| HB3001 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to increase compensation of county board of education members. The bill also allows compensation for participating in certain statewide trainings, serving as a member on a governing council of an educational services coope...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2551 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require the State Board of Education to propose a plan to fund school transportation costs as an item separate from the present total state basic foundation program, and providing for better consideration of fixed costs...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB3063 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to allow a taxpayer a personal income tax credit, up to $500, for amounts expended on qualified educational expenses for each of the taxpayer’s children that participated in home educational instruction or attended a pri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2803 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to permit retired teachers to substitute teach a total of 180 days each year without having retirement benefits reduced.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB3128 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to change the minimum ration of school cooks to one cook for every 110 meals prepared and served.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-19
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2865 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to change the school aid formula Step 7 allowances for instructional technology and enrollment advanced placement and dual credit courses. The base allocation to each county for improving instructional technology is increa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-18
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2472 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide a special license plate for pollinators. The bill also sets a fee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-18
To Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee |
| HCR75 | Intro
Sine Die | U. S. Army SSG Henry Kilgore Bridge
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-18
To House Technology and Infrastructure Committee |
| HB3012 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide new graduates of an in-state or out-of-state higher educational institution, an in-state community or technical college, or an in-state trade school, a $1,000 tax credit on the income tax of the graduate for fiv...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-18
To House Finance Committee |
| HCR7 | Engross
Sine Die | Kidd Brothers Bridge
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-18
To Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee |
| HCR4 | Engross
Sine Die | Gold Star Families Highway
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-18
To Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee |
| HCR43 | Engross
Sine Die | U. S. Army Air Corps T SGT Ralph H. Ray Bridge
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-18
To Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee |
| HB2688 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require air conditioning on all school buses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-18
To House Finance Committee |
| HB3018 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to set forth the amount the West Virginia Public Employees Insurance Agency will reimburse air-ambulance providers for the transportation of individuals covered by its plans, consistent with Air Evac EMS, Inc. v. Cheatham,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-18
To House Finance Committee |
| HR15 | Pass | Memorializing the life of the Honorable Mary Pearl Compton, teacher and public servant
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-18
Completed legislative action |
| HB2698 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety to release certain information to county prosecutors of this state and United States Attorneys which are required for the prosecution of a criminal action.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2724 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide a temporary tax credit for small group employers to cover a tax credit of up to 50 percent of the costs of branding, marketing and advertising of agricultural or manufactured products produced or manufactured in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2695 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to exempt from the State Purchasing Division purchases made by the Division of Protective Services for security equipment to maintain security in state buildings.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2523 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to increase the amount of time a taxpayer has to seek relief from a county commission from an erroneous assessment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
To House Finance Committee |
| HB2883 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to include additional locations where enhance penalties for selling controlled substances to a minor are applicable.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2793 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to expand the use of the College Prepaid Tuition and Savings Program to private, public, religious, middle, and secondary schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
To Senate Education Committee |
| HB2672 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to exempt honorably discharged veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States from payment of fees and costs required by this section for a license to carry deadly weapons. This exemption already applies to former law-e...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2338 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to allow owners of antique military vehicles to display alternate registration insignia that is compatible with the vehicle’s original markings in lieu of a registration plate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
To Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee |
| HB2887 | Intro
Sine Die | style='color:windowtext'>The purpose of this bill is to establish a West Virginia business growth in low-income communities tax credit.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-15
To House Finance Committee |
| HB3070 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to modify the West Virginia State Police Retirement System Plan B accrued benefit for Plan B members to three percent beginning July 1, 2019.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-14
To House Finance Committee |
| HCR71 | Intro
Sine Die | John and Wilbur Hahn Dutch Hollow Memorial Pioneers Bridge
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-14
To House Technology and Infrastructure Committee |
| HB2720 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to authorize supervising entities to authorize reserve deputies, ambulance crew members, firefighters, rescue squad members and emergency service personnel to carry firearms. It specifies the training required for them to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-14
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| HB2173 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to allow state and federal law-enforcement officers to testify as to the contents and evidence of a wiretap or electronic surveillance obtained in state court in criminal proceedings both in state courts and federal courts...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-14
Tabled on 3rd reading, Special Calendar |
| HB2727 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to direct the Division of Natural Resources to conduct a study relating to the environmental effects of permitting boats with motors larger than 10 horsepower to operate on the Upper Mud River Lake.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-13
To House Government Organization Committee |
| HB2774 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to protect the right to farm and protect agricultural operations from nuisance litigation if the facility has been in operation for more than one year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB2100 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require the State Department of Education to develop a pilot program to provide mental and behavioral health services as an alternative to suspending students for disruptive behaviors.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-13
To House Education Committee |
| HB2468 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish a new special revenue fund and a funding source to support the Department of Agriculture’s efforts to make capital improvements to its facilities.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-13
Tabled on 3rd reading, Special Calendar |
| HB2109 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to extend the maximum period of confinement a judge may impose for certain, first-time probationary violations from 60 days to six months. The bill also provides judges greater sentencing discretion for certain, subsequent...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-13
Committed to Finance on 3rd reading |
| HB2796 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to permit the Commissioner of Agriculture to contract with local laboratories to analyze samples from industrial hemp farms to ensure that the plants do not have unlawful levels of tetrahydrocannabinol.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-13
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB3055 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to allow levies to pass with a majority vote.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB3115 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to extend the prescription length for emergency prescriptions that may be filled by pharmacists to accommodate for persons who are unable to get a prescription in a timely matter for a life sustaining medication.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-12
To House Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse Committee |
| HB3056 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide protections to owners of livestock and other domestic animals when the animals trespass on property of another.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-12
To House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee |
| HB3053 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require the Director of the Division of Natural Resources to propose rules for hunting antlered deer.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-12
To House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee |
| HB3120 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require the use of returnable containers for soft-drinks, soda water, carbonated natural or mineral water, other nonalcoholic carbonated drinks and for beer, ale or other malt drinks of any alcoholic content and for cer...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-12
To House Industry and Labor Committee |
| HB3118 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to mandatory drug testing for state legislators and teachers
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-12
To House Education Committee |
| HB3062 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to amend provisions relating to sale of delinquent tax liens; redemption; fees; and purchaser’s obligations and rights. The bill changes the time for redemption and time to set aside a deed; and reduces the time to red...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB3014 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to remove the minimum and maximum salary caps for the director of the State Rail Authority, allow the Secretary of the Department of Transportation to set the salary with the consent of the authority, and allow the salary ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-12
To House Finance Committee |
| HB3098 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to allow the same business owner to brew and sell beer to also distill and sell liquor.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-12
To House Government Organization Committee |
| HB3033 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to develop a Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program Fund within the Department of Agriculture. The bill also asks that the state consider adding an additional $10 to the $20 in vouchers that eligible seniors received in ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-12
To House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee |
| HB3060 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to amend and clarify the definition of loan originator.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-12
To House Banking & Insurance Committee |
| HB3008 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish and create comprehensive reentry services for offenders reentering communities to reduce recidivism rates by providing standard services; family-based substance abuse services; educational services; drug treat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB3094 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require persons once elected to remain in the political party from which they were elected; providing legislative findings relating to constitutional requirements associated with elected officials’ freedom of associat...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB3028 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to enact the Prevention of Violence Against Health Care and Social Service Workers Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB3031 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to permit the WVABCA to request the assistance of local law enforcement; clarifying that consumption of alcoholic liquors in public is unlawful; clarifying that West Virginia licensees can only sell liquor by the drink; cl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-12
To House Judiciary Committee |
| HB3017 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to provide for the deregulation of natural gas for certain ultimate consumers by permitting the bypass of public utilities by natural gas suppliers to large volume users of natural gas.Â
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-02-12
To House Energy Committee |
