the justices are to be...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-20
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2120 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to permit holders of licenses to carry a concealed deadly weapon on the grounds of the State Capitol Complex and its buildings. The bill sets forth the requirements to apply and qualify for an endorsement to be added to a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-20
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2136 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to increase criminal penalties for the transportation of controlled substances into the state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-20
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SCR9 | Intro
Sine Die | Petitioning Congress call convention for proposal of constitutional amendments
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-20
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HJR8 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this resolution is to amend the State Constitution to give the people the powers of initiative, referendum and recall. The resolution sets forth its scope, limitations and exceptions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-20
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2116 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to eliminate straight ticket voting as an option on election ballots. The bill also updates language concerning write-in candidates.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-20
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2152 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the publication of the identities of persons who have been issued licenses to carry a concealed deadly weapon. This section is new; therefore, it has been completely underscored.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-20
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2129 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide for the Redistricting Office of the Joint Committee on Government and Finance to propose redistricting plans during census years. The main task of the Redistricting Office is to propose a plan to the Legislature...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-20
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2156 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide for the awarding of a posthumous high school diploma to parents of a high school senior who dies during the senior year. This section is new; therefore, it has been completely underscored.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-20
To House Education Committee |
| HJR7 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this resolution is to permit the Legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation tangible personal property directly used in commercial and industrial businesses, or components of those properties as the Legislature may designate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-20
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2142 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to exempt recreational vehicles from taxable personal property. The bill defines a term.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-20
To House Roads & Transportation Committee |
| HB2127 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to allow manufacturers of medical devices a tax credit against corporation net income tax in the amount of federal medical device tax paid. This section is new; therefore, it has been completely underscored.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-20
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2147 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require the circuit courts, when appointing counsel for alleged protected persons, to make appointments from a listing of all interested and qualified attorneys in the circuit and on a rotating basis.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-20
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2112 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require that school nutrition plans include take home meals for low income students or any student who requests take home meals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-20
To House Education Committee |
| HB2153 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to protect unborn children who are capable of experiencing pain by prohibiting abortion after twenty weeks post-fertilization except when the mother has a medical emergency, to provide for civil remedies and remedies at la...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-01-20
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
