| WV | HB4782 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to prevent municipalities from targeting protected businesses with planning and zoning ordinances more restrictive than those placed upon other businesses. The bill shall be known as the Second Amendment Business Protectio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-09
Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - House Journal |
| WV | HB4863 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to create the Patriotic Access to Students in Schools Act. The bill defines patriotic societies. Finally, the bill provides for the opportunity to speak and recruit at public schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-09
Approved by Governor 3/22/2024 - House Journal |
| WV | HB4837 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to clarify the duty of banks to retain and procure records and to modify the statute of limitations for actions to enforce a demand to be uniform with the timeframe for property abandonment. This bill also provides a presu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-09
Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - House Journal |
| WV | HB4851 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to authorize local school boards, public charter schools, and private or religious schools to employ school security officers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-09
House Message received |
| WV | HB4945 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to make several specific changes in the Hope Scholarship Program; including that the annual Hope Scholarship Program appropriation calculation will be based on the estimated number of participating students instead of the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-09
Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - House Journal |
| WV | HB5091 | Pass | 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] | 2024-03-09
Approved by Governor 3/26/24 - House Journal |
| WV | HB5294 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to revise and update the code regulating farm wineries in West Virginia to allow the state's farm winery industry to be more competitive with farm wineries in adjacent states.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-09
Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - House Journal |
| WV | HB5298 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit unsuccessful candidates in a primary election from being nominated by a different political party for placement on the subsequent general election ballot.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-09
Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - House Journal |
| WV | HB5548 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to clarify that tourism development projects and tourism development expansion projects are only required to satisfy the standards approved by the West Virginia Department of Economic Development for the design, acquisitio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-09
Removed from calendar by Rules Committee |
| WV | HB5699 | Engross
50% | 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] | 2024-03-06
To Senate Finance Committee |
| WV | HCR68 | Pass | U. S. Army Air Force, Major (Ret.) Willis “Scottie” Adams Memorial Bridge
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
House Message received |
| WV | HR9 | Pass | Reaffirming the longstanding sisterhood partnership between West Virginia and Taiwan
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
Completed legislative action |
| WV | HB5280 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia Short Line Railroad Modernization Act and tax credit allowed and credit limitations for short line railroad companies in West Virginia.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To Senate Economic Development Committee |
| WV | HB4801 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to set forth prohibited clauses in State banking contracts and to remove the date by which the Public Deposits Program must be operable under the West Virginia Security for Deposits Act to allow discretion for program impl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
Approved by Governor 2/23/24 - House Journal |
| WV | HCR48 | Intro
25% | November 7th to be designated annually as “Pastor Appreciation Day”
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
Be adopted, but first to Rules |
| WV | HB4864 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit municipalities from shutting off a user's water for nonpayment of a stormwater fee. The bill allows for municipalities to impose a lien to obtain payment but prohibits municipalities from shutting off services ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-23
On 1st reading, House Calendar |
| WV | HCR82 | Intro
25% | To create a study resolution to review training, equipment and operating standards, and for certification and evaluation of local and rural fire departments for retention, training, and recruitment purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-22
To House Rules Committee |
| WV | HCR31 | Engross
50% | Stanley and Evelyn See Memorial Bridge
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-21
To Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee |
| WV | HCR70 | Intro
25% | Requesting that the West Virginia Legislature to declare June 12th Women’s Veterans Appreciation Day in the State of West Virginia
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-21
To House Rules Committee |
| WV | HB4640 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to restore moneys previously removed from net terminal income in 2014 and the racetrack video lottery and racetrack table games.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-20
To Senate Finance Committee |
| WV | HB4717 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to terminate the authority of the Purchasing Division to impose a certain annual fee upon vendors.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-19
To Senate Finance Committee |
| WV | HB4754 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to exempt the processing of beef, pork or lamb by a slaughterhouse for an individual owner of the product processed from the Consumer Sales and Service Tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16
To Senate Finance Committee |
| WV | HB5564 | Intro
25% | Providing that small format, micro hospitals are exempt from certificate of need review
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4120 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to authorize the West Virginia Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists to promulgate a legislative rule relating to cosmetology apprenticeship.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5419 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to update the law related to mortgage lender and broker regulation to align control of a licensee and key individuals with other regulatory programs, allow West Virginia to participate in and accept multistate examinations...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HCR64 | Engross
50% | Acknowledging and supporting the State of Texas
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4595 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to update the authority of LOCHHRA.This bill was recommended for passage during the 2024 legislative session by the Legislative Oversight Commission of Health and Human Resources Accountability.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-02
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5052 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to increase the tax credit for employers providing child care for employees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-02
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | HB5051 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to provide a tax credit against the state corporate net income tax and the state personal income tax for expenditures related to the operation of existing employer-provided or sponsored childcare facilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-02
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | HB5434 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to provide employees working for the Division of Highways with locality pay for working in certain jurisdictions designated by the commissioner as jurisdictions that are necessary for maintaining planning, engineering, con...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-02
To House Technology and Infrastructure Committee |
| WV | HB5424 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill generally relates to eligibility for and amount of unemployment benefits. The bill modifies the methodology for calculating maximum benefit rate. The bill modifies benefit table consistent with adoption of indexing. The bill ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-02
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | HB4796 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the removal or termination of parental rights of person who is participating in MAT or taking prescribed medications.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4783 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to update the practice of optometry.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-30
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5276 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to modify the calculation of the taxable wage base and modify the methodology for calculating the maximum benefit rate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | HB5303 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to define neighborhood hospitals and provide an exemption for neighborhood hospitals, ambulatory health care facilities, and ambulatory surgical facilities from requiring a certificate of need.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5119 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to create the felony offense of reckless and wanton vehicular homicide.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5135 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to add a definition of the term "ammunition" relating to the requirements for obtaining a state permit to carry a concealed deadly weapon pursuant to the provisions of §61-7-4 of this code. The bill allows those persons...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5010 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill relates to the Firearms Industry Nondiscrimination Act; to establish a short title; define terms; establish application of act to certain government contracts; provide exceptions; and provide the Attorney General the authorit...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-23
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4433 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to permit acquisition and utilization of a mobile facility which performs mammography or low density computerized tomography.The bill was recommended for passage during the 2024 legislative session, by the Joint Committee ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-22
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HJR16 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this resolution is to change the language relating to the amount of the Homestead Exemption from "the first $20,000" to " the first $50,000" of property eligible for the Homestead Exemption.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-17
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | HB4870 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to allow for a one-time allocation of money into the West Virginia courthouse facilities improvement fund for the purpose of allowing counties to apply for a state match for the construction, reconstruction, repair, mainte...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-17
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | HB4848 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to establish the aggravated criminal offense of reckless driving resulting in death, establish the related penalty, and make several non-substantive technical corrections.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-17
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4865 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to increase the total amount for the senior citizen homestead tax exemption and lower the threshold to 200% of federal poverty guidelines.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-17
To House Finance Committee |
