| WV | HB5013 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to amend the definition of managed timberland to include certain parcels of land that are within a subdivision as long as they are managed for timber production and harvesting.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Chapter 132, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 |
| WV | HB5348 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to rename the Raleigh County Recreation Authority to the Raleigh County Parks and Recreation Authority.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-28
Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - House Journal |
| WV | HB5082 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to exempt persons who have held an insurance license for 20 years or more from the requirement to attend continuing education courses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-09
Communicated to House |
| WV | HB5355 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to allow volunteer fire departments to use fire protection funding for certain purchases associated with the State Auditor's West Virginia Checkbook fiscal reporting system.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB4008 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to change the time required for providing notice of an entry on to land for visiting a grave from ten days to three.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-23
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5678 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to increase compensation rates for panel attorneys and investigators, and to provide indigent defendants with an opportunity to obtain expungements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5677 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to correct the court for appeals of level 3 decisions. Per SB 275 (2021), effective July 1, 2022, the Intermediate Court of Appeals is the proper appellate court for appeals of level 3 decisions issued by the Public Employ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5660 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to give power to modify county fire service fees to the county commission instead of the county fire board.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To House Political Subdivisions Committee |
| WV | HB5634 | Intro
Sine Die | Empowering the Homeland Security Inspector General to oversee/investigate all County Metro 911 Agencies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To House Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB5566 | Intro
Sine Die | To facilitate the interstate practice and regulation of Cosmetology
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To House Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB5640 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the composition of the West Virginia Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority Board and shceduled meetings
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To House Jails and Prisons Committee |
| WV | HB5538 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of bill is to modify parole eligibility for inmates serving life sentences and those who have been convicted of first degree murder.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Jails and Prisons Committee |
| WV | HB5508 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide that the West Virginia Racing Commission annually transfer $8,000,000 from the West Virginia Greyhound Breeding Development Fund to the Fire Protection Fund and the Emergency Medical Services Equipment and Train...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | HB5433 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to modify the education and apprenticeship requirements to obtain a license for funeral directors and embalmers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-02
To House Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB5382 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require convention and visitor's bureaus to receive accreditation from an accrediting body on or before June 30, 2026, in order to be eligible for distribution of net proceeds of hotel-motel tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31
To House Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB4567 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to ensure that businesses have their respective business licenses/registrations protected from revocation by the State of West Virginia for noncompliance with any mandatory mask order.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5233 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require the Board of Registered Nurses to comply with the Open Governmental Procedures Act, share a computer link to meetings that are live streamed, and publicly post meeting minutes to its website.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5113 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to grant administrative control of fire departments within a county to a county fire board or, in the absence of a fire board, to the county commission in that county when they are not already under administrative control ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To House Political Subdivisions Committee |
| WV | HB5168 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require all County School Superintendents to be elected by the voters of their respective counties for four-year terms.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5201 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require counties to provide ambulance services at a ratio of one ambulance for every 20,000 residents.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To House Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services Committee |
| WV | HB5060 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to allow partisan elections for county board of education members.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5015 | Intro
Sine Die | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-23
To House Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services Committee |
| WV | HB4949 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to modify local permitting deadlines for local governing bodies or planning commissions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-19
To House Political Subdivisions Committee |
| WV | HB4887 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to direct the County Commission of Berkeley County to hold a referendum election at the next general election to change the term of office for county commissioners from six years to four years.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-18
To House Political Subdivisions Committee |
| WV | HB4910 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to expand access of licensing for hearing aid fitting and dealings.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-18
To House Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB4840 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to include outside legal services under the state purchasing requirements to require the solicitation of bids.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-17
To House Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB4765 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to exempt healthcare workers' addresses from being made public.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-16
To House Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB4724 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide that if a public service board represents more than one community, there shall be one member from each such community on the service district board.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-15
To House Political Subdivisions Committee |
| WV | HB4599 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require the Treasurer to transfer, into the State General Fund, certain funds accumulated by most boards of examination or registration.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-11
To House Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB4612 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to authorize model Community Health Equity Initiative Demonstration Projects which use existing state and local resources to promote community health and well being. The bill authorizes the Commissioner of the Bureau for P...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-11
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4418 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to bifurcate the Ethics Commission, establishing a Legislative Ethics Commission.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4185 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to increase certain fees collected by county sheriffs and add these increased amounts to the Deputy Sheriff Retirement Fund to provide modest increases in benefits for retired deputies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Pensions & Retirement Committee |
| WV | HB4345 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit West Virginia from joining or participating in the National School Boards Association ("NSBA").
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Education Committee |
| WV | HB4279 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to clarify that the time limitations provided for filing occupational pneumoconiosis claims in this section does not apply to or otherwise limit the ability of a claimant to obtain an evaluation from the Occupational Pneum...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB4443 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to clarify the requirements for allocation and distribution of Fire Protection Fund moneys.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services Committee |
| WV | HB4377 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require a written contract between a licensed contractor and owner or lessee of residential property and information to be contained in the written contract.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee |
