| WV | SB583 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to provide a streamlined process for evaluating an employer's liability for personal injury and wrongful death claims involving operators of commercial motor vehicles and to limit noneconomic damages in such actions to $1 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-23
Chapter 1, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 |
| WV | HB4297 | Pass | 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] | 2024-04-22
Chapter 60, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 |
| WV | SB686 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit actions for damages or attorney's fees under Shamblin v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co., 183 W. Va. 585 (1990) against the Board of Risk and Insurance Management or any person employed by the board or any entity with...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | HB5539 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide that causes of action under Chapter 46A of the Code of West Virginia shall survive the death of the party.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB5621 | Engross
Sine Die | Prohibiting the termination of employment of an employee who defends themselves from an attack inside workplace
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB615 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to limit statutory and common law causes of action against exempt wholesale generators to violations of the material terms and conditions of the siting certificates applicable to such facilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-19
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB811 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to limit medical monitoring damages based on increased risk of disease and setting requirements for plaintiff's seeking such damages.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB795 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to limit liability for accredited academic hospitals to only the amount of insurance covered by State Board of Risk and Insurance Management, to provide medical professional liability insurance to accredited academic hospi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15
To Senate Banking and Insurance Committee |
| WV | SB577 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to encourage landowners to make land available for recreational purposes by limiting landowner liability.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB787 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish a limit for fees charged for medical records.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5651 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to repeal a provision of the code relating to the limitation on bringing an action to enter upon or recover lands.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5643 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to actions for damages or attorney’s fees in cases involving Board of Risk Management and Insurance
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5600 | Intro
Sine Die | Creating a private cause of action for the deprivation of a right granted by the state constitution or by state law
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To House Political Subdivisions Committee |
| WV | SB734 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to reduce the statute of limitations on actions to recover on both oral and written contracts, on bonds of fiduciaries and personal representatives, and on recognizances.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4965 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to mandate restitution to children of victims of negligent homicide or driving under the influence causing death.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-05
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5446 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish the criminal offense of obstructing a highway or other passageway; defining "obstruct"; and establishing penalties for violation of section.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-05
To House Technology and Infrastructure Committee |
| WV | HB4595 | Engross
Sine Die | 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 | HB5316 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to limit the applicability of this article to certain practices by medical care providers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-29
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5206 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide that the decision of a parent, guardian or custodian not to have a child vaccinated is not child abuse.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26
To House Seniors, Children, and Family Issues Committee |
| WV | HB5193 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the financial exploitation of a person in recovery.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5009 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create a process by which voters may recall a county ordinance in a special election.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-23
To House Political Subdivisions Committee |
| WV | HB4980 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to make choice of law provisions in franchise contracts inoperable as a matter of West Virginia law if the West Virginia franchisee objects.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-22
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4973 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to reduce the maximum amount recoverable as compensatory damages for noneconomic loss in workers' compensation death and disability benefits.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-22
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB335 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to amend the witness fee rate in West Virginia to match the current federal rate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-18
To Senate Finance Committee |
| WV | SB488 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide non-exclusive prosecutorial authority over public integrity cases to the Attorney General of West Virginia.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-18
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB353 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to remove the procedure for the court to conduct written investigations into proceedings under Article 9, to ensure that the West Virginia judiciary remains neutral and detached in all matters pending before any court of t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4641 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to repeal §55-9-1, §55-9-2, and §55-9-3 of the Code of West Virginia to remove antiquated provisions of the code relating to gaming activities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4691 | 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] | 2024-01-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB256 | Intro
Sine Die | Providing protection for property owner when someone visiting private cemetery causes damage to property
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4603 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish a special revenue fund out of existing receipts to pay legal fees and court costs to the West Virginia Attorney General, or other counsel, incurred within the operation of the occupational licensing boards.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-11
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4234 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide that a guardian ad litem may not be appointed in an adoption proceeding when both birth parents have signed proper relinquishments.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Seniors, Children, and Family Issues Committee |
| WV | HB4360 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide that the location of a court with guardianship jurisdiction of a minor child has venue for an adoption.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Seniors, Children, and Family Issues Committee |
| WV | HB4176 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish the West Virginia Public Participation Act. The bill provides additional protections to individuals and entities engaged in the exercise of the protected constitutional rights of free speech, freedom to petiti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4533 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide a simple proceeding in family court to name a kinship legal guardianship where a person is unmarried and at least 16 years of age or older, and receives effectively no substantial care and support from his or he...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4579 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to protect West Virginia public school teachers who refuse to use pronouns that are inconsistent with a student's biological sex.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB4383 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide for damages for medical monitoring. The bill establishes requirements for an order for payment of medical monitoring expenses. The bill provides that an increased risk of disease is not a compensable basis for d...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4442 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia Title Protection Act. The bill provides for legislative findings. The bill ensures that rightful property owners retain any and all titles to their property in the event that fraudulent or wrong...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4590 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill relates to modifications of a parenting plan order for substance abuse and requires full restoration of a parenting plan upon successful completion of a substance abuse rehabilitation program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Seniors, Children, and Family Issues Committee |
| WV | HB4358 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to clarify that circuit courts and family courts of this state have no jurisdiction in the case of an action for divorce filed in another state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4565 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish the procedures for asset forfeiture.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4013 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to allow admission of evidence in a civil action of the use or nonuse of a safety belt on the issues of negligence, contributory negligence, comparative negligence and failure to mitigate damages.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4334 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide an exemption from marriage and license participation in certain situations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
