| WV | SB121 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to create the Student Journalist Press Freedom Restoration Act, to provide for legislative findings, to require that the West Virginia Department of Education and the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission allow ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-11
Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - House Journal |
| WV | SB443 | Pass | Directing payment of estate administration fee to State Auditor
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-11
Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - House Journal |
| WV | SB446 | Enroll
75% | Removing methanol and methanol fuel from definition of special fuel
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-11
To Governor 3/17/2023 - House Journal |
| WV | SB444 | Pass | Transferring moneys in WV Future Fund to General Revenue Fund
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-11
Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - House Journal |
| WV | SB476 | Enroll
75% | The purpose of this bill is to require the number of managed care organizations administered by the Bureau of Medical Services in the Mountain Health Trust be set at four. The bill also requires that the organization have an established adult and you...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-11
To Governor 3/10/2023 - House Journal |
| WV | SB469 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to create a special revenue fund known as the Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Instruction Fund to provide funding for CPR instruction to high school students.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-11
Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - House Journal |
| WV | SB523 | Enroll
75% | The purpose of this bill is to provide funding for infrastructure and economic development; clarify the purposes and use of the Economic Development Project Fund; provide that funds may be used solely for loans; provide for repayment of loans, and pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-11
To Governor 3/16/2023 - Senate Journal |
| WV | SB527 | Enroll
75% | The purpose of this bill is to allow the family members of persons discharged from the United States Armed Forces to view or obtain, free of charge, copies of the discharge certificate or report of separation from active duty.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-11
To Governor 3/16/2023 - Senate Journal |
| WV | SB526 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to include Alzheimer's disease in existing public health programs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-11
Approved by Governor 3/22/2023 - House Journal |
| WV | SB522 | Enroll
75% | The purpose of this bill is to allocate a percentage of county excise taxes received from transfers of title to real estate in each county for funding improvements to election administration, infrastructure, and physical and cyber security; allocate ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-11
To Governor 3/17/2023 - House Journal |
| WV | SB579 | Enroll
75% | The purpose of this bill is to provide payment to certain vendors who provided commodities and/or services to the state, but who were not paid because the agency reached its budget limit. Total amount from General Revenue: $16,219.58
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-11
To Governor 3/16/2023 - Senate Journal |
| WV | SB552 | Enroll
75% | The purpose of this bill is to normalize definitions with more recently passed abortion legislation, expand requirements for informed consent, remove liability protection for a physician regarding the prescribing of non-FDA approved drug therapy, req...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-11
To Governor 3/17/2023 - House Journal |
| WV | SB661 | Enroll
75% | The purpose of this bill is to clarify the preferential recall rights for employees sustaining a compensable injury.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-11
To Governor 3/17/2023 - House Journal |
| WV | SB674 | Pass | The purpose of this bill to provide statutory recognition of the creation of the West Virginia First Foundation pursuant to the terms of the West Virginia First Memorandum of Understanding and to authorize the appointment of board members to the West...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-11
Approved by Governor 3/22/2023 - House Journal |
| WV | SB679 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to require the Office of Inspector General to promulgate rules concerning the location of forensic group homes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-11
Approved by Governor 3/9/2023 - House Journal |
| WV | SCR18 | Engross
50% | Requesting Joint Committee on Government and Finance study increasing availability of prescription nonopioid medications
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-11
Ordered to House |
| WV | SB737 | Pass | Emergency Medical Services Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-11
Approved by Governor 3/23/2023 - House Journal |
| WV | SCR24 | Pass | Renaming Mount Olive Correctional Complex and Jail as Mike V. Coleman Maximum Security Complex
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-11
Completed legislative action |
| WV | SR49 | Pass | Memorializing life of John Edward Eckhart, Jr, husband, father, grandfather, Fiscal Officer for WV Senate and dedicated public servant
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-11
Completed legislative action |
| WV | SR50 | Pass | Urging WV congressional delegation support railroad safety improvement
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-11
Completed legislative action |
| WV | SCR28 | Engross
50% | Requesting study on legislation needed to address privacy in social care and health-related social needs space
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-11
Ordered to House |
| WV | SCR27 | Engross
50% | Requesting study on use of E-Verify for employers with public contracts
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-11
Ordered to House |
| WV | SB430 | Enroll
75% | The purpose of this bill is to ensure that all spending units utilize the State Treasurer's contracts and agreements with financial institutions for banking goods and services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-08
To Governor 3/8/2023 |
| WV | SCR23 | Intro
25% | Requesting study on impact of public benefit income eligibility guidelines on direct care workforce participation
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-08
Referred to Rules |
| WV | SB129 | Engross
50% | Limiting gubernatorial authority to spend certain federal funds without appropriation of Legislature
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-07
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | SB128 | Enroll
75% | Clarifying authority of Governor and Legislature to proclaim and declare state of emergency and preparedness
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-06
Became law without Governor's signature- House Journal |
| WV | SB436 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to provide for the prompt payment of legitimate, uncontested invoices by state agencies. The bill provides that registered and qualified vendors shall be entitled to prompt payment upon presentation to a state agency of a ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-06
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | SB282 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia Guardian program to provide public safety and/or security on public school grounds and buildings.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-04
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB10 | Pass | Campus Self-Defense Act
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-02
Approved by Governor 3/1/2023 - House Journal |
| WV | SB650 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to allow physician assistants to own a practice. This bill also allows the West Virginia Board of Medicine to deny a license or other authorization to physician assistants who make unlawful referrals where that physician a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-01
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB732 | Engross
50% | Prohibiting insurer from imposing copayment for certain services
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-01
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | SB602 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to enable Bluefield State University and West Virginia State University to offer associate degrees on their campus.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-24
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | SB297 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to create the Mountain Homes Act and creating the Mountain Homes Fund to remove barriers to funding for home construction with the goal of promoting a sustainable quality of life for the state's workforce.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-23
To House Economic Development and Tourism Committee |
| WV | SB584 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to remove exceptions for rape and incest for the current abortion law in West Virginia.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-23
Motion to table previous motion adopted (Roll No. 244) |
| WV | SB596 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to modify payment for housing and maintenance of inmates. The bill establishes a means of calculating fees. The bill provides for a reduced rate in certain circumstances. The bill provides for an enhanced rate in certain c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-23
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | SB725 | Intro
25% | 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 | SB673 | Intro
25% | 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 | SB652 | Intro
25% | 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 | SB648 | Intro
25% | 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 | SB441 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to repeal the additional one and one-half percent interest rate for underpayments after December 31, 2023.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-14
Removed from calendar by Rules Committee |
| WV | SB472 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to create the criminal offense of indecent exposure in front of minors and establish criminal penalties for this offense.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-14
Removed from calendar by Rules Committee |
| WV | SR31 | Pass | Designating February 14, 2023, as Child Care Day at Legislature
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-14
Completed legislative action |
| WV | SB614 | Intro
25% | 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 | SR29 | Pass | Strongly encouraging Monongahela Power Company to purchase Pleasants Power Station
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-13
Completed legislative action |
| WV | SB595 | Intro
25% | 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] | 2023-02-09
To Senate Finance Committee |
| WV | SB231 | Pass | Transferring administration of WV Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Matching Funds Program to Department of Economic Development
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
Approved by Governor 2/6/2023 - House Journal |
| WV | SB519 | Intro
25% | 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 | SB564 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Public Service Commission of West Virginia to consider and issue financing orders to certain utilities to permit the recovery of certain costs through securitization via consumer rate relief bonds.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-06
To Senate Finance Committee |
| WV | SB224 | Intro
25% | Establishing revocation of authority for spending by agency in support of challenge to WV law
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-02
Referred to Rules on 2nd reading |
| WV | SB551 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to create a Medicaid state plan amendment. The bill provides that the Bureau of Medical Services shall seek a state plan amendment. The bill provides that the state plan amendment provides for cost sharing and/or premiums ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-02
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
