| WV | SB132 | Engross
50% | Clarifying criminal offense of harassment
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-30
On 2nd reading, Special Calendar |
| WV | SB188 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to encourage development, transportation and use of electricity generated using West Virginia natural gas as the energy source for generating electricity by directing the West Virginia Department of Economic Development to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-30
On 2nd reading |
| WV | SB439 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to increase the speed and dexterity with which the Department of Environmental Protection is able to send out projects related to incoming federal infrastructure grants for bid and to construct those projects within the na...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-30
On 3rd reading |
| WV | SR17 | Intro
25% | Congratulating Kevin Gregory as WV Outstanding Tree Farmer of 2022
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-30
On Unfinished Business |
| WV | SB143 | Engross
50% | Relating to Adopt-A-Stream Program
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-27
Communicated to Senate |
| WV | SB202 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to increase the appointment term of the director for the Division of Natural Resources from four to seven years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-27
Ordered to House |
| WV | SB231 | Engross
50% | Transferring administration of WV Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Matching Funds Program to Department of Economic Development
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-27
House requests Senate to concur in changed effective date |
| WV | SB490 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to create the offense of knowingly and willfully obstructing a law enforcement officer, probation officer, parole officer, courthouse security officer, correctional officer, the State Fire Marshal, a deputy or assistant fi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-27
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB494 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia Black Lung Program and granting entitlement for pain and suffering for occupational pneumoconiosis.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-27
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB492 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require legislators and staff who hold a current concealed carry permit to register with the Capitol Police an intent to carry concealed firearms within the Capitol buildings.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-27
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB264 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit persons who have been convicted of certain crimes against minors from holding positions on boards of education.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-26
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB208 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to require that all current law-enforcement officers receive the course of basic training for law-enforcement officers, established in this section, as part of their mandated in-service training requirement every three yea...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-26
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SR15 | Pass | Designating January 26, 2023, as Hunger-Free WV Day at Legislature
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-26
Completed legislative action |
| WV | SB161 | Pass | Authorizing DNR to manage and dispose of property
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-25
Approved by Governor 1/24/2023 - House Journal |
| WV | SB162 | Pass | Authorizing director of DNR to lease state-owned pore spaces in certain areas for carbon sequestration
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-25
Approved by Governor 1/24/2023 - Senate Journal |
| WV | SB10 | Engross
50% | Campus Self-Defense Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-25
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SR13 | Pass | Observing 90th Anniversary of Holodomor Ukrainian Genocide of 1932-1933
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-25
Completed legislative action |
| WV | SR14 | Pass | Designating January 25, 2023, as Aviation Day at Legislature
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-25
Completed legislative action |
| WV | SB468 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to continue the Cabwaylingo State Forest Trail System.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-25
To Senate Outdoor Recreation Committee |
| WV | SB200 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to allow leashed dogs to track wounded elk, turkey, bear and wild boar when hunting.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-24
To House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee |
| WV | SB65 | Engross
50% | Granting municipal fire marshal authority to assist law-enforcement officer
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-24
To House Political Subdivisions Committee |
| WV | SB89 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to require hospitals to staff qualified health care providers trained and properly qualified by The Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Commission to collect sexual assault forensic examination kits.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-24
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SR11 | Pass | Designating January 23, 2023, as WV Tourism Day at Legislature
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-23
Completed legislative action |
| WV | SB433 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to establish requirements for the state board and LEAs to appropriately screen for dyslexia and support students with dyslexia in the school system.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-23
To Senate Education Committee |
| WV | SB237 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to provide a one-time bonus of $1,500 for certain annuitants; and increasing the minimum monthly benefit for certain annuitants in the Public Employees Retirement System and the State Teachers Retirement System.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-20
To Senate Finance Committee |
| WV | SR10 | Pass | Recognizing WV Sheriffs at Legislature on January 20, 2023
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-20
Completed legislative action |
| WV | SB304 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to increase the criminal penalty for fentanyl. The bill also removes the intent element relating to the distribution of a controlled substance using fentanyl as an adulterant, to create a counterfeit substance or imitation...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-20
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB172 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to add additional members to the West Virginia Parole Board.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-19
To Senate Finance Committee |
| WV | SB180 | Intro
25% | Relating to number of state troopers in county
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-19
Rereferred to Government Organization on 1st reading |
| WV | SB299 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to create a new misdemeanor offense of unlawful entry, occupation, or retention of real property.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-19
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB300 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to clarify the definition of a law-enforcement officer under this article does not include county litter control officers whose authority is limited to issuing citations for open dumps, unlawful disposal of litter, or fail...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-19
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SB105 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to allow county commissions to impose an amusement tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-18
To Senate Finance Committee |
| WV | SR9 | Pass | Designating January 18, 2023, as Jan Lilly-Stewart Disability Advocacy Day
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-18
Completed legislative action |
| WV | SB291 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to eliminate the restriction to carry a firearm on the state capitol complex grounds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-18
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB288 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to establish protocols for collecting and preserving DNA evidence from rape and incest victims who receive surgical or chemical abortions; and notifying those persons that this evidence is being collected.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-18
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB268 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to protect solvency of the Public Employees Insurance Agency.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-17
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB256 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to create a Small Business and Minority Populations Economic and Workforce Development Taskforce to assist the Director of the Economic Development Authority in developing and implementing a procedure to address employment...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-17
To Senate Economic Development Committee |
| WV | SR7 | Pass | Designating January 17, 2023, as Girl Scouts Day
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-17
Completed legislative action |
| WV | SR6 | Pass | Congratulating Bob Huggins on his induction into Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-17
Completed legislative action |
| WV | SB141 | Engross
50% | Adding Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation employees working at certain institutions to WV Emergency Responders Survivor Benefits Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-16
To House Jails and Prisons Committee |
| WV | SB127 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to require the PEIA plan to reimburse hospitals that provide inpatient care to a nonmandatory permissive participant beneficiary at rates negotiated between the hospital and the plan.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-16
To House Banking & Insurance Committee |
| WV | SB148 | Engross
50% | Relating to municipalities required to be represented on county authority boards
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-16
To House Political Subdivisions Committee |
| WV | SB140 | Engross
50% | Updating offenses of extortion and attempted extortion
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB134 | Engross
50% | Protecting consumers against businesses using automatic renewals without consent
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB126 | Engross
50% | Reorganizing DHHR
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-16
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB135 | Engross
50% | Relating to Uniform Controlled Substances Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SCR3 | Intro
25% | Dr. Roland P. Sharp Memorial Road
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-16
To Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee |
| WV | SB133 | Engross
50% | Adding definition of “ammunition” for purposes of obtaining state license to carry concealed deadly weapon
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB131 | Engross
50% | Allowing municipal fire marshals to receive service weapon upon retirement
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-16
To House Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services Committee |
| WV | SJR2 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this resolution is to amend the Constitution to authorize the Legislature to exempt veterans from payment of all or part of ad valorem taxes if the veteran has a service-related disability of 100 percent.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-01-16
To Senate Finance Committee |
