| HB3005 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to regulate the use and operation of unmanned aircraft systems. The bill additionally prohibits the use of a lethal weapon on an unmanned aircraft system and prohibits the interference with the flight of a manned aircraf...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-14
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB3001 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to abolish the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission. The bill transfers all powers and duties of the commission relating to governance of institutions of higher education to the board of Governors of the instit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-14
To House Education Committee |
| HB3035 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to legalize the manufacture, sale and possession of marijuana and establish a regulatory program for growing, selling and testing of marijuana sold in West Virginia.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-14
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| HB3024 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to limit recoverable damages when a patient has been transferred from health care facility to another health care facility. The bill provides an exception.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-14
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB3021 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish insurance provisions required relating to breast cancer screenings.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-14
To House Banking & Insurance Committee |
| HB3032 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is permit a person to perform auricular acupuncture when used in the context of a chemical dependency treatment program when the person is trained and approved by the National Acupuncture Detoxification Association.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-14
To House Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse Committee |
| HB3047 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to extend the time for certain teachers to pay into the Teachers Retirement System.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-14
To House Education Committee |
| HB3068 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish the “Stay in the state Act” tax credit that allows residents of this state who remain in state after graduating with an undergraduate or associate degree from a state institution to be granted a tax cred...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-14
To House Education Committee |
| HB3045 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to change the structure of the tax on bottled soft drinks and soft drink syrups and powders to only cover soft drinks with added caloric sweeteners, increase the rate to two cents per ounce, and to rededicate the proceeds ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-14
To House Finance Committee |
| HB3039 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to allow municipalities to cancel municipal elections and appoint candidates by acclamation, if there is only one candidate running for each municipal office up for election.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-14
To House Political Subdivisions Committee |
| HB3078 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish a merit-based Katherine Johnson Hope Scholarship program to provide tuition and fee payments for certain qualified students to attend state community and technical college education programs. No scholarship aw...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-14
To House Education Committee |
| HB3066 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to redirect certain racing and gaming revenues from greyhound development funds to the State General Revenue Fund.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-14
To House Finance Committee |
| HB3092 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to clarify, for the purposes of this article, that the fair market value of oil and/or gas producing property is to be calculated through a yield capitalization procedure, using actual operating expenses when provided by t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-14
To House Energy Committee |
| HB3002 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to make the special license term for the retail sale of wine at festivals or fairs one year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-14
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2940 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create a tax credit for improving facades in historic districts. The bill provides that individuals and corporations are entitled to a twenty-five percent tax credit of the replacement cost of a historic façade. The bi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-13
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2943 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Lottery Commission to introduce games whose winning tickets are determined by the outcome of a licensed horse race.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2954 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish 1 a.m. as the cutoff time for selling liquor in retail establishments and private clubs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2960 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to allow the Tax Commissioner or his designee to withdraw a lien upon certain determinations, thereby possibly allowing a taxpayer to obtain a better credit rating.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-13
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2972 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require service stations that sell motor fuel to the public have backup generators for use during emergencies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-13
To House Small Business, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Committee |
| HB2942 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit insurers from cancelling insurance policies doe to the mere filing of a claim that was later denied or to the policy holders inquiry about whether a loss is covered under the policy. The bill permits the canc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-13
To House Banking & Insurance Committee |
| HB2970 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to repeal §8A-12-21 which imposes an additional county excise tax on the privilege of transferring real property for the purposes of funding farmland preservation, and to replace the same by amending §11-22-2 to add subs...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-13
To House Political Subdivisions Committee |
| HB2977 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require the Commissioner of Highways to develop an app and a map that permits individuals to report, and keep track of, potholes on the roads and streets of the state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-13
To House Roads & Transportation Committee |
| HB2959 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require pawnbrokers to post pictures of all items pawned to an Internet site they maintain for a period of one month before they may sell the items. This should help deter the pawning of stolen items.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2973 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require RESAs to cease offering firefighting courses and to transfer responsibility for providing those services to the WVU Cooperative Extension Service.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-13
To House Education Committee |
| HB2964 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to implement several temporary tax increases to stabilize the state budget; including establishing a 3% food tax, increasing personal income tax rates; increasing tobacco taxes; and increasing the corporate net income tax ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-13
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| HB2944 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide for the regulation of the bail bondsmen business by the Insurance Commissioner.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-13
To House Banking & Insurance Committee |
| HB2946 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to enact the refugee absorptive capacity act; short title; definitions; state office for refugees; moratorium applications and cessations; fiscal impact assessment; and reports required.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2969 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to increase the minimum wage based upon increases in the consumer price index.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-13
To House Industry and Labor Committee |
| HB2981 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to limit the compensation of members of the Legislature to no more than five days in a special session where a budget bill has not been enacted.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2937 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to allow portions of otherwise exempt property that are being used for nonexempt purposes to be separately assessed and taxed for property tax purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-13
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2952 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create the right of municipalities and counties to buy real estate for delinquent taxes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-13
To House Political Subdivisions Committee |
| HB2974 | Intro
Sine Die | This purpose of this bill is to ensure that public schools integrate age-appropriate components of effective and evidence-based programs on the prevention of dating violence, domestic abuse and sexual violence into their existing programs and curricu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-13
To House Education Committee |
| HB2979 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish a resort license for the sale of alcoholic liquors and nonintoxicating beers throughout the premises of a resort.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2976 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to include protection for theft of identity information of persons sixty years of age or older or individuals under eighteen years of age. The bill; adds definitions; provides that a report to law-enforcement agency that...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2950 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require the State Superintendent of Schools to have a terminal degree.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-13
To House Education Committee |
| HB2955 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to allow Advanced Deposit Wagering in West Virginia, to provide definitions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2965 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to allow persons who regularly do business at Building 1 of the State Capitol Complex, the opportunity to get an exterior door access security card, after being subject to a background check and paying a $250 fee, upon app...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2947 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to grant a salary increase for Regional Jail Authority employees of $5,000 to be paid over a three-year period.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2982 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to allow Powerball, Mega Millions and Hot Lotto ticket winners to remain anonymous. It provides procedures by which such winners can request anonymity and provides an exemption under the Freedom of Information Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2975 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to authorize the change of the charging 911 fees from land line telephone bills to electric bills.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-13
To House Political Subdivisions Committee |
| HB2953 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to initiate a study of the feasibility of constructing a large lake or lakes in the southern counties of this state as a mechanism for revitalization of that area of our state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-13
To House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee |
| HB2957 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to amend the procedure by which a charitable gaming licensee may appeal the Tax Commissioner’s sanctions against the licensee for violations of the charitable gaming laws, by allowing the licensee to petition the Office ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2938 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide for sentence reduction of jail inmates who participate in cleaning up litter.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2978 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to make technical corrections and improvements to the West Virginia Uniform Trust Code and its companion provisions in the West Virginia Code dealing with trusts which was passed in 2011 as H.B. 2551.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2958 | Intro
Sine Die | The bill provides for the construction of a state-wide, fiber optic broadband infrastructure network, known as broadband middle mile, to be purchased and owned by the state. The bill adds and defines new terms and creates a separate infrastructure fu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-13
To House Government Organization Committee |
| HB2951 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to. require the Commissioner of Bureau for Public Health to conduct a public health impact statement assessing the health impact of any new air or water rule, or modification of an existing air or water rule, proposed by t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-13
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| HB2945 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide exemptions from mandatory immunizations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-13
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| HB2956 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish a new special revenue fund, designated the Adult Drug Court Participation Fund, for the purpose of collecting and remitting moneys to the State Treasury for participation in an adult drug court program adminis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2968 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require the moneys collected from the sale of timber realized through management of the state-owned forests and parks be distributed on a pro rata basis to the specific forest or park that was timbered. The bill creates...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-13
To House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee |
| HB2344 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to transfer the assets of the Library Commission relating to media broadcasting to the Educational Broadcasting Authority.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2017-03-13
To House Finance Committee |
