| WV | HB4297 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to bring state code into compliance with the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA) provision.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Chapter 60, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 |
| WV | HB4667 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit harm reduction programs in West Virginia to distribute any smoking devices as part of the program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Chapter 220, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 |
| WV | HB4809 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to create the "Health Care Sharing Ministries Freedom to Share Act". The bill exempts a health care sharing ministry form the state's insurance laws.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Chapter 169, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 |
| WV | HB4782 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to prevent municipalities from targeting protected businesses with planning and zoning ordinances more restrictive than those placed upon other businesses. The bill shall be known as the Second Amendment Business Protectio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Chapter 268, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 |
| WV | HB4793 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to permit the manufacture in a limited amount of alcoholic liquor for personal use only and not for sale.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Chapter 8, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 |
| WV | HB4845 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia Anti-Swatting Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Chapter 87, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 |
| WV | HB4945 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to make several specific changes in the Hope Scholarship Program; including that the annual Hope Scholarship Program appropriation calculation will be based on the estimated number of participating students instead of the ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Chapter 113, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 |
| WV | HB4911 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to permit the sale of raw milk in West Virginia.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Chapter 6, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 |
| WV | HB5157 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to increase the tax rate imposed on certain hospitals up to the maximum amount allowed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Chapter 261, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 |
| WV | HB5188 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to eliminate the prerequisite that a disabled police officer or firefighter be found unable to engage in other substantial gainful employment before awarding disability benefits.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Chapter 74, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 |
| WV | HB4863 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to create the Patriotic Access to Students in Schools Act. The bill defines patriotic societies. Finally, the bill provides for the opportunity to speak and recruit at public schools.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Chapter 112, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 |
| WV | HB5594 | Pass | Exempting West Virginia University and Marshall University from contracts, agreements, or memorandums of understanding with spending units in state government with exceptions
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-22
Chapter 153, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 |
| 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 | HB5338 | Veto | The purpose of this bill is to all create the Consumer Data Protection Act; establishing a framework for controlling and processing personal data in the state; creating definitions; limiting application to all persons that conduct business in the sta...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-09
Vetoed by Governor 3/27/24 - House Journal |
| WV | HJR28 | Pass | The purpose of this resolution is to add a new section to Article III of the West Virginia Constitution, to secure a protection from medically-assisted suicide or euthanasia.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-09
House Message received |
| WV | HB5694 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to Firearms
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-09
Senate requests House to concur |
| WV | HB4867 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create liability for publishers and distributors of material harmful to minors. The bill provides definitions. The bill requires any commercial entity that provides pornography and other materials defined as being harmf...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-08
Communicated to Senate |
| WV | HB5287 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to increase traffic safety by defining maintenance vehicles and describing making way for them.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-08
Senate requests House to concur |
| WV | HB5002 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require that state-owned rest areas and welcome centers built on or after January 1, 2025, provide at least one diaper changing stations in both male and female restrooms.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-07
Senate requests House to concur |
| WV | HCR24 | Engross
Sine Die | To create a study resolution to examine the school aid formula.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-06
Referred to Rules |
| WV | HB5137 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to authorize and require the state auditor to conduct audits of all county boards of education relating to income or funds received, regardless of source.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-04
Referred to Government Organization |
| WV | HB4784 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish the requirement that in order for the commission to award a siting certificate for a wind energy system, the minimum distance from a wind turbine to the closest residence be two miles.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HCR42 | Pass | U.S. Army SSG William E. Miller Memorial Bridge
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
House received Senate message |
| WV | HCR41 | Pass | Thurman W. Whisner Memorial Bridge
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
House received Senate message |
| WV | HCR46 | Pass | Jacob “Jack” Taylor Rudolph, Sr. Memorial Bridge
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
House received Senate message |
| WV | HB5161 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create a digital wallet for certifications and licensures.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
To Senate Finance Committee |
| WV | HB5289 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to establish a partnership between Workforce West Virginia through its Division of Workforce Development and the West Virginia Board of Education for the implementation of the Plasma Games teaching program in high schools ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
To Senate Education Committee |
| WV | HCR68 | Pass | U. S. Army Air Force, Major (Ret.) Willis “Scottie” Adams Memorial Bridge
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
House Message received |
| WV | HR9 | Pass | Reaffirming the longstanding sisterhood partnership between West Virginia and Taiwan
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
Completed legislative action |
| WV | HB4963 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the use of deep fake technology to influence an election.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5345 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to clarify how those required to register sex offenders, who have no permanent residence, can satisfy their legal obligation.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5516 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the use of deep fake images for the criminal invasion of privacy or the unlawful depiction of nude or partially nude minors or minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct; establishing such conduct as criminal ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HCR48 | Intro
Sine Die | November 7th to be designated annually as “Pastor Appreciation Day”
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
Be adopted, but first to Rules |
| WV | HB5235 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to increase penalties related to child sexual assault and sexual abuse; to increase penalties for distributing, possessing and transporting material depicting a child engaged in sexually explicit conduct; and to clarify th...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-24
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4902 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to match the salaries of Aide V (Special Education Aides) with that of Early Childhood Classroom Assistant Teachers and then increasing that amount by 5% for the Aide V position; increase the pay of self-contained, special...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-22
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | HCR82 | Intro
Sine Die | To create a study resolution to review training, equipment and operating standards, and for certification and evaluation of local and rural fire departments for retention, training, and recruitment purposes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-22
To House Rules Committee |
| WV | HCR86 | Intro
Sine Die | Honoring Herschel “Woody” Williams as one of two West Virginia statues in the National Statuary Hall Collection.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-22
To House Rules Committee |
| WV | HCR87 | Intro
Sine Die | A resolution to task the Economic Development Authority to find land around Flatwoods and funding and businesses to make an area similar to Pigeon Forge to increase tourism and entertainment
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-22
To House Rules Committee |
| WV | HCR38 | Engross
Sine Die | US Army PFC William Gorman Memorial Bridge
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-21
To Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee |
| WV | HB4943 | Engross
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to facilitate creation of home-based businesses, with certain conditions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HCR43 | Intro
Sine Die | To study the potential of Cheat Lake as a state park and the potential economic and social impacts if this area is turned into a park or left for future development.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15
To House Rules Committee |
| WV | HB5140 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to permit custom or noncommercial slaughterhouses to sell meat to customers without restriction on portion size.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15
To House Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB4436 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to require that municipal elections be held concurrently with regularly scheduled primary or general elections.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HCR71 | Engross
Sine Die | Requesting the Division of Highways to place at least 10 additional signs along highways entering West Virginia honoring fallen veterans and Gold Star Families.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee |
| WV | HR6 | Pass | A resolution reaffirming support for the town of Thurmond, the historic buildings within the community, and the strong coal mining history associated with it
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
Completed legislative action |
| WV | HB5667 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to authorize, regulate, and tax the operation of daily fantasy sports contests in which participants utilize skill to compete against the entity operating the fantasy sports contest.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To House Technology and Infrastructure Committee |
| WV | HCR76 | Intro
Sine Die | Requesting a study on all community and technical schools being a part of the “Earn and Learn Program”
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To House Rules Committee |
| WV | HB5570 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to Cancer Prevention Programs for Firefighters
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5535 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to apply an excise tax to e-cigarettes and other heated nicotine products excise tax.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | HB4961 | Intro
Sine Die | The purpose of this bill is to create an incentive for employers to hire people who are pursuing a formal program of recovery from substance abuse issues by allowing the employer to claim a tax credit for employing eligible individuals, with limits b...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08
To House Finance Committee |
