| SB840 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to modify the calculation of the taxable wage base and modify eligibility for and amount of unemployment benefits, to modify the methodology for calculating maximum benefit rate, to modify the benefit table consistent with...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
Referred to Rules on 3rd reading |
| SB822 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to balance the interests of current landowners and future landowners to ensure surface, minerals, and forest land may be developed for future economic gain by limiting use restrictions for forest carbon capture and sequest...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
Removed from calendar by Rules Committee |
| SB870 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish the Anti-Woke Act; prohibit a school district, a public charter school, the West Virginia Board of Education, the West Virginia Department of Education, or any employee of the aforementioned entities from prov...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
Referred to Judiciary on 2nd reading |
| SB860 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create alternative high-risk population public charter schools and permit an enrollment count of three times a year for funding purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-24
Referred to Finance on 2nd reading |
| SB853 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require the Fire Commission promulgate standards for the installation of propane tanks at single family homes, and to require the State Fire Marshall to enforce those rules.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-23
Referred to Government Organization on 2nd reading |
| SB496 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to clarify that race discrimination includes discrimination based on certain hair textures and styles.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-23
Referred to Finance on 2nd reading |
| SB685 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to continue and reconstitute the membership of the Board of Risk and Insurance Management.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-23
Referred to Rules on 3rd reading |
| SB761 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require county school boards to publish an annual list of buildings that are closed, unused, or unoccupied for purposes of providing greater access to Charter Schools. Once a public charter school requests usage of a pu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-22
Referred to Rules on 2nd reading |
| SB765 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to designate the Forensic Analysis Laboratory of the Marshall University Forensic Science Center as a backup site for the division's DNA databank and database to function in the event of a natural disaster or statewide dec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-22
Referred to Rules on 2nd reading |
| SB672 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require coverage and reimbursement for home blood pressure monitoring devices for certain persons diagnosed with hypertension.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-21
Referred to Finance on 2nd reading |
| SB743 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to set forth criteria for the Bureau for Medical Services to follow regarding anti-obesity medications and to require reporting of outcomes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-21
Referred to Finance on 2nd reading |
| SB724 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to prevent a lack of availability of license plates and other signs due to a temporary inability of the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation to manufacture them.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-21
Referred to Rules on 2nd reading |
| SB750 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish a Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Week for grades 6 through 12., to be known as "Laken's Law", relating fentanyl abuse prevention and drug poisoning awareness education in public schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-21
Referred to Rules |
| SB528 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require centralized intake to have a process for a family assessment track and investigative track for protective services and to define these terms, to revise the process for centralized intake to incorporate these two...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-21
Referred to Judiciary on 2nd reading |
| SB857 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require insurance coverage for clinical genetic testing for an inherited gene mutation and evidenced-based cancer imaging; and providing that this testing is not subject to cost-sharing.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-19
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| SB867 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to allow student-athletes to participate in competitive events and activities while playing for their school.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-19
To Senate Education Committee |
| SB863 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide a new definition in the Tobacco Products Excise Tax Act on heated nicotine products.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-19
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB849 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide just compensation to owners of coal slurry, oil, gas, crude products, hydrogen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide or other natural resource lines if their property is taken for public use and to pay compensation for use ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-19
To Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee |
| SB869 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to clarify definitions for customer-generator, cross-subsidization and full retail credit for net-metering, and to raise the net-metering cap to 1,000 kilowatts for commercial customers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-19
To Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee |
| SB843 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to recognize gold and silver bullion and specie as legal tender in West Virginia, to authorize the West Virginia Bullion Depository, and to authorize the depository to issue transactional currency backed by gold and silver...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-19
To Senate Banking and Insurance Committee |
| SB862 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to change the designation of the Division of Culture and History as a separate independent agency to "an agency" within the Executive Branch as the Department of Arts, Culture, and History, by deleting the words "separate ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-19
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| SB855 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to amend and clarify the felony of exhibiting "obscene matter" to a minor for the purpose of abuse to be clarified to include any depiction of sexually graphic material to a minor for the purpose of seducing a minor.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-19
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB847 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide that if a court enters an order of acquittal of all criminal charges against a person in a case, the court shall order the record expunged upon the expiration of 30 days, unless the person objects to the expunge...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-19
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB856 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require insurance providers to provide diagnostic and supplemental breast examinations without cost sharing.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-19
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| SB854 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish the Public/Private Small Business Enhancement Program to encourage small business development and growth.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-19
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| SB852 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to modify the ratio of children at family child care facilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-19
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| SB845 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require yearly renewal of commercial driver's licenses and provide for the reinstatement of revoked or expired commercial driver's licenses due to inactive status and lack of medical certification.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-19
To Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee |
| SB395 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to modify the valuation of industrial property and natural resources by the Tax Commissioner. The bill makes technical corrections. Finally, the bill removes a sunset provision.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-19
Referred to Rules on 3rd reading |
| SB846 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create an associate's of bachelor's degree based on skills, education, and experience earned while serving in the military.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-19
To Senate Military Committee |
| SB758 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit obligating local fiscal bodies beyond one year, subject to exceptions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB818 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide a $5,000 raise to state road employees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB823 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create prohibitions on the illegal entry into or illegal presence in this state by a person who is an alien. The bill provides for the enforcement of those prohibitions and certain related orders, including immunity fro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB839 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide county boards of education with the option of seeking insurance coverage from licensed insurance carriers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16
To Senate Banking and Insurance Committee |
| SB812 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the distribution of pornographic materials to persons under 18.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB831 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to ensure financial or product assistance are available for a prescription drug.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| SB593 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit ranked choice voting in any election held in West Virginia.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB836 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to update the provisions of the West Virginia Uniform Trust Code to permit the electronic execution of trust agreements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB828 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to clarify political party procedure and authority to select delegates to its national convention; and to political party conventions for nomination of presidential electors.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| SB829 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to revise and modify political party committee organization, vacancy filling procedures, and political party internal governance.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| SB811 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to limit medical monitoring damages based on increased risk of disease and setting requirements for plaintiff's seeking such damages.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB830 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to amend the procedures for filling vacancies in state legislature.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| SB833 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this supplemental appropriation bill is to add a new item of appropriation in the aforesaid account for the designated spending unit for expenditure during the fiscal year 2024.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB814 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to streamline and simplify the processes within the classified service system; maintaining a merit system while creating efficiencies and flexibility. The bill empowers appointing authorities to make decisions regarding hu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| SB817 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to modify eligibility and qualifications to serve as an appointed member of the state board of education, by prohibiting certain political and other activities and specifically permitting certain political activities
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16
To Senate Education Committee |
| SB832 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to remove the option for courts to order services at a higher rate than Medicaid.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB825 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth from conversion therapy, also known as sexual orientation change efforts or reparative therapy. The bill makes legislative findings and sets forth a purpose. The bil...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| SB835 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to describe payment for housing and maintenance of inmates, to modify a per day, per inmate base rate, to modify the reduced rate, and to modify the enhanced rate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB821 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish the same criminal elements and criminal penalties for abuse or neglect of incapacitated adults as are applicable to abuse or neglect of children.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SB670 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to reallocate ten basis points of the one percent premium tax on fire insurance and casualty policies from the Teachers Retirement System to the Municipal Pensions Security Fund, and to decrease the amount of time in which...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15
To Senate Finance Committee |
| SB800 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is regarding water quality affecting residents of the state; establishing findings; requiring Department of Health evaluate whether public water sources contain levels of contaminants making them unsafe; providing water filtr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15
To Senate Finance Committee |
