West Virginia House Bill 4396 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on February 4 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-10 - To House Government Organization
Pending: House Government Organization Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to update the West Virginia Workforce Investment Act to the West Virginia Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, to comply with changes in federal law as the result of the passage of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. Compliance with the federal law is necessary to ensure continued federal funding of workforce development efforts. As part of these updates, this bill defines new terms. It also updates the composition of the West Virginia Workforce Investment Council and changes its name to the West Virginia Workforce Development Board. The bill also establishes qualifications for certain board members. The bill updates the duties of the board from those previously applicable to the West Virginia Workforce Investment Act. The bill updates reporting requirements to the Legislature and cleans up language to indicate the change of the name of from the West Virginia Workforce Investment Council to the West Virginia Workforce Development Board. The bill requires that the board’s proceedings and information be open and available to the public.

Updating the West Virginia Workforce Investment Act to the West Virginia Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act

Del. Tim Armstead [R]

Del. Tim Miley [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-10	House	To House Government Organization
2016-02-10	House	With amendment, do pass, but first to Government Organization
2016-02-04	House	To House Industry and Labor
2016-02-04	House	Introduced in House
2016-02-04	House	To Industry and Labor then Government Organization
2016-02-04	House	Filed for introduction

SB461 (Similar To) 2016-05-13 - Chapter 80, Acts, Regular Session, 2016

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
5B	2B	1	Amended Code	Citation Text
5B	2B	2	Amended Code	Citation Text
5B	2B	3	Amended Code	Citation Text
5B	2B	4	Amended Code	Citation Text
5B	2B	4a	Amended Code	Citation Text
5B	2B	4b	New Code	See Bill Text
5B	2B	5	Amended Code	Citation Text
5B	2B	6	Amended Code	Citation Text
5B	2B	9	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4396&year=2016&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4396%20intr.htm&yr=2016&sesstype=RS&i=4396