SR42 - Supporting Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Texas' constitutional right to self-defense

24 Co-Sponsors

SB804 - Authorizing Director of DNR to enter into certain agreements with federal agencies

2 Co-Sponsors

The purpose of this bill is to clarify that the Director of the Division of Natural Resources has replaced the designation of the "Department of Natural Resources" to enter into written agreements with federal agencies in the state with law enforcement duties on and in federal lands located within the boundaries of West Virginia to enforce state laws therein required.

SB807 - West Virginia Precious Metals Reserve and Tax Payment Act

1 Co-Sponsor

The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia Precious Metals Reserve and Tax Payment Act. The bill establishes the purpose and intent. The bill provides definitions. The bill establishes the precious metals reserve. The bill provides for tax payments of precious metals. The bill provides for funding and management. The bill creates oversight and auditing. Finally, the bill provides implementation.

SB785 - Allowing Foster Care Ombudsman access to child protective records

8 Co-Sponsors

The purpose of this bill is to add the Foster care ombudsman as a person to have access to records concerning a child or juvenile.

SB538 - Creating exception for public nuisance

2 Co-Sponsors

The purpose of this bill is to provide an exception for a public nuisance.

SB533 - Allowing EMS agencies to triage, treat or transport patients to alternate destinations

13 Co-Sponsors

The purpose of this bill is to establish that an emergency medical services agency may triage and transport a patient to an alternative destination in this state or treat in place if the ambulance service is coordinating the care of the patient through medical command or telehealth services and to require insurance plans to provide coverage for those services.

SB532 - Orphan Oil and Gas Well Prevention Act of 2024

6 Co-Sponsors

The purpose of this bill is to prevent oil and gas wells form being orphaned on surface owner's land with no responsible driller or operator with the resources to plug the well. The bill: -Does not make any changes in bonding requirements for wells that are not producing in paying quantities. -Requires new wells to either post a single well, full cost plugging bond, or to start at the beginning of production to set aside money in an interest bearing account in the State Treasurer's office to plug the well at the end of its life. -Requires transferred wells either to post a single well, full cost plugging bond or to start setting aside money in an interest bearing account in the State Treasurer's office to plug the well. -Requires existing wells that are producing in paying quantities to set aside 15 cents per MCF in the State Treasurer's office to plug the well. -Requires operators to plug wells that were in violation of the law before that operator transferred the well to another operator if the new owner of the well does not plug the well. -Allows the owners of the surface where the well is located to defer the plugging of the well as long as that surface owner owns the land, and as long as the well is not causing environmental etc. problems. -Requires an operator drilling a new well to plug all orphaned and abandoned wells in the well's drainage area, and authorizes that driller to recover the cost from any responsible operator of the well.

SB430 - WV Rent-to-Own Act

1 Co-Sponsor

The purpose of this bill is to amend certain procedures relating to the regulation of the rental of consumer goods under rent-to own agreements, disclosure requirements when consumer is in default, and limitations on charges and fees.

SB536 - Prohibiting police officers with less than academy training from writing citations for traffic offenses on interstates

5 Co-Sponsors

The purpose of this bill is to prohibit law enforcement officers with less than academy training from writing citations for traffic offenses on the interstate.

SB534 - Prohibiting false abuse or neglect referrals in child abuse cases

11 Co-Sponsors

The purpose of this bill is to prohibit evidence of accusations of committing false allegations of child abuse in Family Court proceedings unless an individual has been convicted of that crime.