| HB2535 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to expand the number of people who are trained in suicide prevention in order to maximize the possibility that at risk children and adults can be saved. School personnel from middle school through college will not only be ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 225, Acts, Regular Session, 2015 |
| HB2586 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to allow for an alternative form of service of process in actions against nonresident persons by petitioners seeking domestic violence or personal safety relief.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 88, Acts, Regular Session, 2015 |
| HB2478 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to revise certain aspects of public school finance and the school aid formula. First, it eliminates the authority of growth county boards of education to designate regular school board levy revenues due to new construction...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 100, 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 |
| HB2657 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to allow members of the Livestock Care Standards Board to be reimbursed for expenses consistent with the West Virginia Department of Agriculture Travel Policy and Procedure instead of the guidelines of the Travel Managemen...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 10, 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 |
| HB2370 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to expand the powers of the regional councils comprised of superintendents, county board members and others in the governance of regional education service agencies. The executive director must be selected from nominations...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 93, Acts, Regular Session, 2015 |
| HB2669 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to eliminate the statutory requirements for tuberculosis testing for school children and school personnel who are at low risk for tuberculosis. This type of testing is no longer recommended and the cost of conducting the t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 122, 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 |
| HB2557 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to clarify that an insured driver of a motor vehicle is covered by the driver's auto insurance policy when renting or leasing a vehicle. If the renter of a vehicle does not have auto insurance coverage, the rental or leasi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 143, 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 |
| HB2004 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to provide a procedure for the development of a state plan under section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act. It requires the Department of Environmental Protection to study the feasibility of a state plan and to submit a report t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 109, 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 |
| HB2515 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to require the Division of Natural Resources to take an active role in the reintroduction of the elk species to the state. The bill establishes a fine for the illegal taking of elk. The bill makes findings and provides for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 242, Acts, Regular Session, 2015 |
| HB2933 | Pass | Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Administration, Public Defender Services
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 22, Acts, Regular Session, 2015 |
| HB2274 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Commissioner of Corrections to enter into mutual aid agreements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 178, Acts, Regular Session, 2015 |
| HB2381 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to provide a $2,000 mentoring increment to teachers with certification by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards who teach in schools that are in the lowest 5% in achievement or 10% with the largest achieve...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 102, 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 |
| HB2213 | Pass | 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] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 139, 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 |
| HB2606 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to clarify the potential sentence for disorderly conduct by removing language that a person may be "committed to the custody of the Division of Corrections" rather than "confined in jail" which is inserted.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 77, Acts, Regular Session, 2015 |
| HB2811 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to delete obsolete provisions in the West Virginia Code regarding the Physician's Mutual Insurance Company, and to provide that the company need not be organized as a nonprofit corporation provided that the company remain ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 147, 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 |
| HB2867 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to provide for the transfer of credit for courses completed between post-secondary higher education institutions that do not offer a full four-year degree and four-year institutions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 131, Acts, Regular Session, 2015 |
| HB2523 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to create a special revenue account to offset costs for the West Virginia State Police 100th Anniversary in 2019.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 222, Acts, Regular Session, 2015 |
| HB2770 | Pass | Making a supplementary appropriation from the State Fund, State Excess Lottery Revenue Fund, to the Division of Human Services
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 20, Acts, Regular Session, 2015 |
| HB2931 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to expand the state's Schedule 1 Drug list.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 66, 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 |
| HB2114 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to update the meaning of federal adjusted gross income and certain other terms used in the West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act; and specifying effective dates.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 233, Acts, Regular Session, 2015 |
| HB2636 | Pass | 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] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 115, Acts, Regular Session, 2015 |
| HB2492 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to repeal the requirement that an entity charging admission to view certain closed circuit telecast or subscription television events needs to obtain a permit from the State Athletic Commission and report certain informati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 56, 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 |
| HB2234 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to require a court to permit a party in a divorce proceeding to resume using the name he or she used prior to the marriage.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 87, Acts, Regular Session, 2015 |
| HB2527 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to create a Task Force on the Prevention of Sexual Abuse of Children within the Center for Professional Development. It is named after child sexual abuse survivor, Erin Merryn. The task force is to develop recommendations ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 45, Acts, Regular Session, 2015 |
| HB2598 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to ensure that teachers of students with disabilities receive complete information about the school‛s plan (known as a 504 plan) for accommodating the child‛s disabilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 101, 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 |
| HB2878 | Pass | Creating a one-stop electronic business portal in West Virginia
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-15
Chapter 42, 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 |
| HB2674 | Veto | The purpose of this bill is to make home schooled students eligible for a PROMISE scholarship without taking the GED test; to add entrance examination score as an alternative eligibility criterium for receiving the scholarship; and to increase the am...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-01
Vetoed by Governor 4/1/15 |
| HB2627 | Veto | Providing protection against property crimes committed against coal mines, utilities and other industrial facilities
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-01
Vetoed by Governor 4/1/15 |
| HB2793 | Veto | The purpose of this bill is to clarify that a student who is home schooled may not be classified as habitually absent. The bill requires the parent of a child who is to be home schooled to notify a county superintendent of intent to home school, not ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-01
Vetoed by Governor 4/1/15 |
| HB2240 | Veto | The purpose of this bill is to provide that an act of domestic violence or a sexual offense by strangling is an aggravated felony offense.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-01
Vetoed by Governor 4/1/15 |
| HB2161 | Veto | The purpose of this bill is to adopt the Uniform Act on Prevention of and Remedies for Human Trafficking by creating a Commission on the Prevention of Human Trafficking; requiring the public posting of hotline information in certain business and publ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-04-01
Vetoed by Governor 4/1/15 |
| HB2187 | Veto | The purpose of this bill is to encourage public officials to prominently display the national motto on all public property, public buildings and all buildings designed, constructed and maintained with public funds from the state, a county or a munici...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2015-03-26
Vetoed by Governor 3/26/15 |
