| WV | HB3232 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to direct the West Virginia State Lottery Commission to accredit Independent Evaluators to audit and opine on the Sports Betting Content directly or indirectly affiliated with mobile sports wagering licensees and report fi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-06
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB3330 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create the family court circuits and to allocate the number of family court judges in each family court circuit to be elected in the 2024 election.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-03
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB2599 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create the utility pole rights-of-way and easement mapping initiative; to require pole owners to provide information to the Department of Economic Development to map the poles; required the Department of Economic Develo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-03
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB3405 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to change the time period of a protective order extension to one year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-02
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB3331 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to allow the Supreme Court of Appeals greater flexibility to efficiently staff the family courts and magistrate courts of this state by eliminating certain statutory restrictions on the number and ratio of existing staff, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-01
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB3363 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to bring state code into compliance with the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA) provision.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB3445 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create earned compliance credits for individuals on probation and parole for certain behaviors and actions to incentivize rehabilitation efforts. The bill authorizes supervising officers to recommend rescinding of credi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB2122 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish limitation on law-enforcement officers conducting custodial interrogations of a child with certain exceptions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB3493 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit certain foreign ownership of land in this state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-27
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB2567 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to increase the penalty of unlawful trespass into the home of another from a misdemeanor offense to a felony offense.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-27
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB3551 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide a procedure for restricting access to criminal history record information of individuals who have been convicted of a crime and pardoned by the Governor.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-27
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB3006 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to add the criminal offense of damaging, destroying, or stealing any amount of copper, with felony penalties, providing for forfeiture of items of personal property which are used, have been used, or are intended for use, ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-27
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB2252 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to increase penalties for human trafficking.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-25
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB2150 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require parents or guardians to participate in programs for juveniles in an out-of-home placement.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-21
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB725 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require judicial runoff elections if the candidate with the highest number of votes in the primary election does not receive a majority of the total votes cast, and to indicate on each nonpartisan judicial ballot each c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-20
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB731 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to enable the trier of fact to determine the actual amount of the prevailing party's pecuniary loss and to have judgment awards in tort actions be reduced by the amount of certain collateral source payments or benefits rec...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-20
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB696 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to add "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" to the categories covered by the Human Rights Act, prohibiting discrimination in employment and places of public accommodation. The bill adds "age", "sexual orientation" an...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-20
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB726 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to prevent compensatory damage awards for medical expenses from including sums that the claimant has not and will not pay for medical care or treatment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-20
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB682 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require municipal elections to be held on statewide election days.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-20
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB727 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide reports on mental or physical disabilities, or disorders, to the Division of Motor Vehicles to determine an individual's medical competency to retain their driver's license. The bill also provides that this sect...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-20
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB695 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to offer the option to receive an orchiectomy and to change the penalty to life imprisonment for crimes committed under §61-8B-3(a)(2), §61-8B-3(c), or §61-8B-5(a)(2) of this code.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-20
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB685 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to amend the deliberate intent statute to limit noneconomic damages to $250,000, remove occupational pneumoconiosis from compensable injuries under deliberate intent, require bifurcation to enhance speedy resolution of non...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-20
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB669 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit public disclosure of restricted information.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB670 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to clarify the responsibility of the Governor to fill a vacancy in the state legislature. The bill provides a process for the selection of three legally qualified persons to fill a vacancy in the office of state senator or...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB673 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide voters with the ability to identify and verify their ballot cast in a statewide election held in West Virginia.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-17
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB653 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to allow a group of affiliated voters to become a recognized political party if the 888group's candidate receives at least one percent of the votes statewide in an election for either President or Governor.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB659 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to clarify that the juvenile competency determination process extends to status offenders.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB652 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to modify Municipal Home Rule appeals. The bill provides for appeals and grounds therefor. The bill provides who is eligible to appeal. Finally, the bill provides procedures for the appeal.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB655 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to codify a Parents' Bill of Rights.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB648 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to amend the deliberate intent statute to limit noneconomic damages to $250,000, remove occupational pneumoconiosis from compensable injuries under deliberate intent, require bifurcation to enhance speedy resolution of non...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-15
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB571 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to direct the West Virginia State Lottery Commission to accredit Independent Evaluators to audit and opine on the Sports Betting Content directly or indirectly affiliated with mobile sports wagering licensees and report fi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-15
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB639 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to authorize restitution to victims of securities fraud and to create a fund for that purpose.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-15
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB643 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to expend federal appropriations from Congress to the Secretary of State for purposes that further the administration of federal elections held in the state, payable from the County Assistance Voting Equipment Fund.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-15
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB626 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to increase the penalties for operating a house of prostitution from a misdemeanor to a felony in order to provide law enforcement with adequate tools to address human trafficking in the illegal sex trade industries.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-14
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB614 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to modify the language in the statutes relating to modifying the language in the statutes to extend the jurisdiction of the School Safety Unit of the Division of Protective Services, Capitol Police, to provide services to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-14
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB624 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to further define the offense of vehicular homicide. The bill changes negligent homicide to vehicular homicide. The bill adds a misdemeanor offense for when a person dies within a year as a proximate result of driving in a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-14
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB2970 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide for additional reasons for a civil action to be filed to expunge criminal records.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-13
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB3145 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to recognize the Commission on Uniform State Laws as a presumptive provider of continuing legal education. The bill further recognizes session attendance at its annual meeting as continuing legal education credit for commi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-13
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB604 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to allow Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to establish within the department an Office of the Inspector General for the purpose of conducting and supervising investigations and other tasks, including the au...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-10
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB519 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to all provide for the creation of the School Personnel Whistle-Blower Law. The bill provides for a short title. The bill provides for definitions. The bill provides that discriminatory and retaliatory actions against whis...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB2531 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to make it clear that rail companies must cooperate with and receive permission from the Commissioner of the Division of Highways before they build or conduct repairs or otherwise preform maintenance on the railroad, track...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB574 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish residency requirements for candidates seeking nomination and election to United States Congress.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-06
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB560 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to limit recovery on claims for abuse in the State's school system to secure the ongoing financial solvency of the State's public and private school system.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-03
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SJR10 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this resolution is to return control of roads in West Virginia to the counties from the state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-02
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB549 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to update the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-02
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB550 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require state entities, local entities and law enforcement agencies to cooperate with the enforcement of immigration laws. The bill provides for definitions. The bill requires that entities and agencies not prohibit the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-02
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB538 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to is to correct the court for appeals of level 3 decisions. Per SB 275 (2021), effective July 1, 2022, the Intermediate Court of Appeals is the proper appellate court for appeals of level 3 decisions issued by the Public ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-01
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB537 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to eliminate the marital exception to criminal prosecution of sexual assault offenses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-01
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB242 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create a licensure procedure for residential Substance Use Disorder service programs. The bill defines terms; establishes licensure application process for substance use disorder service programs; creates program requir...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-01
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB531 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to allow for the creation of protected series under a parent limited liability company.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-31
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
