SB419 - Requiring Commissioner of DOH to develop formula for allocating road funds among districts
West Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Mike Oliverio
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
The purpose of this bill is to require the Commissioner of Highways to develop a formula for allocating road funds among districts, for the benefit of the counties; to make legislative findings; to require the commissioner to solicit and consider public comments; to require the commissioner to consider certain factors when developing the formula; and to require the commissioner to submit the formula to the Legislature for approval as a legislative rule.
STATUS
Introduced
SB670 - Reallocating portion of fire insurance and casualty premium tax to Municipal Pensions Security Fund in certain circumstances
West Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Fredrik Eric Nelson
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
The purpose of this bill is to reallocate ten basis points of the one percent premium tax on fire insurance and casualty policies from the Teachers Retirement System to the Municipal Pensions Security Fund, and to decrease the amount of time in which a municipal policeman's or firefighter's pension and relief fund may be in noncompliance with the Municipal Pensions Oversight Board's investment requirements before it may be forced to invest with the state Investment Management Board.
STATUS
Introduced
SB690 - Establishing WV Agritourism Commission
West Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Patricia Puertas Rucker, Jason Barrett, Laura Wakim Chapman
Last updated 5 months ago15 Co-Sponsors
The purpose of this bill is to create a commission on West Virginia Agritourism to review and investigate means of preserving our farmland and growing our agricultural tourism and agricultural economic development and recommend to the Legislature that appropriate legislation be enacted, establishing regulatory and legislative relief to foster the development and growth of Agritourism and successful farms.
STATUS
Passed
SB355 - Relating to spousal privilege
West Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Charles S. Trump, Ryan W. Weld, Michael A. Woelfel
Last updated 8 months ago5 Co-Sponsors
The purpose of this bill is to expand the spousal exception and allow for adverse testimony by a spouse when the defendant spouse has committed a crime against "any child" in addition to a child of either spouse.
STATUS
Introduced
SB354 - Relating to the WV Advanced Energy and Economic Corridor Authority
West Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Glenn Delmas Jeffries, Mark R. Maynard, William Chandler Swope
Last updated 5 months ago7 Co-Sponsors
The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia Advanced Energy and Economic Corridor Authority Commission comprised of the economic development agencies of McDowell, Mercer, Mingo, and Wayne counties.
STATUS
Passed
SB608 - Relating to Emergency Medical Services Retirement System
West Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Fredrik Eric Nelson, Robert H. Plymale, Vince Deeds
Last updated 8 months ago6 Co-Sponsors
The purpose of this bill is to clarify EMSRS surviving spouse benefits when member dies from duty or non-duty related cause, and to clarify how to compute a retiree's age when the member elected an early retirement and then returned to work.
STATUS
Introduced
SB445 - Reducing certification periods and renewal fees for EMS personnel
West Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Vince Deeds, Amy Nichole Grady, Patricia Puertas Rucker
Last updated 5 months ago9 Co-Sponsors
The purpose of this bill is to reduce the certification periods for EMS personnel from four years to two years to align certification periods with those of the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians and to reduce the certification renewal fees to correspond with the shorter certification period and to require the Office of Emergency Medical Services to publish disciplinary actions taken against certified EMS personnel on its website.
STATUS
Passed
SB235 - Applying penalties for nonpayment of royalties under terms of oil and natural gas leases
West Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Randy E. Smith, Laura Wakim Chapman
Last updated 9 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
SB312 - Requiring CPS to interview mandatory reporters who submit abuse or neglect referrals
West Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
William Chandler Swope, Rupert W. Phillips, Vince Deeds
Last updated 8 months ago5 Co-Sponsors
The purpose of this bill is to require CPS to interview mandatory reporters who submit screened-in abuse /neglect referrals.
STATUS
Introduced
SCR34 - Feasibility study of ballot identification and verification measures in statewide elections
West Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Mike Azinger, Jason Barrett, Michael Lynn Caputo
Last updated 7 months ago11 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
SB581 - Requiring correctional facilities to provide free feminine hygiene products
West Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Michael A. Woelfel, Robert H. Plymale, Michael Lynn Caputo
Last updated 8 months ago5 Co-Sponsors
The purpose of this bill is to require that free feminine hygiene products be provided to female prisoners in all jails, regional jails or state correctional facilities and female juveniles in juvenile detention.
STATUS
Introduced
SB428 - Establishing appeals from administrative rulings are to be filed with Intermediate Court of Appeals
West Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Jack David Woodrum
Last updated 5 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
The purpose of this bill is to establish that appeals from administrative rulings by the Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture concerning the Frozen Desserts and Imitation Frozen Desserts Law are to be filed with the Intermediate Court of Appeals pursuant to §9A-5-4 of the Administrative Procedures Act of the West Virginia Code.
STATUS
Passed
SB279 - Requiring medical professionals to report injuries and side effects from vaccines to Bureau for Public Health
West Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Patricia Puertas Rucker, Mike Stuart, Amy Nichole Grady
Last updated 9 months ago5 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
SB197 - Prohibiting obscene materials in or within 2,500 feet of WV schools
West Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Mike Azinger, John Taylor
Last updated 9 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit obscene materials in West Virginia schools.
STATUS
Introduced
SB725 - Clarifying conditions for pretrial release and maximum bail amount for certain defendants
West Virginia - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Jason Barrett, Vince Deeds
Last updated 7 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
The purpose of this bill is to clarify the conditions for pretrial release and the maximum bail amount that may be set for individuals charged with multiple misdemeanor offenses. The bill revises the definition of "bail" and establishes that a defendant has the right to select among several methods of securing bail, subject to a judicial officer's authority to impose terms and conditions of bail reasonably necessary to secure defendant's appearance and protect the public. The bill authorizes a judicial officer to release a defendant on his or her own recognizance, but clarifies that a magistrate may not release a defendant charged with a felony offense on his or her own recognizance. It also establishes that a magistrate may not set "cash only" or "property only" bail.
STATUS
Engrossed