| HB2310 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to repeal the Public Employees Insurance Agency Finance Board effective July 1, 2019, amend code sections that refer to the finance board.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-08
To House Government Organization Committee |
| SB25 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to adoption records
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-08
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| HB2448 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide information to high school students regarding career and technical educational opportunities during and after high school, to create a career and technical education for middle school students, and to codify the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-08
To House Education Committee |
| HB3042 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require prescriptions to be made by electronic means, and providing exceptions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-08
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB82 | Intro
Sine Die | Creating Orphan Oil and Gas Well Prevention Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-08
To Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee |
| HB2101 | 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] | 2020-01-08
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2520 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to modify the definition of hazing to address any type of organization whose members include students at any public or private institution of higher education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-08
To House Education Committee |
| HB2840 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to allow a county commission in certain counties to impose an amusement tax to support medical care and emergency services in the county.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-08
To House Political Subdivisions Committee |
| SB44 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishing tax credit for certain employers employing eligible individuals recovering from substance use disorder
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-08
To Senate Workforce Committee |
| HB2903 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to enact the Fetal Heartbeat Act. The bill prohibits abortions when a fetal heartbeat is detected. The bill provides exceptions. The bill makes findings. The bill establishes standards, requirements, and procedures. The bi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-08
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| HB2327 | 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] | 2020-01-08
To House Education Committee |
| HB2985 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia Faith Freedom Act to ensure that, in all cases where state action is alleged to substantially burden the exercise of religion, a compelling interest test is mandated, and, strict scrutiny is app...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-08
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2959 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to make certain acts of panhandling and solicitation unlawful. The bill exempts fire departments. The bill provides misdemeanor penalties.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-08
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB3040 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to repeal the law which makes prime contractors liable for the failure of subcontractors to make proper payments for workers’ compensation coverage.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-08
To House Industry and Labor Committee |
| HB2561 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to expand the eligibility for service on county school boards to those running for or serving as a nonpartisan elected official of a class III or class IV municipality.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-08
To House Education Committee |
| HB2033 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide for a death penalty and procedures and standards applicable thereto, and automatic review of the penalty, for commission of murder in the first degree. Procedures for carrying out the death sentence are establ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-08
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB81 | Intro
Sine Die | Terminating, expiring, or cancelling oil or natural gas leases
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-08
To Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee |
| HB3034 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to permit partially disabled deputy sheriffs to engage in other gainful employment without limiting earnings.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-08
To House Pensions & Retirement Committee |
| HB2756 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require contractors using computers to complete government contracts have software that verifies the amount of hours worked on the computer or computers for the contract.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-08
To House Industry and Labor Committee |
| HB2453 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to make all convicts eligible to petition for parole when their good time credits and actual time served equal 30 years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-08
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2091 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to increase the minimum number of magisterial districts in a county from three to four.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-08
To House Political Subdivisions Committee |
| SB141 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating generally to WV Appellate Reorganization Act of 2020
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-08
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB2152 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to permit retired public school teachers to teach college level courses without loss of retirement benefits.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-08
To House Pensions & Retirement Committee |
| HB2442 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide an increase in compensation for conservation officers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-08
To House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee |
| SB88 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to mobility impairment identifying documents
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-08
To Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee |
| HB2110 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to reallocate and dedicate the natural gas and oil severance tax revenues, up to $30 million annually, to the natural gas and oil producing counties of origin. The bill provides for distribution of the moneys to the distri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-08
To House Energy Committee |
| HB2920 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create a police review board for the State Police and local review boards for local law-enforcement officers and deputy sheriffs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-08
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB4054 | Intro
Sine Die | Vapor Products Warning Notice
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-08
To House Small Business, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Committee |
| HB2431 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide that a person newly elected or appointed as a member of the State Legislature after 2020 will not be eligible for pension benefits based on legislative service.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-08
To House Pensions & Retirement Committee |
| SB78 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring DHHR to file petition to terminate parental rights under certain circumstances
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-08
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB2057 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to restore prevailing wages for certain government contracts to state law. This bill reinstates the Prevailing Wage Law that was in effect until its repeal in 2016.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-08
To House Industry and Labor Committee |
| HB2631 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to qualify children of state employees, receiving income of $25,000 per year or less, for the West Virginia Children's Health Insurance Program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-08
To House Banking & Insurance Committee |
| HB2836 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide a special license plate for spay and neuter advocates. The bill also sets a fee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-08
To House Technology and Infrastructure Committee |
| HB2463 | 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] | 2020-01-08
To House Industry and Labor Committee |
| HB2126 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring county boards of education to provide released time for professional educators and service personnel when serving in an elected municipal or county office
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-08
To House Education Committee |
| HB2758 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish a minimum number of school counselors that shall be employed by the county board and assigned to each high, middle, and elementary school in the state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-08
To House Education Committee |
| HB4043 | Intro
Sine Die | Preventing state, county and municipal agencies from covering any portions of Public Employee Insurance Act premiums for spouse
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-08
To House Banking & Insurance Committee |
| HB2309 | 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] | 2020-01-08
To House Political Subdivisions Committee |
| SB22 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring county boards of education to provide free feminine hygiene products in grades six through 12
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-08
To Senate Education Committee |
| HB2314 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to impose limits on the number of appointees to certain county and municipal bodies; and impose quorum requirements on certain county and municipal bodies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-08
To House Political Subdivisions Committee |
| HB2551 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require the State Board of Education to propose a plan to fund school transportation costs as an item separate from the present total state basic foundation program, and providing for better consideration of fixed costs...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-08
To House Education Committee |
| SB9 | Intro
Sine Die | Requiring certain documents that contain wage records be considered confidential
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-08
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| HB2160 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish an Economic and Community Development Task Force. The bill sets forth the composition of task force. The bill requires a report to Joint Committee on Government and Finance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-08
To House Government Organization Committee |
| HB4005 | Intro
Sine Die | West Virginia Intellectual Property and Trade Secrets Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-08
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2818 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to allow purchase of Teachers Retirement System service credit by transfer from Teachers Defined Contribution System.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-08
To House Pensions & Retirement Committee |
| HB2096 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require the Juvenile Justice Reform Oversight Committee to recommend averted costs reinvestment; create a juvenile justice account and provide its purpose, funding and disbursements; require new data to be collected and...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-08
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB128 | Intro
Sine Die | Increasing penalties for malicious assault, unlawful assault, and assault on law-enforcement officer
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-08
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB2059 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to increase PROMISE scholarships to persons majoring in STEM (Science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields to pay the full cost of tuition, room and board.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-08
To House Education Committee |
| HB2902 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide for fair pay and maximized employment of disabled persons; create a state “Employment First” policy that encourages agencies to facilitate employment of disabled persons; establish a task force to initiate t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-08
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| HB2705 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create 16 two-member senatorial districts and 96Â single-member delegate districts based on the 2010 census and implemented during the 2020 elections.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2020-01-08
To House Political Subdivisions Committee |
