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SJR7 - Citizenship Requirement to Vote in West Virginia Elections Amendment
Craig P. Blair, Vince Deeds, Mike Stuart
Last updated 8 months ago
15 Co-Sponsors
The purpose of this resolution is to propose an amendment to the Constitution to provide that in all elections held in West Virginia only citizens of the state who are citizens of the United States are qualified to vote.
STATUS
Introduced
SB581 - Requiring correctional facilities to provide free feminine hygiene products
Michael A. Woelfel, Robert H. Plymale, Michael Lynn Caputo
Last updated 8 months ago
5 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
SB223 - Prohibiting laws requiring person to receive or use medical products
Patricia Puertas Rucker, Laura Wakim Chapman
Last updated 9 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
SR32 - Designating February 9, 2024, as Eating Disorder Advocacy Day
Tamejiro Takubo, Patricia Puertas Rucker
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Passed
SB735 - Prohibiting use or sale of abortifacients in WV
Patricia Puertas Rucker, Mike Azinger, Laura Wakim Chapman
Last updated 8 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the use or sale of abortifacients and to enact criminal penalties and permit private causes of action for supplying abortifacients.
STATUS
Introduced
SB737 - Eliminating tax exemption of state-owned real property
Randy E. Smith, Patricia Puertas Rucker, John Taylor
Last updated 8 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
The purpose of this bill is to eliminate the exemption from taxation of state-owned real property within the counties.
STATUS
Introduced
SB246 - Removing rape and incest exception to obtain abortion in WV
John Taylor, Robert L. Karnes, Patricia Puertas Rucker
Last updated 9 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Introduced
SB632 - Relating to Dangerousness Assessment Advisory Board multi-disciplinary study group
Charles S. Trump, Vince Deeds, Patricia Puertas Rucker
Last updated 5 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
The purpose of this bill is to continue the study group on competency and criminal responsibility, add brain injuries to the subjects to be studied, amend the membership of the study group, establish a steering committee within the study group, setting a deadline for the report to be presented and to which offices and committees the report should be submitted, and permitting the steering committee to seek funding.
STATUS
Passed
SB517 - Requiring biological sex on birth certificates to be male or female
Tamejiro Takubo, Randy E. Smith, Rollan Allen Roberts
Last updated 8 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
The purpose of this bill is to require the biological sex to be limited to male or female and to require that nonbinary birth certificates not be issued. The bill also provides circumstances when an amended birth certificate may be issued to change gender. This may be issued based upon a chromosomal count that does not match the sex as different in the registered birth certificate. The bill states the evidence required to amend the birth certificate.
STATUS
Introduced
SR55 - Memorializing life of Honorable William Wayne Bailey, Jr.
Craig P. Blair, Mike Azinger, Jason Barrett
Last updated 7 months ago
34 Co-Sponsors
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from West Virginia district SD-016
COMMITTEES
West Virginia Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Patricia Puertas Rucker is a Republican candidate for District 43-B, Minnesota House in the Minnesota state legislature election. Rucker has worked as an Immigration Advisor at Catholic Charities of Southern MN and as an Educational Assistant at St. James Public Schools. Rucker has a B.A. degree in Psychology from Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil. Community involvement has included serving as a Sunday school teacher, participating in mission trips, volunteering at Love Inc., and working with Developing Youth Talent Initiative. Rucker is married with three children.read less
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