HB5378 - Prohibiting discrimination on the basis of hairstyle or texture

11 Co-Sponsors

The purpose of this bill is to clarify that impermissible discrimination includes discrimination based on certain hair textures and styles.

HB5393 - Providing a cost-of-living provision for certain persons retired under the Public Employees Retirement System and the Teachers Retirement System

11 Co-Sponsors

The purpose of this bill is to provide a cost-of-living increase, based on the annual increase in the consumer price index, for persons under the Public Employees Retirement Act and Teachers Retirement System that are at least 60 years of age and that have received retirement payments for at least five years.

HB4618 - Make the Consumer Advocate division separate and independent from the PSC

10 Co-Sponsors

The purpose of this bill is to establish the consumer advocate division as a separate, independent agency. The bill provides for legislative findings, provides the purpose of the consumer advocate division, and distinguishes the consumer advocate division as an independent agency that is separate from the Public Service Commission.

HB4631 - Creating the Paid Parental Leave Pilot Program

11 Co-Sponsors

The purpose of this bill is to create a paid parental leave pilot program.

HB4873 - Relating to legalizing cannabis production, sales and adult consumption

9 Co-Sponsors

The purpose of this bill is to legalize the personal use and possession of cannabis by adults; providing for a county option election to allow for the production and sales in that county; providing for regulation by the Bureau of Health; authorizing an excise and local sales tax on cannabis; prohibiting underage use; and preserving current laws relating to allowing employers and property owners to prohibit use or possession.

HB4338 - To allow for the construction of safe entry ways to all public schools in West Virginia.

10 Co-Sponsors

The purpose of this bill is to create a mechanism for evaluation and implementation of school ingress and egress assessments by the School Building Authority, in consultation with the Department of Education, the School Safety and Security Administrator and the Department of Homeland Security, by conducting an assessment of all existing school facilities and developing and distributing designs for upgrades to these existing facilities; and to establish a funding mechanism established for school safety programs provided for in this article to fund these safety improvements.

HCR48 - November 7th to be designated annually as “Pastor Appreciation Day”

94 Co-Sponsors

HR9 - Reaffirming the longstanding sisterhood partnership between West Virginia and Taiwan

74 Co-Sponsors

HB5304 - Creating the Small Business Payroll Tax Credit

11 Co-Sponsors

The purpose of this bill is to create the Small Business Payroll Tax Credit, a three-year program establishing a tax credit for defined payroll taxes paid on up to 10,400 employee hours at a statutorily designated wage rate for new businesses with 15 or fewer employees, allowing for growth to 25 employees but capping the credit at 10,400 employee hours and eliminating the credit for businesses of 26 employees or greater; establishing a start date and end date; listing the amounts of credits which may be claimed in each year of the program; and requiring the Department of Economic Development to track the progress of this program and present a report.

HB4834 - Establishing a community solar program for subscribers to gain credits against their utility bills

9 Co-Sponsors

The purpose of this bill is to create a community solar program where subscribers can purchase an interest in a solar facility and use credits against their electric utility costs; establishing parameters and conditions for the program; and provided for administration and rulemaking by the Public Service Commission.