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WVHB5445Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to revise the statute to reduce the minimum age for a cadet for the West Virginia State Police from the age of 21 to the age of 18.
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2024-02-26
On 1st reading, House Calendar
WVSB853Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to require the Fire Commission promulgate standards for the installation of propane tanks at single family homes, and to require the State Fire Marshall to enforce those rules.
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2024-02-23
Referred to Government Organization on 2nd reading
WVSB765Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to designate the Forensic Analysis Laboratory of the Marshall University Forensic Science Center as a backup site for the division's DNA databank and database to function in the event of a natural disaster or statewide dec...
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2024-02-22
Referred to Rules on 2nd reading
WVHB5255Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to establish that an emergency medical services agency may triage and transport a patient to an alternative destination in this state or treat in place if the ambulance service is coordinating the care of the patient throu...
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2024-02-16
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB4962Intro
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The purpose of this bill relates to relating to hotel and motel housing vouchers programs; prohibiting city or town from requiring hotel or motel participation in housing voucher programs; prohibiting county from requiring hotel or motel participatio...
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2024-02-14
To House Judiciary Committee
WVSB784Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to authorize the West Virginia Department of Homeland Security to assist with border security in the state of Texas.
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2024-02-14
To Senate Finance Committee
WVSB556Intro
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The purpose of this bill is modify the way that DNA that is maintained for law-enforcement purposes in West Virginia. The bill provides updates for the policy of maintaining DNA. The bill requires DNA testing of all persons convicted of felonies and ...
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2024-02-13
Referred to Finance
WVHB5658Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to require the School Building Authority to make an assessment of school safety needs for any new or existing projects.
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2024-02-13
To House Education Committee
WVHB5669Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to remove prohibitions against persons carrying guns in state or municipal buildings where security is inadequate.
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2024-02-13
To House Political Subdivisions Committee
WVHB5575Intro
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Relating to fines for local fire departments
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2024-02-12
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB5571Intro
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Requiring law enforcement to obtain a warrant to access certain video survelilance
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2024-02-12
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB5601Intro
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To prohibit people taking their animals into a grocery store or a store that sells food if that animal is not a registered service animal
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2024-02-12
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB5545Intro
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Allow state policemen to get credit for half of years served as city officer or county deputy sheriff and what they paid into their retirement system
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2024-02-12
To House Pensions & Retirement Committee
WVSB759Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to require a taxi company or network transportation company to provide annual training regarding human trafficking awareness to employees, and to provide for enforcement and rulemaking.
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2024-02-12
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee
WVHB5636Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to establish a state-wide work release program for all offenders to facilitate their successful transition back into society; and to require that every eligible offender incarcerated five years participate in work release,...
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2024-02-12
To House Jails and Prisons Committee
WVHB4341Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to establish a State Military Funeral Honor Guard in honor of Hershel "Woody" Williams, known as the Hershel "Woody" Williams State Military Funeral Honor Guard to render professional military funeral honors.
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2024-02-08
To House Finance Committee
WVHB4423Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to combat the sexualization of children and to allow children in the State of West Virginia to avoid the detrimental effects, both during childhood and later into adulthood, caused by exposure to pornography through an age...
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2024-02-08
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB5072Intro
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The purpose of this bill is create the Act to Prohibit the Purchase of Small Unmanned Aircrafts Manufactured or Assembled by a Covered Foreign Entity. The bill provides for definitions. The bill prohibits the purchase of small unmanned aircraft from ...
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2024-02-08
To House Finance Committee
WVHB5527Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to allow persons who have a concealed carry license to carry a concealed handgun in or on the grounds of any primary or secondary educational facility.
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2024-02-08
To House Education Committee
WVSB472Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to require a hotel or public lodging establishment to provide annual training regarding human trafficking awareness to employees, and to provide for enforcement and rulemaking.
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2024-02-07
To Senate Judiciary Committee
WVHB5507Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to clarify the Governor's powers regarding a state of emergency or state of preparedness and changing the expiration of a state of emergency or preparedness to 30 days
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2024-02-07
To House Government Organization Committee
WVHB5502Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to bring state law in compliance with the federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act by expanding the applicability of the Act to reflect federal law by modifying the reporting requirements and modifying penalt...
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2024-02-07
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB5488Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to codify that The Gun Control Act of 1968 prohibits unlawful users of drugs and those addicted to controlled substances, specifically marijuana, may not ship, receive, or possess a firearm.
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2024-02-06
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB4868Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to reduce the certification periods for EMS personnel from 4 years to 2 years to align certification periods with those of the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians, to reduce the certification renewal fees to...
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2024-02-02
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB5421Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia K9 Search and Rescue Advisory Committee.
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2024-02-02
To House Government Organization Committee
WVHB5415Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to establish certain crimes, processes, and procedures regarding individuals who have illegally entered or reentered the state in violation of state and federal laws.
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2024-02-01
To House Veterans Affairs & Homeland Security Committee
WVHB5226Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to protect minors on social media and other Internet uses, listing requirements for social media usage, prohibit data collection on certain accounts, prohibit certain advertising, redirection of accounts, prohibit certain ...
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2024-01-31
To House Judiciary Committee
WVSB612Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to establish a criminal offense for knowingly, willfully, and forcibly obstructing or hindering home incarceration supervisors and social service workers while they are lawfully acting in their official capacity and the ob...
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2024-01-31
To Senate Judiciary Committee
WVHB5275Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to require local municipalities, at both the city and county levels, to declare, on a quarterly basis, the amount of money spent meeting the needs of certain noncitizen immigrants.
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2024-01-29
To House Political Subdivisions Committee
WVHB4723Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to reduce the amount paid to the Tax Commissioner for the annual licensure fees to volunteer fire departments for charitable raffles.
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2024-01-26
To House Finance Committee
WVHB4627Intro
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The purpose of this bill is modify the way that DNA that is maintained for law-enforcement purposes in West Virginia. The bill provides updates for the policy of maintaining DNA. The bill requires DNA testing of all persons convicted of felonies and ...
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2024-01-25
House rejected (Roll No. 38)
WVHB5172Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to reduce the amount paid to the Tax Commissioner for the annual licensure fees to volunteer fire departments for charitable raffles.
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2024-01-25
To House Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services Committee
WVHB5086Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to all relating to the Food Safety Act of 2024; prohibiting persons or entities from offering for human consumption food products that contain certain substances; and establishing civil penalties for violation of section.
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2024-01-25
To House Health & Human Resources Committee
WVHB5102Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to reduce the amount paid to the Tax Commissioner for the annual licensure fees to volunteer fire departments for charitable raffles.
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2024-01-25
To House Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services Committee
WVHB5181Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to mandate audio recording during Child Protective Services investigations and interactions during visits.
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2024-01-25
To House Seniors, Children, and Family Issues Committee
WVHB5068Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to provide that operating any vehicle at speeds in excess of 25 miles per hour over the posted speed limit is reckless driving.
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2024-01-25
To House Technology and Infrastructure Committee
WVHB5098Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to require federal law enforcement officials to provide a minimum of 48 hours' notice to the Attorney General and affected local sheriff's department prior to execution of federal warrants or arrests in the state of West V...
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2024-01-25
To House Veterans Affairs & Homeland Security Committee
WVHB5135Intro
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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...
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2024-01-25
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB5015Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to require the State Fire Commission to reconsider current rules for rural area fire departments and volunteer firefighters and to propose new rules with the objective of eliminating unnecessarily burdensome or restrictive...
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2024-01-23
To House Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services Committee
WVHB5055Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to create the Anti-Federal Commandeering Act. The bill provides for a short title. The bill provides for legislative findings and intent. The bill provides for definitions. The bill prohibits federal commandeering. The bil...
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2024-01-23
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB4981Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to permit the carrying of concealed weapons on the campus of a state institution of higher education by individuals who have been issued state licenses to carry concealed deadly weapons pursuant to W.Va. Code §61-7-4.
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2024-01-22
To House Education Committee
WVHB4993Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to require that the fire commission establish a system of predetermined alarm assignments to assist fire departments with backup assistance based upon distance to an emergency.
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2024-01-22
To House Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services Committee
WVHB4982Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to remove marriage from the definitions listed for crimes of sexual offenses.
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2024-01-22
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB4932Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to permit the prosecuting attorney's car to have a red warning light.
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2024-01-19
To House Technology and Infrastructure Committee
WVHB4895Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to establish a speed limit in licensed child care zones.
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2024-01-18
To House Technology and Infrastructure Committee
WVHB4918Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to codify the USCCA to provide concealed carry classes in West Virginia.
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2024-01-18
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB4917Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to create a "pop-up" window directing users to optional firearms safety classes offered by the NRA and the USCCA.
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2024-01-18
To House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee
WVHB4869Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to clarify that health insurance coverage for emergency services when a prudent layperson acting reasonably would have believed that an emergency medical condition existed includes prehospital screening and stabilization o...
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2024-01-17
To House Banking & Insurance Committee
WVHB4866Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to make syringe services unlawful and provide for penalties for violation of the article. The proposed bill permits the provision of harm reduction services not associated with a syringe exchange program and permits an adm...
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2024-01-17
To House Health & Human Resources Committee
WVHB4852Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to alleviate double taxation on foreign income at the state level. The bill sunsets the credit for income tax paid on foreign income in 2070.
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2024-01-17
To House Finance Committee
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