HOUSE OF DELEGATES

BILLS TO BE INTRODUCED

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

HB5003. By Del. Young - To amend the section of child marriage under 18 - To the Judiciary

HB5004. By Del. Linville [By Request of the Public Service Commission] - Relating to the statutory time frames for public service commission resolution of complaints against locally rate regulated water and wastewater utilities - To Political Subdivisions then Technology and Infrastructure

HB5005. By Del. Linville [By Request of the Public Service Commission] - Relating to the authority of the Public Service Commission to order a capable proximate utility to operate a distressed or failing utility pursuant to a contract approved by the commission - To Technology and Infrastructure then the Judiciary

HB5006. By Del. Anderson, Zatezalo, Cooper, Heckert, Riley, Fehrenbacher, Barnhart, Hansen and Young - Relating to the administration of the A. James Manchin Rehabilitation Environmental Action Fund  - To Energy and Manufacturing

HB5007. By Del. Jeffries, Kimble, Householder, Phillips, Hott, Crouse, Horst and Linville - Clarifying that there is no restriction on the lawful carrying of a deadly weapon, firearm or pepper spray specifically on sidewalks and streets directly bordering and surrounding the State Capitol Complex grounds.  - To the Judiciary

HB5008. By Del. Horst, Hornby, Thorne, Heckert, Hite and Dean - Providing that hunting and fishing licenses expire a year from the date of issue rather than the end of the calendar year - To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Government Organization

HB5009. By Del. Martin - Creating a process by which voters may recall a county ordinance in a special election (FN) - To Political Subdivisions then the Judiciary

HB5010. By Del. Householder, Horst, Phillips, Chiarelli, Dittman, Hardy, Mallow, Kelly, Smith, McGeehan and Espinosa - Adopting the Firearm Industry Nondiscrimination Act.

 - To the Judiciary

HB5011. By Del. Ferrell, Rohrbach, Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker), Campbell, DeVault, Gearheart, Barnhart, W. Hall, Heckert, Westfall and Sheedy - Relating generally to transfer of high school athletes.  - To Education

HB5012. By Del. Coop-Gonzalez, Dillon, Vance, Kirby, Pinson, Burkhammer and Butler - To remove references to the sale or distribution of alcohol as being in the best interest of the state. - To Government Organization

HB5013. By Del. Hillenbrand, Thorne, Miller, Horst, Hornby, Adkins, Mazzocchi, Dittman, Ward, Lucas and Hott - Relating to Timber Management - To Energy and Manufacturing

HB5014. By Del. Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker) - Supplementing and amending appropriations to West Virginia Universtity General Administration Fund - To Finance

HB5015. By Del. Longanacre - To create the Rural Area Department Volunteer Incentive Act of 2024 - To Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services then Government Organization

HB5016. By Del. Martin - Allow women to work on inmate road crews (FN) - To the Judiciary

HB5017. By Del. Dittman, Tully and Petitto - Relating to mobile food establishment reciprocity. - To Government Organization

HB5018. By Del. Anderson, Zatezalo, Street, Barnhart, Fehrenbacher, Kelly, Riley, Heckert and Foggin - To provide for Department of Environmental Protection oversight and authority governing community air monitoring programs  - To Energy and Manufacturing

HB5019. By Del. Linville [By Request of the WV Division of Motor Vehicles] - Relating to surrender and return of license not required for disqualifying or downgrading a driver’s license - To Technology and Infrastructure

HB5020. By Del. Linville [By Request of the WV Division of Motor Vehicles] - Relating to deferred adjudication and pre-trial diversions for first offense DUI cases - To Technology and Infrastructure then the Judiciary

HB5021. By Del. Summers and Tully - Relating to cardiac response plans - To Health and Human Resources

HB5022. By Del. Summers - Relating to increasing the amount of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine or phenylpropanolamine a person may purchase annually. - To Health and Human Resources

HB5023. By Del. Vance, Cooper, Heckert, Dean, Bridges, Sheedy, Dillon, Toney, Brooks, Kirby and Foggin - To provide for two coal miners to go onto a job site where they will be gone over two hours within the mine - To Energy and Manufacturing

HB5024. By Del. Criss - Relating to exempting non-grantor trusts administered in this state from the personal income tax. - To Finance

HB5025. By Del. Criss and Hardy [By Request of the WV State Tax & Revenue Department] - To repeal the additional one and one-half percent interest rate for underpayments and specify an effective date - To Finance

HB5026. By Del. Steele - Establishing process for adoptions resulting from juveline abuse and neglect proceedings - To the Judiciary

HB5027. By Del. Hornby, Burkhammer, Chiarelli, McGeehan, Phillips and Foggin - Relating to State-funded institutions to purchase food from in-state sources - To Government Organization then Finance

HB5028. By Del. Jeffries, Pinson, Burkhammer, Kimble, Crouse, Worrell and Vance - Requiring that final orders be prepared and signed within ten (days) of the disposition hearing. - To the Judiciary

HB5029. By Del. Brooks, Chiarelli, Kirby, Foggin, Vance and Kump - To create a tuition reimbursement program for Corrections employees. (FN) - To Education then Finance

HB5030. By Del. Ridenour, Foster, C. Pritt, Ward, Kirby, Steele, Hillenbrand, Barnhart, Householder, Mallow and Martin - Relating to Election Interference - To the Judiciary

HB5031. By Del. Ridenour, Kirby, Phillips, Steele, Foster, Kimble, Hillenbrand, Householder, Gearheart, Mallow and Martin - Relating to human trafficking - To the Judiciary

HB5032. By Del. Burkhammer, Jeffries and Coop-Gonzalez - Require hospitals under Certificate of Need to accept PEIA  - To Banking and Insurance then Health and Human Resources

HB5033. By Del. Vance, Toney, Dean and Bridges - Allowing the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources to stock “F1” fingerling bass, otherwise known as tiger bass, into West Virginia public lakes - To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Government Organization

HB5034. By Del. Vance, Martin, Toney, Dean, Brooks and Bridges - To provide a reduction of the tax for companies who have 90% or more of their workforce as West Virginia residents (FN) - To Finance

HB5035. By Del. Vance, Martin, Longanacre, Brooks, Nestor, Hornby, Hite, Bridges, Dean, Chiarelli and DeVault - To require voter ID cards to come with a photograph of the individual - To the Judiciary

HB5036. By Del. Heckert - Creating the Parents' Bill of Rights - To Senior, Children, and Family Issues then the Judiciary

HB5037. By Del. W. Clark, Howell, Heckert, Ward, Tully, Mazzocchi, E. Pritt, Ferrell and Ellington - E-cigarette and E-cigarette Liquid Directory (FN) - To Government Organization then the Judiciary

HB5038. By Del. Rohrbach, Linville, Lucas, Hornbuckle, Riley, Ellington and Worrell - Relating to research and economic development agreements for state institutions of higher education - To Education

HB5039. By Del. Linville [By Request of the WV Division of Motor Vehicles] - Relating to authorizing the West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles to enforce administrative penalties for the civil offense of refusing a secondary chemical test - To Technology and Infrastructure then the Judiciary

HB5040. By Del. Dillon - Fast Track for Agriculture Education Endorsement (FN) - To Education

HB5041. By Del. Dillon - Relating to life at conception

 - To Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary

HB5042. By Del. Dillon - Repealing vehicle inspection sticker requirements in WV (FN) - To Technology and Infrastructure then Finance

HB5043. By Del. Ridenour, Martin, C. Pritt, Kirby, Steele, Householder, Mallow, Marple, Burkhammer, Phillips and Hillenbrand - Relating to requirements, prohibitions and regulation of foreign principals or agents of foreign principals, lobbying by or on behalf of such foreign principals or their agents - To the Judiciary

HB5044. By Del. Williams - Relating to cruelty to animals - To the Judiciary

HB5045. By Del. Anderson, Zatezalo and Heckert - Related to the administration of the West Virginia Water Pollution Control Act, and Underground Carbon Dioxide Sequestration and Storage - To Energy and Manufacturing

HB5046. By Del. Dillon - Removal of Mandatory Homeschool Reporting - To Education

HB5047. By Del. Hansen, Pushkin, Hamilton and Young - Amending surface mining reclamation requirements - To Energy and Manufacturing then Finance

HB5048. By Del. Hansen, Hamilton, Pushkin and Young - Removing cap on numbers of wells operators required to pay annual oversight fee - To Energy and Manufacturing then Finance

HB5049. By Del. Hillenbrand, Hott, Fehrenbacher, Willis, Ridenour, Crouse, Moore, Kump, Sheedy, T Clark and Hardy - Relating to exemptions from excise taxes - To Finance

HB5050. By Del. Ellington, Toney, Willis, Hornby, W. Clark, Lucas and Longanacre - Relating to authorizing legislative rules regarding higher education. - To Education

HB5051. By Del. Fehrenbacher, Espinosa, Crouse, Young, Barnhart, Howell, Householder, W. Hall and Hornbuckle - Provide a tax credit to for-profit and nonprofit corporations to encourage the continued operation of child-care facilities for the benefit of their employees - To Senior, Children, and Family Issues then Finance

HB5052. By Del. Fehrenbacher, Espinosa, Crouse, Young, Barnhart, Riley, Howell, Householder, W. Hall and Hornbuckle - Increase the tax credit for employers providing child care for employees. (FN) - To Senior, Children, and Family Issues then Finance

HB5053. By Del. Williams - Creating a statutory right to petition circuit and family courts for sibling visitation - To the Judiciary

HB5054. By Del. Summers and Tully - Relating to the licensure of birthing centers - To Health and Human Resources then Government Organization

HB5055. By Del. Ridenour, Foster, Gearheart, Kirby, Marple, Martin, Burkhammer, Phillips, C. Pritt, Kump and Hillenbrand - To ensure that West Virginia law enforcement entities are noy compelled or commandeered by federal authorities to conduct activities that violate our citizens’ Constitutional rights - To the Judiciary

HB5056. By Del. Toney, Statler and Ellington - Relating to substitute service personnel positions - To Education