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Delegate Ward sponsored 50 bills: |
Bill |
Title |
Status |
Committee |
Step |
Last Action |
HB 4223 | Requiring the West Virginia Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to provide an inmate with one physical copy of their birth certificate and social security card upon release | Pending | House JP | Committee | 01/10/24 |
HB 4229 | Ban the Box Act | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/01/24 |
HB 4426 | To require all election voting precincts to be in different physical locations so that no voting locations share precincts. | Pending | House Political Subdivisions | Committee | 01/10/24 |
HB 4427 | To require voters to include either their West Virginia driver’s license number or any alternative identification information authorized by the West Virginia Secretary of State on their absentee ballot applications. | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/10/24 |
HB 4428 | Requiring candidates to live in the state or local election district for the office for which they are seeking. | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/23/24 |
HB 4784 | Establish setback from residential properties for new windmills being constructed throughout the state. | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/29/24 |
HB 4805 | To create a division of election crimes and security within the office of the Secretary of State and give the Secretary of State the authority to recommend prosecution to the appropriate judicial jurisdiction. | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/16/24 |
HB 4806 | Require bathroom use in schools based upon biological sex | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/26/24 |
HB 4822 | Creating the Certified Sites and Development Readiness Program | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 5, 2024) | ||
HB 4843 | Prohibit the use of school resources in election advocacy efforts and prohibit school employees from political activity during their work hours or on behalf of the school administration | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/17/24 |
HB 4862 | Introduction of a “School Safety Program” | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/17/24 |
HB 4866 | Prohibit needle exchanges from providing services in West Virginia | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/17/24 |
HB 4872 | Require counties and municipalities to provide public notice for land or building purchases | Pending | House Political Subdivisions | Committee | 01/17/24 |
HB 4994 | Relating to the Anti-Terrorism Act | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/22/24 |
HB 4996 | Relating to government procurement of electric vehicles | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 01/22/24 |
HB 5013 | Relating to Timber Management | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 5, 2024) | ||
HB 5030 | Relating to Election Interference | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/23/24 |
HB 5037 | E-cigarette and E-cigarette Liquid Directory | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 01/23/24 |
HB 5094 | Releating to Pollution Control Facilities Tax treatment and Wind Power Projects | Pending | House ENG | Committee | 01/25/24 |
HB 5119 | Relating to Vehicular Homicide | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/25/24 |
HB 5122 | Relating to civil service for deputy sheriffs | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 30, 2024) | ||
HB 5163 | Relating to involuntary hold by law enforcement for a person determined to be an imminent danger | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/25/24 |
HB 5212 | Require new vehicle charging stations to be universal | Pending | House T&I | Committee | 01/26/24 |
HB 5280 | West Virginia Short Line Railroad Modernization Act | Pending | Senate Economic Development | Committee | 02/28/24 |
HB 5301 | To mandate county boards of education to provide feminine hygiene products in all public elementary, middle, and high schools for female students | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 01/29/24 |
HB 5315 | Repealing the section of code related to the crime of possession of a machine gun | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/29/24 |
HB 5318 | Clarifying that elected municipal police chiefs shall be certified law-enforcement officers. | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 02/19/24 |
HB 5319 | Creating the offense of exposing persons to fentanyl | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/19/24 |
HB 5337 | Establishing the legislative oversight committee of the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation. | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/27/24 |
HB 5338 | Relating to Safe Harbor for Cybersecurity Programs | Vetoed | Vetoed | ||
HB 5363 | Requiring the Commissioner of Corrections and Rehabilitation to continue the GOALS Programs in regional jails. | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/16/24 |
HB 5373 | Relating to changing political parties less than one year prior to being appointed to political office. | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 02/29/24 |
HB 5376 | To extend hunting/fishing rights on private property, without a license, to grandchildren of the land owner | Pending | House ANR | Committee | 01/31/24 |
HB 5383 | To move the election of Supreme Court Justices to the general election | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/31/24 |
HB 5384 | To change the election dates for intermediate court of appeals judges to the genreal elections | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/31/24 |
HB 5415 | Relating to procedures regarding illegal entry into the state | Pending | House Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security | Committee | 02/01/24 |
HB 5418 | To give County Sheriffs overall approval in requirements for the position of Bailiff | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/01/24 |
HB 5444 | Retirement credited service for West Virginia State Police | Pending | House Pensions and Retirement | Committee | 02/05/24 |
HB 5445 | Revising the statute to reduce the minimum age for a cadet for the West Virginia State Police from the age of 21 to the age of 18. | Pending | 1st Reading | 02/26/24 | |
HB 5482 | Patrolman Cassie Marie Johnson Organ Donor Act | Pending | House T&I | Committee | 02/06/24 |
HB 5505 | Relating to expanding certain insurance coverages for pregnant women | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/07/24 |
HB 5506 | Creating the Employee Child Care Assistance Partnership | Pending | House Senior Citizen Issues | Committee | 02/07/24 |
HB 5509 | Provide for a special driver’s license for those with physical disabilities | Pending | House T&I | Committee | 02/07/24 |
HB 5511 | Relating generally to medical cannabis | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/07/24 |
HB 5520 | Relating to juvenile competency | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 6, 2024) | ||
HB 5537 | Relating to sheriff’s commission for collection of taxes | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/09/24 |
HB 5559 | Authorizing sheriffs who are members of the public retirement system to retire upon attaining the age of sixty-two with eight or more years of services | Pending | House Pensions and Retirement | Committee | 02/12/24 |
HB 5651 | Relating to entry upon or recovery of lands. | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/13/24 |
HB 5674 | Matching the Deputy Sheriff’s retirement to corrections at 20 years of service. | Pending | House Pensions and Retirement | Committee | 02/13/24 |
HB 5675 | To increase the Deputy Sheriff retirement multiplier from 2.75 to 3.0. | Pending | House Pensions and Retirement | Committee | 02/13/24 |