WV HB5023 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)
Status: Introduced on January 23 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-01-23 - To House Energy and Manufacturing
Pending: House Energy and Manufacturing Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 23 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-01-23 - To House Energy and Manufacturing
Pending: House Energy and Manufacturing Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
The purpose of this bill is to require that a qualified person accompany a certified person to conduct measurements of underground air currents when the work exceeds two hours, airways must be walked, there is no established communication, and manual tracking is required.
Title
To provide for two coal miners to go onto a job site where they will be gone over two hours within the mine
Sponsors
| Del. Roy Cooper [R] | Del. Scot Heckert [R] | Del. Mark Dean [R] | Del. Charles Sheedy [R] |
| Del. Henry Dillon [R] | Del. Christopher Toney [R] | Del. Eric Brooks [R] | Del. Todd Kirby [R] |
| Del. Dave Foggin [R] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-23 | House | To House Energy and Manufacturing |
| 2024-01-23 | House | Introduced in House |
| 2024-01-23 | House | To Energy and Manufacturing |
| 2024-01-23 | House | Filed for introduction |
Subjects
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22A | 2 | 8 | Amended Code | Citation Text |
