West Virginia Delegate Marty Gearheart [R]

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WVHB2123PassThe purpose of this bill is to modify the criminal penalties imposed on a parent, guardian, custodian, or person in a position of trust in relation to a child for child abuse resulting in injury and child abuse or neglect creating risk of injury.
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2025-04-12
Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 - Senate Journal
WVHB2121PassThe purpose of this bill is to provide for a deceased disabled veteran real property exemption for widowed spouses.
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2025-04-12
Approved by Governor 4/28/2025 - Senate Journal
WVHB2479PassThe purpose of this bill is to modify the process of management and control of county authority vested in a board.
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2025-04-12
Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 - Senate Journal
WVHB2678PassThe purpose of this bill is to clarify that school zones include private schools that have requested the Division of Highways to designate a school zone.
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2025-04-12
Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 - Senate Journal
WVHB3297PassThe purpose of this bill is to establish the Washington Center for Civics, Culture, and Statesmanship at West Virginia University.
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2025-04-12
Approved by Governor 4/30/2025 - House Journal
WVHB3411PassThe purpose of this bill generally relates to commissions. The bill removes the legislative members. Finally, the bill eliminates expired commissions.
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2025-04-12
Approved by Governor 4/28/2025 - House Journal
WVHB3520Engross
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Expiring funds to the surplus balance in the State Fund, General Revenue, Office of Energy
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2025-04-12
Senate requests House to concur
WVHB3412Engross
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The purpose of this bill is to provide exemptions from disclosure of certain records and exempt the legislative branch if it adopts its own rules.
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2025-04-11
Senate requests House to concur
WVHCR99Intro
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Resolution to study policies aimed at preventing financial fraud and scams
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2025-04-09
To House Rules Committee
WVHB2645Engross
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The purpose of this bill is to require certain non-discretionary procedures be strictly complied with by the West Virginia Parkways Authority before tolls, rents, fees or charges may be increased.
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2025-04-07
To Senate Finance Committee
WVHCR88PassHonoring First Responders Honor Board’s Medal of Valor Nominees
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2025-04-04
House received Senate message
WVHB2973Engross
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The purpose of this bill is to clarify where legal actions involving the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission shall be filed.
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2025-04-03
To Senate Education Committee
WVHB3506Engross
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Relating to contributions to the retirement system for judges of courts of record.
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2025-04-02
To Senate Finance Committee
WVHCR78PassUrging the Commissioner of Highways to prioritize completion of I-73, the King Coal Highway
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2025-04-01
House received Senate message
WVHB3154Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to authorize licensed limited video lottery retailers and operators to advertise.
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2025-04-01
House rejected (Roll No. 320)
WVHB3001Engross
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The purpose of this bill is to authorize county courts to establish county parks and recreation commissions.
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2025-03-29
To Senate Government Organization Committee
WVHB2543Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to provide for the inclusion of economic impact statements with any agency proposed legislative rule that has a potential impact to the state economy of more than $200,000 in a given year or $1,000,000 over a five-year per...
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2025-03-27
To House Finance Committee
WVHB2646Engross
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The purpose of this bill is to permit students in eighth and ninth grades to attend summer school in order to raise their grades and establish academic eligibility to play sports in the fall.
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2025-03-26
To Senate Education Committee
WVHCR72Engross
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Recognizing Black Lung Awareness Day 2025 as March 20th, 2025.
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2025-03-25
To Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee
WVHB3451Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to provide for a phased in increase in the homestead exemption; provide that change to exemption contingent on passage of constitutional amendment; remove cap on property tax books, and repeal limitation on levy rates when...
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2025-03-17
To House Finance Committee
WVHB2664Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to provide for some county school board members to be elected as at large members and others to be elected on the basis of their magisterial district of residence.
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2025-03-14
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB3170Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to require approved sewage systems for all rental properties.
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2025-03-14
To House Enviroment, Infrastructure, and Technology Committee
WVHB2139Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to exempt cash tips from West Virginia personal income tax.
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2025-03-06
To House Finance Committee
WVHB3155Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to change the annual fee per video lottery terminal for terminals with software versions that outperform the 10% lowest performing software versions of like kind terminals by more than $900.
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2025-03-05
To House Finance Committee
WVHB3137Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to create economic incentives for data centers to locatewithin the state and further stimulate the state's economy by relying on locally sourced coal-generated electricity. The bill provides salvage value treatment for per...
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2025-03-04
To House Energy and Manufacturing Committee
WVHB3124Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to increase the Homestead Exemption for certain homeowners from $20,000 to 50% of the assessed value of the homestead, unless the assessed property value is less than $40,000, in which case the exemption would be the first...
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2025-03-04
To House Finance Committee
WVHB3076Intro
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The purpose of this bill relates to access to original birth certificates to adopted adults or their lineal descendants.
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2025-03-03
To House Health & Human Resources Committee
WVHB3011Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to limit the pollution control facilities tax treatment and wind power projects to those projects fully operation before January 1, 2025.
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2025-02-27
To House Energy and Public Works Committee
WVHB2924Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to abolish the right to obtain title to land by adverse possession.
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2025-02-24
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB2759Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to increase the penalties for bribery and corrupt practices and to clarify when a person is disqualified from holding office.
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2025-02-21
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB2756Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to establish procedures for dismissing legal actions filed in response to a party's exercise of free speech, right to petition, or right to associate; providing definitions; creating a short title and legislative purpose; ...
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2025-02-21
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB2751Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to grant Mason County and the Town of Henderson special district excise taxes, describe the boundaries of the Town of Henderson Economic Opportunity District, and authorize setting the base tax of said excise taxes.
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2025-02-21
To House Finance Committee
WVHB2677Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to provide for state board and county board policy to prohibit the use of cell phones during instructional times with provisions of exception and enforcement.
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2025-02-20
To House Education Committee
WVHB2647Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to repeal the section of code allowing for the athletic eligibility of transfer students.
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2025-02-20
To House Education Committee
WVHB2665Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to require the Treasurer to transfer 50 percent of the unencumbered balance of each reappropriated revenue account in the State Treasury to the General Fund, under certain circumstances
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2025-02-20
To House Finance Committee
WVHB2680Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to create a Work/Incarceration Prison pilot program; to establish guidelines for eligibility; creates one prison; authorizes the Division of Corrections to propose rules; provides sentence reduction to an offender sentence...
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2025-02-20
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB2643Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to cease tolls on the West Virginia Turnpike upon completion of all bond payments.
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2025-02-20
To House Enviroment, Infrastructure, and Technology Committee
WVHB2676Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to eliminate specific statutory restrictions on outdoor advertisement.
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2025-02-20
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB2644Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to ensure that funding to counties named in this section from the State Road Construction Account does not affect any funding received by those counties from the State Road Fund.
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2025-02-20
To House Energy and Public Works Committee
WVHB2649Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to include elementary schools in the school disciplinary section as amended during the 2023 Regular Session of the Legislature.
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2025-02-20
To House Education Committee
WVHB2648Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to establish certain tenant protections and landlord notice requirements at rental properties for house trailers, mobile homes, manufactured homes, and modular homes.
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2025-02-20
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB2663Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to provide for the forfeiture of unencumbered funds in special revenue accounts and repayment of certain percentages of the special revenue accounts to the General Revenue Fund if these accounts have been inactive for desi...
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2025-02-20
To House Finance Committee
WVHB2666Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to permit landowners or lessees of land whose land is damaged by deer or other wildlife to hire a third party to kill the deer or other wildlife by bow and arrow.
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2025-02-20
To House Agriculture, Commerce and Tourism Committee
WVHB2675Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to eliminate the authority of the West Virginia Parkways Authority to issue further parkway revenue, parkway revenue refunding, or special obligation bonds after July 1, 2025. The bill also provides that subsequent to that...
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2025-02-20
To House Enviroment, Infrastructure, and Technology Committee
WVHB2667Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to require the approval of the Legislature and the Governor before additional bonds may be issued by the Parkways Authority; and requiring tolls to be removed six months following removal of encumbrances for the bonds.
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2025-02-20
To House Enviroment, Infrastructure, and Technology Committee
WVHB2432Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to expand the categories of eligible federal law-enforcement officers.
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2025-02-17
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB2114Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to repeal the authority of the Agriculture Commissioner to increase certain fees by rules or regulations.
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2025-02-13
To House Agriculture, Commerce and Tourism Committee
WVHB2118Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to authorize the carrying a of a concealed handgun by off duty or retired law-enforcement officers; to authorize off duty or retired law-enforcement officers to conceal carry on and in the State Capitol Complex; and to def...
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2025-02-12
To House Judiciary Committee
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