| HB2495 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to allow private and parochial school students whose school is not a member of the West Virginia Secondary Activities Commission to participate in commission activities under certain conditions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-11
To House Education Committee |
| SB33 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting certain divisive acts or concepts from schools, state agencies and any groups receiving state funding
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-11
To Senate Education Committee |
| HB2175 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to limit the number of permits to construct wind power plants, wind power farms, or "windmills" for power generally in West Virginia; to provide that for each new wind powered facility built in West Virginia, there is an o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-11
To House Energy and Manufacturing Committee |
| HB2339 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require that telemarketers telephone calls include the area code and correct point of origin that appear on potential consumers caller I.D.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2378 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to increase the minimum wage requirements in West Virginia to $15 per hour over a six year period.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-11
To House Workforce Development Committee |
| SB11 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting excessive government limitations on exercise of religion
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB2291 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create a Special Business and Resident Incubator Permit for Agriculture Hemp and medical cannabis seed producers for the purpose of developing a vibrant cannabis seed market in this state; prohibiting civil asset forfei...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-11
To House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee |
| HB2367 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide parents the option to have their children vaccinated as a condition to entry of schools. The bill forbids schools from requiring masks on children under age 18. The bill allows those 18 and over to make their ow...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-11
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| HB2127 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to abolish spousal support.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB95 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish a West Virginia business growth in low-income communities tax credit.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-11
To Senate Economic Development Committee |
| HB2363 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide for a moment of silence at the beginning of each school day. The bill prevents teachers from being able to discuss the substance of what children engage in during the moment of silence. Finally, the bill encoura...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-11
To House Education Committee |
| HB2228 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to eliminate the requirement for contractors to submit certified payrolls or other payroll information to the Division of Labor for public improvement construction projects.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-11
To House Workforce Development Committee |
| HB2404 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to permit the court to file a judgment lien for unpaid amounts from public defenders.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2203 | Intro
Sine Die | The bill requires the State Board of Education to establish a Personal Finance Literacy pilot program to be implemented in at least five public high schools, for the duration of three years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-11
To House Education Committee |
| HB2364 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to exempt school buses in current operation from paying tolls on West Virginia roadways.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-11
To House Technology and Infrastructure Committee |
| HB2212 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide that if a public service board represents more than one community, there shall be one member from each such community on the service district board. The bill also includes updated technical changes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-11
To House Political Subdivisions Committee |
| SR1 | Pass | Adopting Rules of Senate
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-11
Completed legislative action |
| HB2246 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to enact the Robin W. Ames Memorial Act, which provides for enhanced penalties for unlawfully using electronic communication devices while driving; creating new penalties including community service, misdemeanor jail time ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-11
To House Technology and Infrastructure Committee |
| HB2423 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit discriminatory "divisive acts" in the workplace, to prohibit the teaching of "divisive acts" in West Virginia schools, and to prohibit state funding to agencies who promote "divisive acts."
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-11
To House Workforce Development Committee |
| SB96 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to enact a new chapter in the WV Code to establish law relating to timber ownership. The bill creates the Timber Cotenancy Modernization and Majority Protection Act and the Unknown and Unlocatable Timber Interest Owners Ac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HB2325 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to specify the direct payment of adoption attorney fees and prohibit direct referrals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2071 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create Taxation With Representation Act whereby nonresidents of a municipality who work in that municipality and who pay user fees pursuant to a municipal ordinance may vote in municipal elections.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-11
To House Political Subdivisions Committee |
| HB2249 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to allocate cost sharing between employers and participants in PEIA premiums applicable to dual covered spouses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-11
To House Banking & Insurance Committee |
| HB2429 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to protect patient access to physician-administered medications and prohibit the practice of "white bagging".
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-11
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| HB2257 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to increase the amounts that can be assessed of civil administrative penalties of the Department of Environmental Protection on individual or general construction stormwater West Virginia/National Pollutant Discharge Elimi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2258 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide greater opportunities for power generation and cost savings to electric utility consumers by creating flexibility and diversity in the construction and financing of electric utility generating facilities; revisi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-11
To House Energy and Manufacturing Committee |
| HB2480 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create in the surviving spouse or the minor children of a decedent an exempt property allowance not exceeding $15,000 in the tangible items of the decedent which is equal to the exemption from levy which is permitted to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2188 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to allow those persons 18-20 years of age to be permitted to carry a deadly weapon, as those persons 21 and over are currently permitted to do.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2193 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to remove limitations on certain deductions for modification of social security income in adjusted gross income.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-11
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2488 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require county boards of education to provide days prior to early voting during primary, general and special elections for registering eligible students to vote and for the transportation of registered students to appro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-11
To House Education Committee |
| HB2312 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to enact the Heartbeat Protection Act. The bill prohibits abortions when a fetal heartbeat is detected. The bill provides exceptions. The bill applies only to intrauterine pregnancies. The bill makes findings. The bill est...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-11
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| HB2119 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to authorize local units of government to adopt local energy efficiency partnership programs and to create districts to promote the use of energy efficiency improvements by owners of certain real property; to provide for t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-11
To House Energy and Manufacturing Committee |
| HB2389 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to permit the commissioner of Motor Vehicles to design a license plate and a driver's license with a specific medical condition designation to notify law enforcement the operator has a medical condition affecting speech, m...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-11
To House Technology and Infrastructure Committee |
| HB2304 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the use of polystyrene containers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-11
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| HB2234 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to exempt sales of tangible personal property to safely store firearms, including, but not limited to, safes and trigger locks from the consumer sales tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-11
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2493 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to increase certain fees collected by county sheriffs and add these increased amounts to the Deputy Sheriff Retirement Fund to provide modest increases in benefits for retired deputies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-11
To House Pensions & Retirement Committee |
| HJR8 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this resolution is to provide for an election to amend the state Constitution to exempt honorably discharged veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States who have been determined to have a 100 percent or more disability from ad va...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-11
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2337 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit placement of the name or likeness of public officials on state road signs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-11
To House Technology and Infrastructure Committee |
| HB2311 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to allow a surviving spouse one additional tax exemption of $20,000 beginning after December 31, 2023, for two taxable years after the death of the spouse. It also defines surviving spouse.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-11
To House Pensions & Retirement Committee |
| HB2197 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to increase the daily rate of compensation for people serving on petit juries.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| SB116 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require the collection and analysis of data relating to the delivery of pregnancy termination services through the West Virginia Medicaid Program. This bill would require health care providers seeking reimbursement for ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-11
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
