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WVHB4313Engross

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The purpose of this bill is to codify a Parents' Bill of Rights.
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2024-03-04
Referred to Judiciary
WVHB5243Engross

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The purpose of this bill is to establish the West Virginia Women's Bill of Rights.
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2024-02-15
To Senate Judiciary Committee
WVHB5512Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to require the express consent of a parent or guardian to conduct a genetic screening of a newborn infant, to retain blood samples from the infant, and to retain and share results of the genetic screening of the infant.
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2024-02-07
To House Health & Human Resources Committee
WVHB5271Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to create a Privacy of Social Care Information Act. It provides a statement of legislative intent; sets forth definitions; clarifies applicability; provides for use of data; and describes article's relation to other privac...
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2024-02-02
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB5378Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to clarify that impermissible discrimination includes discrimination based on certain hair textures and styles.
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2024-01-31
To House Government Organization Committee
WVHB5396Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to create the Second Amendment Freedom and Enforcement (SAFE) Act.
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2024-01-31
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB5357Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to require exhibitors of motion pictures who operate two or more theatres in more than one location in this state to provide open captioning during at least two showings per week of each motion picture that is produced and...
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2024-01-30
To House Government Organization Committee
WVHB5327Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to create the Housing Opportunities Made Equal Act.
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2024-01-29
To House Government Organization Committee
WVHB5099Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to clarify that the prohibitions on contracting with companies that boycott Israel in the section apply to exempt agencies.
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2024-01-25
To House Government Organization Committee
WVHB5142Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to provide exemptions from mandatory immunizations based on religious reasons.
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2024-01-25
To House Health & Human Resources Committee
WVHB5100Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to create a new cause of action to deter workplace bullying. The bill makes it an unlawful employment practice to subject an employee to an abusive work environment that exists when the defendant, acting with malice, subje...
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2024-01-25
To House Workforce Development Committee
WVHB5036Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to codify a Parents' Bill of Rights.
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2024-01-23
To House Seniors, Children, and Family Issues Committee
WVHB4743Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to require medical professionals to obtain consent for a resident to treat a patient in advance of the appointment or procedure.
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2024-01-22
To House Health & Human Resources Committee
WVHB4982Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to remove marriage from the definitions listed for crimes of sexual offenses.
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2024-01-22
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB4022Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to include certain employers with two or more employees subject to actions for discriminatory practices before the human rights commission; to include individual independent contractors in the definition of "employee"; and...
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2024-01-10
To House Workforce Development Committee
WVHB4231Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to establish that the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the United States Constitution is the underlying legal basis that supports Amendment No 1. of the West Virginia Constitution's prohibition of directly or...
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2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB4559Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the emergency powers of the Governor from restricting the ability of West Virginia citizens to enter or exit the State of West Virginia.
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2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB4543Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to amend the definition of employer and the number of persons employed to qualify as an employer; and to extend the period of the statute of limitations to file a complaint for an alleged unlawful discriminatory practice u...
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2024-01-10
To House Workforce Development Committee
WVHB4256Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to incrementally increase the minimum wage in West Virginia every year to $15 an hour by 2028. The training rate would also increase and apply to workers younger than 22 years of age.
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2024-01-10
To House Workforce Development Committee
WVHB4325Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to ensure that protections are in place to protect religious services during a declared state of emergency by the Governor or other declarations by the executive branch that would impose restrictions upon such houses of wo...
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2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee
WVHB4254Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to declare February 3 as a special memorial day to be known as Freedom Day to memorialize the February 3, 1865, Act by the Legislature that abolished slavery in West Virginia.
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2024-01-10
To House Government Organization Committee
WVHB4194Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to add "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" to the categories covered by the Human Rights Act, prohibiting discrimination in employment and places of public accommodation. The bill adds "age", "sexual orientation" an...
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2024-01-10
To House Workforce Development Committee
WVHB4464Intro

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The purpose of this bill is to guarantee the right to life to all human beings and to provide definitions.
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2024-01-10
To House Judiciary Committee
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