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HB5378 - Prohibiting discrimination on the basis of hairstyle or texture
Anitra Hamilton, Sean Hornbuckle, Hollis Skaff Lewis
Last updated 8 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
The purpose of this bill is to clarify that impermissible discrimination includes discrimination based on certain hair textures and styles.
STATUS
Introduced
HB5393 - Providing a cost-of-living provision for certain persons retired under the Public Employees Retirement System and the Teachers Retirement System
John Ryan Nelson Williams, Anitra Hamilton, Sean Hornbuckle
Last updated 8 months ago
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.
STATUS
Introduced
HB5390 - Modifying the crime of fraud
Brandon Scott Steele, Pat McGeehan, Christopher Todd Pritt
Last updated 8 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
The purpose of this bill is to proscribe a new penalty that is subject to the value limitations of W. Va. Code §61-3-13, that the sentence provided for in subsection (c) be amended to become the exact same sentence for a violation of W. Va. Code §61-3-13, and to provide for calculation of the value of the criminal act in determining the appropriate sentence.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4631 - Creating the Paid Parental Leave Pilot Program
Kayla Ann Young, Mike Pushkin, Larry L. Rowe
Last updated 9 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
The purpose of this bill is to create a paid parental leave pilot program.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4618 - Make the Consumer Advocate division separate and independent from the PSC
Larry L. Rowe, Kayla Ann Young, Shawn Lucas Fluharty
Last updated 9 months ago
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.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4491 - Prohibiting the home schooling of children in certain circumstances
Shawn Lucas Fluharty, Mike Pushkin, Larry L. Rowe
Last updated 9 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit home schooling of any child in homes where there is suspected or known child abuse or neglect, or domestic violence by a parent or person instructing the child. This shall be known as "Raylee's Law."
STATUS
Introduced
HB4873 - Relating to legalizing cannabis production, sales and adult consumption
Evan Paul Hansen, Hollis Skaff Lewis, Joseph David Garcia
Last updated 8 months ago
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.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4834 - Establishing a community solar program for subscribers to gain credits against their utility bills
Evan Paul Hansen, Kayla Ann Young, Joseph David Garcia
Last updated 8 months ago
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.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4338 - To allow for the construction of safe entry ways to all public schools in West Virginia.
Larry L. Rowe, Anitra Hamilton, Kayla Ann Young
Last updated 9 months ago
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.
STATUS
Introduced
HB4596 - Relating to the intestate share of a decedent’s surviving spouse
Larry L. Rowe
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
The purpose of this bill is to create in the surviving spouse or the minor children of a decedent an exempt property allowance not exceeding $15,000 in the tangible items of the decedent which is equal to the exemption from levy which is permitted to living individuals. The bill repeals an antiquated provision providing food and fuel for family members.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
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Representative from West Virginia district HD-052
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West Virginia House
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Larry L. Rowe was born in Kentucky. He attended Vanderbilt University, where he earned his bachelor's degree as well as his law degree. After finishing his education, Rowe worked in private practice as an attorney. He focused on business litigation and transactions. In 2003, Rowe was elected as a Trial Court Judge for the 30th Judicial Circuit in Kentucky. He served in that position for over a decade before retiring.read less
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