Abortion (4 Bills)
HB 2053 - Requiring facilities providing abortions to obtain parental notification or consent in writing
HB 2467 - Prohibiting school employees from promoting abortion
HB 2468 - Making it illegal to transport a minor across state lines to obtain an abortion without written consent of both parents
HB 2484 - Preventing taxpayer subsidization of health insurance covering elective abortions
Actions, Suits and Liens (17 Bills)
HB 2531 - Allowing military personnel and reservists the additional five-year period to enter upon or recover land already allowed to infants and the insane
HB 2539 - Permitting a housing authority to garnish delinquent rents and other amounts owed to the authority from the renter’s income tax refund
HB 2580 - Relating to damages for medical monitoring
HB 2581 - Relating to admissibility of certain evidence in a civil action for damages
HB 2634 - Prohibiting a court from giving a jury an instruction commonly known as the “Allen Charge” to break a deadlock
HB 2647 - Preventing compensatory damage awards for medical expenses from including sums that the claimant has not and will not pay
HB 2678 - Changing the amounts of prejudgment and post-judgment interest to reflect today's economic conditions
HB 2682 - Relating to Medical Professional Liability
HB 2737 - Eliminating certain fees generated by suggestee executions
HB 2828 - Changing the number of strikes in jury selection in felony cases
HB 2939 - Relating to the sale of items in the State Police Academy post exchange to the public
HB 2980 - Relating to civil lawsuit filing fees for multiple defendant civil action
HB 3003 - Allocating disability or death benefits resulting from an occupational pneumoconiosis claim among the claimant’s employers on a proportional basis
HB 3017 - Providing that a person when being attacked in a place that is not his or her home should retreat instead of using deadly force
HB 3024 - Limiting recoverable damages when a patient has been transferred from health care facility to another health care facility
HB 3030 - Relating to appeals as a matter of right in the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
HB 3097 - Codifying the application of the compelling interest test and strict scrutiny standard involving rights enumerated under the First Amendment
Acts (11 Bills)
HB 2009 - Making changes to the definition of electrical contractor
HB 2040 - Updating the Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act
HB 2077 - West Virginia Native American Tribes Unique Recognition, Authentication and Listing Act
HB 2085 - Ensuring Patient Safety Act
HB 2103 - Making changes to the definition of contractor for purposes of the West Virginia Contractor Licensing Act
HB 2107 - Creating the Second Chance for Employment Act
HB 2212 - West Virginia Firearms Freedom Act
HB 2339 - Intrastate Coal and Use Act
HB 2454 - Making the Department of Corrections and the Division of Health, and their respective workplaces, subject to the Occupational Safety and Health Act
HB 2455 - Budget and Spending Transparency Act
HB 2513 - Relating generally to the tax treatment of manufacturing entities
Advertising (1 Bills)
HB 2204 - Removing limitations on advertising and promotional activities by limited video lottery retailers
Agriculture (14 Bills)
HB 2044 - Relating to the Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program
HB 2418 - Prohibiting the performing of an onychectomy or flexor tendonectomy procedure on a cat
HB 2437 - Exempting persons practicing animal husbandry from provisions requiring licensing of veterinarians
HB 2453 - Expanding the list of persons the Commissioner of Agriculture may license to grow or cultivate industrial hemp
HB 2458 - Exempting from food related laws or rules for certain individually produced agricultural products
HB 2552 - Increasing the pet food registration fee and directing that the additional money be deposited into the West Virginia Spay Neuter Assistance Fund
HB 2566 - West Virginia Fresh Food Act
HB 2790 - Transferring the Division of Forestry from the Department of Commerce to the Department of Agriculture
HB 2893 - Relating to the Land Division of the Department of Agriculture
HB 2913 - Relating to the licensing of advance deposit wagering
HB 2927 - Transferring certain revenues derived from racetrack video lottery and racetrack table games
HB 2968 - Requiring moneys collected from the sale of timber realized through management of the state-owned forests and parks be distributed on a pro rata basis
HB 3027 - Imposing a tax on cattle which is to be used to help fund the U. S. Department of Agriculture's Wildlife Services Fund
HB 3066 - Redirecting certain racing and gaming revenues
Alcohol (2 Bills)
HB 2049 - Providing for career development and establishing a pay scale for Alcohol Beverage Commission inspectors, enforcement agents and supervisors
HB 2129 - Relating to the powers and authority of state and local law enforcement to enforce underage drinking laws at private clubs
Alcoholic Liquors and Beers (17 Bills)
HB 2096 - Exempting commercial airlines from obtaining licenses to serve liquor, beer or wine on flights
HB 2350 - Deleting the language that remitted a portion of the alcoholic beverage tax to municipalities
HB 2425 - Authorizing licensees authorized to sell growlers of nonintoxicating beer to offer complimentary samples
HB 2433 - Authorizing operators of a distillery or mini-distillery to offer for purchase and consumption liquor on the premises
HB 2448 - Increasing the penalties for transporting controlled substances into the state
HB 2517 - Requiring licensees authorized to serve alcoholic liquors or nonintoxicating beer to have certain liability insurance coverage
HB 2533 - Increasing the penalties for transporting controlled substances into the state
HB 2563 - Relating to complimentary samples of nonintoxicating beer or nonintoxicating craft beer
HB 2565 - Increasing the penalties for transporting controlled substances into the state
HB 2820 - Abolishing the Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner
HB 2842 - Authorizing a temporary foreign brewers import license
HB 2888 - Removing the restriction on liquor licensees from having speakers outside or playing music outdoors
HB 2894 - Relating to the collection of taxes on wine and intoxicating liquors
HB 2954 - Establishing 1 a.m. as the cutoff time for selling liquor in retail establishments and private clubs
HB 2979 - Creating a resort license for the sale of alcoholic liquors and nonintoxicating beers
HB 3002 - Relating to special licenses for the retail sale of wine at festivals or fairs
HB 3074 - Increasing the volume of alcohol that nonintoxicating beer and nonintoxicating craft beer may contain
Animals (2 Bills)
HB 2029 - Permitting counties to adopt certain ordinances relating to dogs and cats
HB 2177 - Exempting all veterans of the Armed Forces or any reserve component thereof from having to obtain a hunting, trapping fishing license
Appropriations (13 Bills)
HB 2499 - Supplementary appropriation to the Department of Commerce, Workforce West Virginia – Workforce Investment Act
HB 2500 - Supplementary appropriation to the Department of Health and Human Resources, Division of Human Services
HB 2501 - Supplementary appropriation to the Department of Education, State Board of Education – School Lunch Program
HB 2639 - Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Administration, Division of Personnel
HB 2640 - Supplementary appropriation to DHHR
HB 2733 - Requiring a detailed explanation of any appropriation designated as “Other assets” in the Governor’s proposed budget expenditures
HB 2740 - Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Administration
HB 2779 - Supplementing, amending, decreasing, and increasing items of the existing appropriations from the State Road Fund to the Department of Transportation
HB 2785 - Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety, Fire Commission
HB 2801 - Expiring funds to the unappropriated balance in the State Fund from the Department of Revenue, Office of the Secretary – Revenue Shortfall Reserve Fund
HB 2805 - Finding and declaring certain claims against the state and its agencies to be moral obligations of the state
HB 2908 - Making appropriations of public money out of the Treasury in accordance with section fifty-one, article VI of the Constitution
HB 3103 - Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Health and Human Resources
Athletics (2 Bills)
HB 2056 - Providing for the use of neck braces by football players
HB 2196 - Relating to the secondary schools athletic commission
Attorneys (1 Bills)
HB 2396 - Requiring the circuit court, when appointing counsel for alleged protected persons, to make appointments from a listing of all interested attorneys in the circuit
Aviation (1 Bills)
HB 2310 - Requiring regional airport authority board members to include persons of area expertise
Banking and Finance (1 Bills)
HB 2440 - Relating generally to guaranteed asset protection waivers
Banks and Banking (1 Bills)
HB 2176 - Prohibiting the number of inquiries reflected in a credit report, credit score report or CLUE report from adversely affecting an application for insurance
Boards and Commissions (36 Bills)
HB 2045 - Giving the Insurance Commissioner the power to regulate and penalize self-insured employers
HB 2166 - Requiring county boards of education to employ a certified library media specialist in each county school
HB 2187 - Establishing an advisory council on rare diseases
HB 2310 - Requiring regional airport authority board members to include persons of area expertise
HB 2502 - Relating to reciprocity of occupational licenses with other states
HB 2503 - Relating to the rulemaking authority for Board of Osteopathic Medicine
HB 2509 - Relating to the practice of telemedicine
HB 2518 - Creating a legislative rule to permit a pharmacist or pharmacy intern to administer certain immunizations
HB 2522 - Nurse licensure compact
HB 2524 - Improving the focus on school-level continuous improvement processes
HB 2525 - Relieving the county superintendent of schools of the duty of nominating personnel to be employed by the county board
HB 2538 - Relating to the licensure of physician assistants
HB 2540 - Permitting a person to practice certain professions for limited time for a charitable function
HB 2624 - Relating generally to certification and qualifications of sanitarians
HB 2646 - Terminating the Women’s Commission and discontinue its functions
HB 2667 - Relating to accreditation of nursing schools
HB 2680 - Terminating the West Virginia Nursing Home Administrators Licensing Board
HB 2681 - Terminating the West Virginia Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Technology Board of Examiners
HB 2690 - Terminating the West Virginia Board of Registration of Foresters while preserving essential protections against misrepresentation
HB 2692 - Allowing licensed professionals to donate time to the care of indigent and needy
HB 2725 - Restricting the authority of the Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists to regulate the use of commonly available, retail beauty products
HB 2737 - Eliminating certain fees generated by suggestee executions
HB 2792 - Requiring the Library Commission to survey the libraries of the state
HB 2833 - Specifying the contents and categories of information for inclusion in annual reports
HB 2840 - Reorganizing the departments, agencies and commissions within the executive branch of state government
HB 2841 - Requiring board members to have attended a board meeting in order to be compensated for the meeting
HB 2846 - Including high school students participating in a competency based pharmacy technician education and training program as persons qualifying to be a pharmacy technician trainee
HB 2853 - Relating to more equitable disbursement of funds to county boards
HB 2866 - Relating to social determinants of health
HB 2883 - The Freedom to Prosper Act
HB 2935 - Relating to state flood protection planning
HB 2984 - Occupational Board Reform Act
HB 3022 - Relating to the reporting of fraud, misappropriation of moneys, and other violations of law to the commission on special investigations
HB 3032 - Relating to the practice of acupuncture
HB 3041 - Relating to the classification plans for employees in the classified and classified-exempt service
HB 3072 - Relating to ending transfers to the Licensed Racetrack Modernization Fund
Bonds (1 Bills)
HB 2409 - Relating to the School Building Authority
Buildings (1 Bills)
HB 2409 - Relating to the School Building Authority
Capitol Complex (1 Bills)
HB 2430 - Permitting certain holders of concealed weapons permits to carry weapons of the grounds and buildings on the State Capitol Complex
Child Welfare (9 Bills)
HB 2037 - Relating to juvenile proceedings
HB 2051 - Authorizing insurance to married workers without children at reduced rates under the West Virginia Public Employees Insurance Act
HB 2072 - Relating to qualifying children of state employees, receiving income of $25,000 per year or less, for the West Virginia Children's Health Insurance Program
HB 2083 - Increasing the felony criminal penalties for exposing children to methamphetamine manufacturing
HB 2088 - Establishing a bill of rights for children in foster care
HB 2089 - Establishing a bill of rights for foster parents
HB 2115 - Prohibiting sexual offenders from residing within one thousand feet of a school or childcare facility
HB 2468 - Making it illegal to transport a minor across state lines to obtain an abortion without written consent of both parents
HB 2476 - Requiring each judicial circuit to have a court-appointed special advocate program and each county to have a special advocate for children in abuse and neglect proceedings
Civil Service (1 Bills)
HB 2074 - Establishing seniority rights for public employees
Claims (3 Bills)
HB 2030 - Eliminating the requirement that proceedings against the State, a state agency or state officer be brought and prosecuted in the circuit court of Kanawha County
HB 2791 - Creating the Debt Resolution Services Division
HB 2851 - Updating fee structure provisions for broker-dealers
Code Repealed (1 Bills)
HB 2207 - Relating to licenses to sell paraphernalia for use with controlled substances
Compacts (1 Bills)
HB 2521 - Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Compact
Constitutional Amendments (1 Bills)
HB 2028 - Relating to the venue for suits and other actions against the state
Constitutional Officers (3 Bills)
HB 2956 - Establishing a new special revenue fund, designated the Adult Drug Court Participation Fund
HB 3004 - Relating to filling vacancies in offices of state officials, United States Senators, Justices, judges, and magistrates
HB 3062 - The state Settlement and Recovered Funds Accountability Act
Consumer Protection (13 Bills)
HB 2058 - Prohibiting the use of a credit score in casualty insurance rate filings
HB 2121 - West Virginia Residential Furniture and Children's Products Flame Retardants Act
HB 2146 - Allowing a home improvement transaction to be performed under an oral contract
HB 2327 - Protecting consumers from surprise bills by health care providers
HB 2371 - Relating to consumer protection of new manufactured home warranties
HB 2464 - Relating to disclaimers and exclusions of warranties in consumer transactions for goods
HB 2578 - Relating to disclaimers of warranties with respect to goods which are the subject of or are intended to become the subject of a consumer transaction
HB 2672 - Eliminating conflicting provisions within current code relating to the application of payments and the assessment of delinquency fees on consumer credit sales
HB 2768 - Modifying the penalties imposed on debt collectors who violate the provisions of the West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act
HB 2794 - Relating to the means of giving notice to a debt collector of a consumer’s representation by legal counsel
HB 2907 - Relating to real property option to purchase contracts executed with lease agreements
HB 2984 - Occupational Board Reform Act
HB 3084 - Repealing the article of the code related to unfair trade practices
Contracts (1 Bills)
HB 2035 - Relating generally to purchasing
Corporations (2 Bills)
HB 2767 - Authorizing the Secretary of State to transmit electronic versions of undeliverable mail to the circuit clerks
HB 2864 - Waiving certain business start-up and occupational licensing fees for low-income individuals
Corporations and Business Entities (1 Bills)
HB 2039 - Establishing a tax credit for new businesses that locate in the state
Corrections (18 Bills)
HB 2023 - Changing the way that the costs of incarcerating inmates in regional jails is collected
HB 2038 - Changing the way the cost of incarcerating inmates in regional jails is collected
HB 2086 - Allowing the Executive Director of the West Virginia Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority to establish a work program
HB 2206 - Work/Incarceration Prison pilot program
HB 2391 - Establishing an arborists program for inmates
HB 2454 - Making the Department of Corrections and the Division of Health, and their respective workplaces, subject to the Occupational Safety and Health Act
HB 2461 - Relating to the excise tax on the privilege of transferring real property and using the tax to reimburse counties for regional jail fees
HB 2466 - Changing the way that the cost of incarcerating inmates in regional jails is collected
HB 2480 - Changing the way counties pay for regional jail inmates
HB 2483 - Requiring the Division of Juvenile Services to transfer to a correctional facility or regional jail any juvenile in its custody that has been transferred to adult jurisdiction of the circuit court and who reaches his or her eighteenth birthday
HB 2558 - Transferring to a correctional facility or regional jail any juvenile in its custody that has been transferred to adult jurisdiction of the circuit court and who reaches his or her eighteenth birthday
HB 2727 - Providing an identification card for released inmates who do not have a West Virginia identification card or driver’s license
HB 2845 - Establishing that the Division of Corrections is responsible for the costs of housing and maintaining an inmate the day following an inmate’s conviction
HB 2891 - Including electronic communications to and from inmates with the types of communications that the Division of Corrections currently monitors and may record
HB 2938 - Relating to deduction from jail sentence for litter cleanup
HB 2947 - Relating to salary increase for Regional Jail Authority employees
HB 2987 - Making PROMISE Scholarship funds available for use at community and technical colleges
HB 3018 - Adding definition of correctional employee to the list of persons against whom an assault is a felony
Counties (21 Bills)
HB 2010 - Requiring authorization from the Legislature before submitting an application for an MS-4 permit to the United States Environmental Protection Agency
HB 2034 - Relating to county budget stabilization funds
HB 2095 - Relating to the rule-making authority of local boards of health
HB 2168 - Prohibiting counties and municipalities from adopting ordinances or regulations that base restrictions on the breed of a dog
HB 2202 - Requiring the Human Rights Commission, when investigating a complaint of discrimination, to specifically include an examination of the intent of the person
HB 2208 - Authorizing counties and municipalities to establish a joint airport hazard comprehensive plan
HB 2216 - Making individuals responsible for the costs relating to the filing of excessive false complaints
HB 2444 - Requiring county commissions to maintain websites with specific information
HB 2577 - Prohibiting counties from regulating the sale and use of consumer fireworks within their boundaries
HB 2627 - Requiring that open hunting season for big game begin on a Saturday
HB 2638 - Relating to county commissions authorizing reasonable fees charged for fire department or fire company response
HB 2654 - Expanding county commissions’ ability to dispose of county or district property
HB 2679 - Relating to the possession of firearms in parks and park facilities
HB 2746 - Requiring county commissions to maintain websites with specific information
HB 2859 - Relating generally to tax increment financing districts
HB 2884 - Requiring funding by the West Virginia Library Commission to local libraries be based on the population served by each respective library
HB 2916 - Authorizing certain first responders to carry firearms
HB 2939 - Relating to the sale of items in the State Police Academy post exchange to the public
HB 2970 - Relating generally to additional county excise taxes on the privilege of transferring real property
HB 2971 - Granting the State Auditor the authority to audit the books and records of local economic development authorities
HB 3025 - Authorizing by ordinance a vacant building registration program
Counties -- Law Enforcement (1 Bills)
HB 2029 - Permitting counties to adopt certain ordinances relating to dogs and cats
County Officials (2 Bills)
HB 2368 - Relating to candidates for professional employee positions involving supervision of a county transportation department
HB 2903 - Limiting the maximum number of appointees to certain county and municipal bodies
Courts (28 Bills)
HB 2098 - Requiring the issuance of a search warrant before a driver of a motor vehicle can be made to submit to a secondary blood test
HB 2181 - Creating an additional magistrate court deputy clerk position for Marion County
HB 2411 - Relating to Public Defender Services
HB 2456 - Requiring the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals to maintain a searchable, criminal database containing copies of all arrests and convictions by all the courts in the state
HB 2476 - Requiring each judicial circuit to have a court-appointed special advocate program and each county to have a special advocate for children in abuse and neglect proceedings
HB 2486 - Providing that when a party's health condition is at issue in a civil action, medical records and releases for medical information may be requested and required without court order
HB 2598 - Requiring that senior status circuit judges only fill vacancies in districts or counties in which they were not previously elected
HB 2607 - Extending the maximum period of confinement a judge may impose for certain, first-time probationary violations
HB 2629 - Permitting a corporation to be represented by an officer of that corporation
HB 2655 - Defining and establishing the crime of cyberbullying
HB 2684 - Imposing penalties for repeat violations of the prohibition against driving under the influence on a suspended license
HB 2685 - Requiring that information regarding case delays in the courts is to be provided to the public on a regular basis
HB 2731 - Clarifying civil actions heard in circuit court
HB 2732 - Relating to standards for termination of parental rights in child abuse and neglect cases
HB 2737 - Eliminating certain fees generated by suggestee executions
HB 2747 - Updating the commitment order form sentencing courts are required to complete
HB 2758 - Amending the definition of “abused child” to include a child conceived as a result of an act of sexual assault
HB 2765 - Establishing a new special revenue fund, designated the Court Advanced Technology Subscription Fund
HB 2766 - Establishing a new special revenue fund, designated the Adult Drug Court Participation Fund
HB 2769 - Relating to the preservation of rights guaranteed by the West Virginia Constitution and the United States Constitution when deciding the comity of a legal decision in a foreign country
HB 2850 - Relating to product liability actions
HB 2891 - Including electronic communications to and from inmates with the types of communications that the Division of Corrections currently monitors and may record
HB 2922 - Reducing the cost of the fee for a state license to carry a concealed weapon
HB 2944 - Requiring the Insurance Commissioner to regulate professional bondsmen
HB 2956 - Establishing a new special revenue fund, designated the Adult Drug Court Participation Fund
HB 2966 - Creating the West Virginia Sentencing Commission
HB 3040 - Creating a new court to be known as West Virginia Intermediate Court of Appeals
HB 3096 - Relating to operation and regulation of certain water and sewer utilities owned or operated by political subdivisions of the state
Courts -- Magistrate (1 Bills)
HB 2090 - Increasing the minimum number of magisterial districts in a county
Courts -- Supreme Court (1 Bills)
HB 2037 - Relating to juvenile proceedings
Courts (And Related Subheadings) (1 Bills)
HB 2314 - Removing the compensation caps entirely for secretary-clerks and case coordinators
Creditors and Debtors (1 Bills)
HB 2058 - Prohibiting the use of a credit score in casualty insurance rate filings
Crime (69 Bills)
HB 2003 - Creating a new felony offense for a drug delivery that results in the death of another person
HB 2021 - Relating to penalties incurred from obstructing, fleeing from and making false statements to law-enforcement
HB 2092 - Creating an additional penalty for use of a firearm in furtherance of a drug offense
HB 2099 - Defining the act of leaving the scene of a crash involving death or serious bodily injury as a felony; Erin's Law
HB 2106 - Creating a domestic violence registry
HB 2134 - Relating generally to workers’ compensation
HB 2137 - Making it a misdemeanor for a person to impersonate a veteran
HB 2154 - Relating to sanctions for recipients of benefits from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program
HB 2186 - Relating generally to human trafficking
HB 2306 - Establishing new procedures for courts with criminal jurisdiction to suspend and revoke driver’s licenses based on D.U.I.
HB 2318 - Relating generally to human trafficking
HB 2322 - Prohibiting sex offender registrants from having Halloween related contact with children
HB 2329 - Prohibiting the production, manufacture or possession of fentanyl
HB 2352 - Relating to the criminal offense of desecration of graves and vandalizing cemeteries
HB 2367 - Establishing a criminal offense of organized retail crime
HB 2382 - Relating to the purchase of scrap metal
HB 2384 - Relating to the use of drone surveillance of private citizens
HB 2390 - Providing death penalty for first degree murder
HB 2419 - Defining and establishing the crime of cyberbullying
HB 2426 - Requiring a minimum criminal penalty of life imprisonment for killing of an individual if based on his or her status as a law-enforcement officer
HB 2450 - Increasing mandatory minimum sentences for trafficking drugs into the state
HB 2505 - Relating to Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Act
HB 2516 - Relating to substance abuse
HB 2526 - Classifying additional drugs to Schedules I, II, IV and V of controlled substances
HB 2532 - Allowing the expungement of certain felony convictions
HB 2535 - Making it a criminal offense to disturb the peace
HB 2536 - West Virginia Second Chance for Employment Act
HB 2541 - Creating the felony offense of conspiracy to commit violations of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act
HB 2562 - Making unlawful any employer policy or rule prohibiting an employee from possessing a firearm inside a vehicle
HB 2579 - Increasing the penalties for transporting controlled substances
HB 2585 - Creating felony crime of conducting financial transactions involving proceeds of criminal activity
HB 2602 - Increasing penalties for transportation of controlled substances into the State of West Virginia
HB 2607 - Extending the maximum period of confinement a judge may impose for certain, first-time probationary violations
HB 2613 - Allowing state, county or municipal employees with a license to carry a concealed weapon to possess a firearm at any time in this state
HB 2643 - Creating a felony murder offense in the second degree for delivery of a controlled substance that causes death
HB 2645 - Creating a felony for failure to render aid by a culpable person in presence of a drug overdose
HB 2648 - Increasing penalties for manufacturing or transportation of a controlled substance in the presence of a minor
HB 2653 - Extending the Multi State Real-Time Tracking System
HB 2660 - Increasing criminal incarceration penalties for the transportation of controlled substances into the state
HB 2664 - Prohibiting activities connected with bestiality
HB 2671 - Creating a new offense relating to the distribution of controlled substances
HB 2684 - Imposing penalties for repeat violations of the prohibition against driving under the influence on a suspended license
HB 2700 - Exempting industrial hemp from being a Schedule I drug
HB 2704 - Prohibiting persons convicted of sexual offenses against children with whom they hold positions of trust from holding certification or license valid in public schools
HB 2710 - Including unborn child or fetus in statute setting criminal penalties for child neglect resulting in death
HB 2715 - Establishing procedures for carrying out the death sentence
HB 2726 - Authorizing home incarceration officers to arrest participants for violating the terms and conditions of his or her supervision with or without a court order
HB 2735 - Requiring the Board of Pharmacy to review, investigate and make appropriate referrals of reports of suspicious orders of controlled substances
HB 2748 - Prohibiting civil rights violations based on gender identity, or sexual orientation
HB 2825 - Requiring state institutions of higher education adopt policies concerning sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking
HB 2873 - Relating to alternate sentencing for nonviolent felony offenders
HB 2917 - Changing the Unborn Victims of Violence Act to the Unborn Victims of Abuse Act
HB 2918 - Creating a felony penalty of life without mercy for the first degree murder of a law-enforcement officer
HB 2920 - Providing mandatory minimum sentences for trafficking drugs into the state and for other drug offenses
HB 2922 - Reducing the cost of the fee for a state license to carry a concealed weapon
HB 2959 - Requiring all pawnbrokers to upload pictures to their website of all pawned items
HB 2976 - Relating to the theft of consumer identity protections
HB 2988 - Clarifying the penalties for embezzlement
HB 2992 - Relating to civil asset forfeiture
HB 3005 - Relating to regulation of unmanned aircraft systems
HB 3009 - Relating to access by the Office of Health Facility Licensure and Certification to the Controlled Substances Monitoring Program database
HB 3010 - Making it a felony to knowingly expose another individual to HIV
HB 3018 - Adding definition of correctional employee to the list of persons against whom an assault is a felony
HB 3019 - Relating to the West Virginia Contraband Forfeiture Act
HB 3020 - Relating to criminal penalties for the offenses of hunting, trapping or fishing on the lands of another person
HB 3026 - Providing that a vehicle driver who injures a “vulnerable road user” is guilty of reckless driving
HB 3035 - Relating to the legalization of marijuana
HB 3098 - Relating to the crime of defrauding drug and alcohol screening tests and its penalties
HB 3100 - Increasing penalties for public school employees that embezzle public funds
Crimes (5 Bills)
HB 2013 - Relating to replacing the present crime of burglary with the crime of home invasion
HB 2024 - Creating a criminal felony offense of aggravated assault or battery of a child or a person who is mentally incapacitated
HB 2083 - Increasing the felony criminal penalties for exposing children to methamphetamine manufacturing
HB 2140 - Modifying the definition of child abuse or neglect to exclude accidental injury
HB 2470 - Making it a felony to knowingly house drug traffickers
Crimes -- Felonies (1 Bills)
HB 2408 - Relating to the death penalty for first degree murder
Crimes (And Related Subheadings) (1 Bills)
HB 2303 - Increasing criminal penalties for littering
Disabilities (5 Bills)
HB 2179 - Issuing a special registration plate for persons who are residents of this state and who have a family member diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder
HB 2189 - Exempting disabled veterans from campground rental fees during certain times
HB 2197 - Requiring retail establishments offering gasoline or other motor fuel to provide refueling assistance and refueling access to persons with a disability
HB 2217 - Increasing the maximum personal income tax exemption for persons over the age of sixty-five and for persons who are totally disabled
HB 2381 - Raising the maximum personal income tax exemption for persons over the age of sixty-five and for persons who are totally disabled
Domestic Relations (13 Bills)
HB 2089 - Establishing a bill of rights for foster parents
HB 2338 - Relating to domestic violence victims' eligibility for unemployment compensation benefits
HB 2479 - Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act
HB 2528 - Requiring the amount of child support to be paid is effective from the date the petition for the modification was filed
HB 2547 - Relating to grandparent’s rights
HB 2658 - Establishing that shared legal and physical custody of a child in cases of divorce is presumed to be in the best interests of the child
HB 2703 - Providing that the court allocate time equally between parents
HB 2732 - Relating to standards for termination of parental rights in child abuse and neglect cases
HB 2758 - Amending the definition of “abused child” to include a child conceived as a result of an act of sexual assault
HB 2855 - Relating to care, custody and visitation of pets involved in separation and divorce proceedings
HB 2870 - Addressing certain cross references in the code that are no longer correct with regard to definitions of child abuse and neglect, child abuse or neglect, juvenile offender, delinquent, child abuse and domestic violence
HB 2925 - Permitting a child sixteen years of age or older to petition for a change of parental custody
HB 3070 - Permitting parents to petition the court for visitation on Mother’s Day and Father’s Day
Drugs and Drug Paraphernalia (4 Bills)
HB 2070 - Prohibiting the establishment of methadone treatment programs and clinics in this state; providing exceptions
HB 2130 - Relating to drug testing of legislators
HB 2207 - Relating to licenses to sell paraphernalia for use with controlled substances
HB 2457 - Creating the West Virginia Addictions Treatment and Recovery Fund
Economic Development (12 Bills)
HB 2615 - Providing a tax credit for obtaining certain certifications by the United States Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design green building rating system
HB 2727 - Providing an identification card for released inmates who do not have a West Virginia identification card or driver’s license
HB 2783 - Authorizing the Real Estate Division of the Department of Administration to develop policies and procedures for the leasing, at no cost, of unoccupied buildings
HB 2834 - relating to unlawful employment practices involving unauthorized workers
HB 2843 - Permitting Class III and Class IV municipalities to be included in the West Virginia Tax Increment Act
HB 2856 - Declaring public policy and legislative intent for improving the marketing, quality and frequency of passenger rail service of the Cardinal Passenger Train
HB 2921 - Establishing a website clearinghouse for sharing information about potential sources of revenue, financial, technical and legal assistance for government agencies
HB 2953 - Establishing the Southern West Virginia Lake Development Study Commission
HB 2958 - Relating generally to development of infrastructure in the state
HB 3086 - Relating to the West Virginia Economic Development Authority
HB 3087 - Economic and Community Development Task Force
HB 3093 - Establishing Broadband Enhancement and Expansion Policies
Education (12 Bills)
HB 2014 - Allowing parents or the school to serve sweets during the holidays if the school receives parental or guardian consent
HB 2019 - Relating to salary increase for school personnel
HB 2073 - Making available elective courses on the history of the old and new testaments of the bible
HB 2093 - Exempting personal income earned by individuals working as teachers at primary and secondary schools from personal income tax
HB 2172 - Providing that school nutrition plans include take home meals for low income students
HB 2194 - Reducing personnel employed by the West Virginia Department of Education
HB 2309 - Discontinuing the use of common core standards and assessments in the state
HB 2334 - Relating to school curricular standards and assessments
HB 2378 - Providing school days to register and transport students to vote
HB 2421 - Requiring the accumulation of one and one-half years of instruction in the study of the Declaration of Independence and other founding American historical documents
HB 2429 - Granting tax credits for parents and legal guardians whose children are in a home schooling program or private school
HB 2442 - Requiring a test that is identical to the civics portion of the naturalization test in order to graduate from high school or obtain a General Educational Development (GED) diploma
Education (And Related Subheadings) (4 Bills)
HB 2050 - Allowing state employees to take paid leave to attend parent-teacher conference for their children
HB 2166 - Requiring county boards of education to employ a certified library media specialist in each county school
HB 2185 - Giving local authorities the authority to decrease the speed limit on streets and highways where school buses travel in its jurisdiction
HB 2467 - Prohibiting school employees from promoting abortion
Education -- Colleges & Universities (1 Bills)
HB 2335 - Protecting academic freedom in higher education
Education -- Retirement (2 Bills)
HB 2057 - Increasing benefits of retired state personnel and retired teachers
HB 2184 - Permitting teachers under the State Teachers Retirement System to teach college level courses without loss of benefits
Education (And Related Subheadings) (7 Bills)
HB 2037 - Relating to juvenile proceedings
HB 2046 - Requiring county boards of education to provide released time for professional educators and service personnel when serving in an elected municipal or county office
HB 2104 - Requiring that public schools provide facilities for students of all faiths and religions to have a place of fellowship, prayer and worship
HB 2117 - Removing the requirement that home schooled students have to acquire a general equivalency degree (GED) in order to qualify for the promise scholarship
HB 2191 - Relating to educational benefits for dependents of deceased or disabled veterans
HB 2213 - Relating to compulsory school attendance
HB 2409 - Relating to the School Building Authority
Education (Higher) (24 Bills)
HB 2075 - Providing the Auditor with greater oversight of advance allowance accounts
HB 2079 - Abolishing the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission
HB 2097 - Permitting community and technical colleges and universities to charge students half the cost of a credit for every credit taken over the fifteenth hour
HB 2118 - Abolishing the West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education
HB 2144 - Relating to relocation or closure of state higher education institutions
HB 2542 - Relating to public higher education personnel
HB 2557 - Relating to tuition and fees at community and technical colleges
HB 2559 - Relating to concealed carry on higher education campuses
HB 2667 - Relating to accreditation of nursing schools
HB 2689 - Educational Savings Account Program
HB 2705 - Eliminating obsolete, duplicate or unnecessary code language as it relates to higher education
HB 2706 - Authorizing legislative rules regarding higher education
HB 2756 - Making Promise scholarships available for students pursuing certificates or degrees through an accredited community and technical college
HB 2763 - Relating to the approval by the Council for Community and Technical College Education of acquisitions
HB 2770 - Reducing regulatory control over academic programs of state institutions
HB 2818 - Prohibiting West Virginia institutions of higher learning and state agencies from discriminating against graduates of private, nonpublic or home schools by requiring them to submit to alternative testing
HB 2849 - Providing that the compensation level of the Chancellor for Higher Education may be no more than the salary of the Governor
HB 2858 - Creating a loan tuition forgiveness program to encourage students in selected and necessary fields to remain in the state
HB 2887 - Relating to retirement and separation incentives
HB 2912 - Abolishing regional service education agencies
HB 2973 - Preserving and transferring firefighter training courses
HB 3001 - Abolishing the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission
HB 3078 - Establishing a merit-based Katherine Johnson Hope Scholarship program to provide tuition and fee payments for certain qualified students
HB 3095 - Allowing retired teachers to be employed by a higher education institution
Education (K12) (80 Bills)
HB 2031 - Eliminating requirements that state provide for professional training and development of teachers
HB 2123 - Making the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind eligible to participate in any and all funding administered or distributed by the West Virginia School Building Authority
HB 2142 - Providing a salary increase for special education teachers
HB 2147 - Permitting county boards of education to accumulate instructional days and use them when needed
HB 2151 - Prohibiting the use of the Smarter Balanced Assessment
HB 2153 - Relating to designation of social workers in the Department of Health and Human Services to promote better student school attendance
HB 2157 - Relating to school calendar
HB 2188 - Extending the length of time for the special Community-Based Pilot Demonstration Project to Improve Outcomes for At-Risk Youth
HB 2195 - Relating to requiring comprehensive drug awareness and prevention program in all public schools
HB 2198 - Redirecting certain funds of the West Virginia Department of Education
HB 2199 - Creating a digital learning pilot project
HB 2200 - Requiring that four members of the State Board of Education be elected on a nonpartisan basis
HB 2210 - Increasing pay to teachers and service personnel
HB 2211 - Increasing salaries for teachers
HB 2214 - West Virginia Educational Restoration Act
HB 2313 - Providing that the statewide summative assessment only be administered in grades three through eight and once at the high school level
HB 2333 - Relating to the administration of the statewide summative assessment
HB 2336 - Reducing the number of pupils per school nurses
HB 2337 - Requiring each public high school to offer a course in computer science
HB 2374 - Requiring schools post signs displaying the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline
HB 2387 - Requiring the State Board of Education to prescribe a comprehensive drug awareness and prevention program
HB 2388 - Relating to the comprehensive statewide student assessment
HB 2392 - Relating to truancy intervention
HB 2398 - Extending funding for School Innovation and Local Solution Dropout Prevention and Recovery Innovation Zones
HB 2401 - Increasing teacher salaries
HB 2403 - Permitting county boards of education to accumulate instructional days and use them when needed
HB 2412 - Relating to the public school calendar
HB 2420 - Providing that the State Board of Education may delegate its Medicaid provider status and subsequent reimbursement to regional educational service agencies or county boards
HB 2436 - Suspending the implementation of the school aid formula until the year 2021
HB 2438 - Allowing county boards of education and regional educational service agencies to purchase computer technology from other than a state-wide contract
HB 2443 - Establishing academic standards and assessment methods
HB 2449 - Requiring the West Virginia Secondary Schools Activities Commission to adopt certain safety standards for youth lacrosse
HB 2478 - Changing the age effective date of children for whom county boards of education must provide kindergarten programs
HB 2491 - Relating to school calendar and testing
HB 2494 - Providing that statewide school report cards are only to be made available to custodial parents and guardians of students upon request
HB 2524 - Improving the focus on school-level continuous improvement processes
HB 2525 - Relieving the county superintendent of schools of the duty of nominating personnel to be employed by the county board
HB 2527 - Relating to public school support
HB 2543 - Preventing the State Board of Education from implementing common core academic standards and assessments
HB 2551 - Requiring the West Virginia Department of Education to create a Bible literacy course in public schools
HB 2560 - Providing a free lunch to all employees in a school building
HB 2561 - Relating to public school support
HB 2569 - Relating to employment, promotion and transfer of professional personnel by county boards of education
HB 2571 - Developing a resource for use by parents to monitor and track deaf and hard-of-hearing children’s expressive and receptive language acquisition
HB 2572 - Providing for the authorization and oversight of public charter schools
HB 2574 - Middle School Technical Education Program Act
HB 2584 - Relating to primary and secondary school instructional terms
HB 2609 - Requiring county boards of education to conduct regular structural inspections of school facilities and structures
HB 2610 - Allowing private entities to lease buildings to local school boards in cases of emergency or condemnation
HB 2618 - Relating to body mass index
HB 2637 - Relating to employment of retired teachers and prospective employable professional personnel in areas of critical need and shortage
HB 2651 - Relating generally to standardized testing requirements for nonpublic schools
HB 2652 - Relating generally to school closing or consolidation requirements
HB 2695 - Creating a pilot program for expansion of school-based mental health and school-based diversion
HB 2702 - Relating to excused absences for personal illness from school
HB 2738 - Providing flexibility in the transfer process of school personnel
HB 2742 - School Consolidation Task Force
HB 2761 - Relating to qualifications of paraprofessionals, autism mentors and braille or sign support specialists
HB 2771 - Relating to temporary teaching certificates for Armed Forces spouses
HB 2787 - Creating an additional class of special education classroom aides
HB 2795 - Clarifying a director of a multicounty vocational technical school is a principal
HB 2809 - Relating to basic state aid to public education
HB 2875 - Relating to the adoption of instructional educational resources
HB 2886 - Relating to generally applied associate of science degrees that target workforce needs
HB 2902 - Requiring county school boards to provide adequate mental health and counseling services
HB 2926 - Relating to the comprehensive statewide student assessment
HB 2928 - Creating a low-interest student loan refinancing program for teachers
HB 2945 - Relating to exemptions from mandated immunizations
HB 2950 - Requiring the State Superintendent of Schools to have a terminal degree
HB 2974 - Relating to public school education in dating violence, domestic abuse and sexual violence prevention
HB 2997 - Relating generally to applied associate of science degrees that target workforce needs
HB 3008 - Relating to eliminating county school systems and creating ten school districts
HB 3023 - Relating to public school education assessment of students for dyslexia and dyscalculia
HB 3031 - Creating a state program allowing high school students advance to getting a college degree or technical training while in high school
HB 3036 - Allowing county boards of education to hire retired teachers
HB 3061 - Encouraging mastery-based education through the Innovation In Schools program
HB 3080 - Requiring instruction in the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution
HB 3088 - Relating generally to teacher-pupil ratios
HB 3089 - Relating to the adoption of instructional resources for use in the public schools
HB 3090 - Relating to the maximum licensed school psychologist-pupil ratio
Elected Officials (2 Bills)
HB 2046 - Requiring county boards of education to provide released time for professional educators and service personnel when serving in an elected municipal or county office
HB 2395 - Prohibiting chairmen of state political parties during or up to one year after the termination of their employment as chairmen of those political parties from registering as lobbyists
Elections (18 Bills)
HB 2032 - Prohibiting a chief deputy sheriff from engaging in certain political activities
HB 2065 - Requiring all local special elections to be held on the days and hours of general, primary or state-wide elections
HB 2102 - Allowing a group of affiliated voters to become a recognized political party under certain criteria
HB 2124 - Providing that members of the House of Delegates in districts having more than one delegate be elected from numbered divisions
HB 2312 - Relating to appointment of, conduct of and training of poll watchers
HB 2320 - Allowing nonmembers of a political party to request that party’s partisan ballot at a primary election
HB 2364 - Prohibiting electioneering within or near early voting locations during early voting periods
HB 2378 - Providing school days to register and transport students to vote
HB 2424 - Requiring that voter registration information appear on certain state issued identification cards
HB 2597 - Campaign Advertising Fairness Act
HB 2635 - Relating to nonpartisan election of justices of the Supreme Court of Appeals
HB 2669 - Relating to eligibility to register to vote
HB 2675 - Relating to primary elections and nominating procedures
HB 2723 - Relating to primary elections for nonpartisan offices including Justices of the Supreme Court, circuit court judges, family court judges, and magistrates
HB 2781 - Requiring a person desiring to vote to present documentation identifying the voter to one of the poll clerks
HB 2793 - Relating to the nonpartisan election of county superintendents of schools
HB 2798 - Clarifying provisions relating to candidates unaffiliated with a political party
HB 3039 - Allowing municipalities to cancel elections when only one person is running for each office
Energy (8 Bills)
HB 2076 - Establishing the Legislative Oversight Commission on Energy Workers Safety
HB 2087 - Prohibiting blasting within six hundred twenty-five feet of an occupied dwelling
HB 2170 - Relating generally to horizontal well control standards
HB 2534 - Authorizing local units of government to adopt local energy efficiency partnership programs
HB 2688 - Permitting natural gas companies to enter private property without prior consent from the owner for the limited purposes of obtaining data
HB 2744 - Local Energy Efficiency Partnership Act
HB 3050 - Creating a special revenue account for each county in the State of West Virginia for coal severance taxes
HB 3094 - Cotenancy and Lease Integration Act
Environment (6 Bills)
HB 2506 - Relating to the permit limit calculations and allowing overlapping mixing zones for calculating permit limits for drinking water criteria
HB 2615 - Providing a tax credit for obtaining certain certifications by the United States Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design green building rating system
HB 2811 - Relating to the definition of above ground storage tanks
HB 2931 - Authorizing shut-in of oil and gas wells in West Virginia
HB 2990 - Requiring continuous monitoring of air, noise, dust and particulates
HB 3042 - Clarifying the intent of gas royalty leases which required not less than 1/8th (12.5%) of the total amount paid to, received by or delivered to the owner
Environmental Protection (2 Bills)
HB 2303 - Increasing criminal penalties for littering
HB 2339 - Intrastate Coal and Use Act
Estates and Trusts (7 Bills)
HB 2404 - Barring persons who are convicted of certain criminal offenses from acquiring property from their victims
HB 2432 - Barring persons who are convicted of certain criminal offenses from acquiring property from their victims
HB 2674 - Relating to access to and receipt of certain information regarding a protected person
HB 2782 - Permitting a time-share managing entity to foreclose upon its statutory lien for assessments
HB 2868 - Relating generally to Uniform Unclaimed Property Act
HB 2967 - Relating generally to administration of estates and trusts
HB 2978 - Relating generally to trusts and their administration
Ethics (6 Bills)
HB 2001 - Relating to ethics and transparency in government
HB 2035 - Relating generally to purchasing
HB 2319 - Relating to candidates or candidate committees for legislative office disclosing contributions
HB 2394 - Relating to the recusal of certain public officials from voting for appropriation of moneys to nonprofit entities
HB 2395 - Prohibiting chairmen of state political parties during or up to one year after the termination of their employment as chairmen of those political parties from registering as lobbyists
HB 2833 - Specifying the contents and categories of information for inclusion in annual reports
Finance and Administration (28 Bills)
HB 2004 - Creating and maintaining a centralized state vehicle inventory system
HB 2091 - Prohibiting contracting with a state agency unless business entity submits disclosure of interested parties
HB 2413 - Requiring the comprehensive annual financial report to be published by the end of December
HB 2446 - Relating to the requirement that all executive branch agencies maintain a website that contains specific information
HB 2488 - Relating to the forfeiture of unencumbered funds in special revenue accounts
HB 2489 - Requiring a transfer from reappropriated revenue accounts to General Revenue Fund
HB 2515 - West Virginia Monument and Memorial Protection Act of 2017
HB 2556 - Requiring the Joint Committee on Government and Finance to prepare a “Coercive Federal Funds Report” on each budget bill
HB 2622 - Creating and maintaining a centralized state vehicle inventory system
HB 2673 - Transferring responsibility of all personnel and human resources matters that are currently provided by personnel sections or divisions to the Department of Administration
HB 2686 - Providing a mechanism for the independent evaluation of revenue estimates by West Virginia and Marshall Universities’ business colleges
HB 2760 - Allowing state agencies to self-insure their own programs
HB 2764 - Allowing the State Building Commission or the Higher Education Policy Commission to request and receive money from the Investment Management Board
HB 2766 - Establishing a new special revenue fund, designated the Adult Drug Court Participation Fund
HB 2773 - Relating to purchase of inmate-made goods by state agencies
HB 2790 - Transferring the Division of Forestry from the Department of Commerce to the Department of Agriculture
HB 2819 - Terminating the State Agency for Surplus Property
HB 2829 - Establishing a toll-free phone line for receipt of comments from the public about state programs and services
HB 2830 - Relating to agencies exempt from the state purchasing laws and providing for the appointment of the director of purchasing
HB 2832 - Raising the amount required for competitive bidding of construction contracts by the state and its subdivisions
HB 2852 - Relating to the preparation of a comprehensive annual financial report
HB 2936 - Requiring purchases to be made at lowest retail price available at level of quality sought by the spending unit
HB 2948 - Establishing timelines for taking final action on certain permits
HB 2964 - Budget Stabilization Act of 2017
HB 2994 - Relating to public bidding thresholds
HB 3013 - Requiring an inspection or inspections of any building prior to purchase or major renovation by the state
HB 3037 - Removing the Division of Energy as an independent agency
HB 3055 - Relating to the preparation of a comprehensive annual financial report
Fire Fighting and Prevention (4 Bills)
HB 2048 - Providing meetings and conference rights for members of municipal fire departments
HB 2160 - Providing that paid county or municipal fire departments and duly incorporated volunteer fire departments pay reduced workers' compensation premiums when not actively engaged in fire fighting
HB 2389 - Allowing an employer to extend workers' compensation insurance coverage to an employee engaged in volunteer fire fighting and allowing employers a tax credit
HB 2400 - Reducing federal adjusted gross income for volunteer fire department and rescue squad members
Firearms (4 Bills)
HB 2100 - Recognizing those in active military service as residents for the purpose of obtaining concealed carry permits while stationed at a West Virginia military installation
HB 2212 - West Virginia Firearms Freedom Act
HB 2311 - Making all future federal and local statutes, ordinances, laws, orders and rules concerning firearms, firearm accessories, ammunition and their accouterments invalid and unenforceable
HB 2430 - Permitting certain holders of concealed weapons permits to carry weapons of the grounds and buildings on the State Capitol Complex
Food and Food Services (2 Bills)
HB 2036 - Allowing counties and municipalities to levy a sales tax on food and beverages sold at restaurants
HB 2458 - Exempting from food related laws or rules for certain individually produced agricultural products
Fuel (2 Bills)
HB 2197 - Requiring retail establishments offering gasoline or other motor fuel to provide refueling assistance and refueling access to persons with a disability
HB 2205 - Exempting heating oil for residential use from the Motor Fuel Excise Tax
Funds (6 Bills)
HB 2025 - Providing one-time supplements to all annuitants when they reach the age of seventy
HB 2034 - Relating to county budget stabilization funds
HB 2038 - Changing the way the cost of incarcerating inmates in regional jails is collected
HB 2193 - Relating to the West Virginia Future Fund
HB 2317 - Establishing a retired teachers instant lottery scratch-off game
HB 2457 - Creating the West Virginia Addictions Treatment and Recovery Fund
Gaming Activities (5 Bills)
HB 2033 - Permitting the resident lineal descendants of landowners to hunt, trap or fish on that resident landowner's property without a license
HB 2052 - Increasing criminal penalties for the illegal killing, taking, or possessing of certain wildlife
HB 2105 - Establishing the state parks instant lottery scratch-off game
HB 2204 - Removing limitations on advertising and promotional activities by limited video lottery retailers
HB 2317 - Establishing a retired teachers instant lottery scratch-off game
Governmental Agencies (5 Bills)
HB 2116 - Establishing a policy for formal recognition of Indian tribes
HB 2143 - Requiring reports to the Governor from state agencies to be made available electronically via the internet
HB 2175 - Requiring recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program be issued a photo identification card
HB 2383 - Providing for the redistricting office of the Joint Committee on Government and Finance to propose redistricting plans during census years
HB 2395 - Prohibiting chairmen of state political parties during or up to one year after the termination of their employment as chairmen of those political parties from registering as lobbyists
Governor -- Bills Requested By (38 Bills)
HB 2018 - Budget Bill, making appropriations of public money out of the treasury in accordance with section fifty-one, article six of the Constitution
HB 2490 - Allowing a Constitutional officer to waive his or her salary for any calendar year
HB 2492 - Creating the Fleet Management Office
HB 2499 - Supplementary appropriation to the Department of Commerce, Workforce West Virginia – Workforce Investment Act
HB 2500 - Supplementary appropriation to the Department of Health and Human Resources, Division of Human Services
HB 2501 - Supplementary appropriation to the Department of Education, State Board of Education – School Lunch Program
HB 2590 - Updating the meaning of federal taxable income and certain other terms used in the West Virginia Corporation Net Income Tax Act
HB 2594 - Updating the meaning of federal adjusted gross income and certain other terms used in the West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act
HB 2596 - Incorporating changes to the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement
HB 2639 - Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Administration, Division of Personnel
HB 2640 - Supplementary appropriation to DHHR
HB 2657 - West Virginia Second Chance Act
HB 2668 - Increasing the minimum criminal penalty for transportation of a Schedule I or II narcotic drug into the state
HB 2711 - Abolishing regional educational service agencies and providing for the transfer of property and records
HB 2717 - Creating the Division of Multimodal Transportation
HB 2718 - Relating generally to severance taxes imposed on the privilege of producing coal for sale
HB 2719 - Relating generally to severance tax imposed on privilege of severing natural gas for sale
HB 2720 - Allowing the School Building Authority to transfer funds allocated into the School Construction Fund
HB 2721 - Removing the cost limitation on projects completed by the Division of Highways
HB 2722 - Eliminating the financial limitations on utilizing the design-build program for highway construction
HB 2724 - Relating to creating a pilot program under the Herbert Henderson Office of Minority Affairs
HB 2740 - Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Administration
HB 2775 - Relating to imposing, administering, and collecting a license tax on successful bidders for road construction contracts
HB 2776 - Creating of special revenue funding sources for the Division of Labor
HB 2779 - Supplementing, amending, decreasing, and increasing items of the existing appropriations from the State Road Fund to the Department of Transportation
HB 2784 - Maintaining the solvency of the Unemployment Compensation Fund
HB 2785 - Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety, Fire Commission
HB 2801 - Expiring funds to the unappropriated balance in the State Fund from the Department of Revenue, Office of the Secretary – Revenue Shortfall Reserve Fund
HB 2803 - Granting authority to the Parkways Authority to issue revenue bonds and refunding bonds for the purpose of financing parkway projects
HB 2814 - Increasing the funding for the State Road Fund by increasing Division of Motor Vehicle administrative fees and motor fuel excise taxes
HB 2815 - Relating to higher education governance
HB 2816 - Eliminating new film tax credits
HB 2878 - Increasing amount of authorized Federal Grant Anticipation Notes for which Division of Highways may apply
HB 2879 - Authorizing the Governor to issue executive orders to furlough state employees
HB 2899 - Reorganizing the Division of Tourism
HB 2900 - Relating to the Office of Technology
HB 3028 - Relating to the Comprehensive Substance Use Reduction Act
HB 3103 - Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Health and Human Resources
Hazardous Materials (2 Bills)
HB 2169 - Clarifying that the county or regional solid waste authority that may impose and collect an additional solid waste assessment fee is the county or region where the waste originates
HB 2410 - Relating to public sewage services
Health (54 Bills)
HB 2002 - Relating to parental notification of abortions performed on unemancipated minors
HB 2022 - Relating to public health
HB 2068 - Operating and maintaining a fully interoperable statewide network to facilitate public and private use of health care information in the state
HB 2070 - Prohibiting the establishment of methadone treatment programs and clinics in this state; providing exceptions
HB 2071 - Authorizing the medical use of cannabis based pharmaceutical products
HB 2081 - Prohibiting the establishment of new methadone treatment programs and clinics; providing exceptions
HB 2082 - Prohibiting state funding of abortions
HB 2095 - Relating to the rule-making authority of local boards of health
HB 2113 - Providing that the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Resources may not change the state Medicaid program plan
HB 2119 - Repealing West Virginia Health Benefit Exchange Act
HB 2120 - Exempting managed care contracts from the bidding process
HB 2165 - Relating to out of state physicians and surgeons traveling with sports teams within this state
HB 2175 - Requiring recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program be issued a photo identification card
HB 2187 - Establishing an advisory council on rare diseases
HB 2300 - Regulating step therapy protocols
HB 2330 - Prohibiting the sale of paraphernalia designed or marketed for use with controlled substances
HB 2331 - Raising the legal age for purchase of tobacco and tobacco products
HB 2366 - Relating to selling Jackie Withrow Hospital
HB 2373 - Authorizing school bus drivers trained in administration of epinephrine auto-injectors to administer auto-injectors
HB 2376 - Relating to the organizational structure of state government
HB 2428 - Establishing additional substance abuse treatment facilities
HB 2431 - Allowing influenza immunizations to be offered to patients and residents of specified facilities
HB 2454 - Making the Department of Corrections and the Division of Health, and their respective workplaces, subject to the Occupational Safety and Health Act
HB 2459 - Relating to regulation of health care and the certificate of need process
HB 2497 - Permitting medication administration by unlicensed personnel in nursing homes
HB 2519 - Medicaid program compact
HB 2520 - Prohibiting the use of a tanning device by a person under the age of eighteen
HB 2523 - Eliminating the certificate of need program
HB 2544 - Establishing that an employee’s termination from employment for testing positive on a drug or alcohol test required by the employer disqualifies that employee for benefits
HB 2588 - Simon’s Law; life sustaining procedures
HB 2595 - Requiring abortions to be performed by a licensed physician
HB 2614 - Prohibiting health care practitioners from knowingly and in bad faith prescribing or administering drugs
HB 2620 - West Virginia Drug Overdose Monitoring Act
HB 2633 - Requiring state institutions of higher education to conduct Phase 3 clinical research studies for any cancer treatment
HB 2677 - Patient Freedom Act
HB 2695 - Creating a pilot program for expansion of school-based mental health and school-based diversion
HB 2728 - Creating the Medicaid Laboratory Reimbursement Data Consolidation and Redundancy Act
HB 2757 - Relating to Medical Professional Liability
HB 2778 - Relating to licensure of behavioral health centers and behavioral health consumer rights
HB 2808 - The West Virginia Assisted Outpatient Treatment Act
HB 2812 - Office of Rural Health Policy
HB 2823 - Establishing a statewide call-in center to receive assistance with healthcare
HB 2826 - Eliminating provisions and repealing statutes related to the West Virginia Health Information Network
HB 2860 - Relating to modification of assessments in a community enhancement district
HB 2861 - Authorizing a medical power of attorney representative to sign a binding arbitration agreement
HB 2904 - Reorganizing the West Virginia Health Care Authority
HB 2906 - Emergency Medical Services Act of 2017
HB 2914 - Relating to powers and duties of the Commissioner of Public Health
HB 2945 - Relating to exemptions from mandated immunizations
HB 2951 - Assessing the health impact of any new, or modification to, rule proposed by the Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection
HB 2986 - Relating to involuntary custody of nonresidents for a mental hygiene examination
HB 2989 - Placing limitations on length of time that prescriptions may be issued for schedule II and III controlled substances
HB 2999 - Establishing a program for the licensing and regulation of out-patient substance abuse counseling programs
HB 3052 - Prohibiting state funding of abortions
Health (And Related Subheadings) (1 Bills)
HB 2665 - Requiring a person restraining a mentally ill or mentally challenged person in a "four point restraint" to administer sedation by injection at the time the patient is secured
Health--Mental (1 Bills)
HB 2665 - Requiring a person restraining a mentally ill or mentally challenged person in a "four point restraint" to administer sedation by injection at the time the patient is secured
Holidays (1 Bills)
HB 2014 - Allowing parents or the school to serve sweets during the holidays if the school receives parental or guardian consent
Human Rights (9 Bills)
HB 2062 - Deaf Children’s Bill of Rights Act
HB 2159 - The Healthy and Safe Workplace Act
HB 2202 - Requiring the Human Rights Commission, when investigating a complaint of discrimination, to specifically include an examination of the intent of the person
HB 2529 - Adding sexual orientation to the categories covered by the Human Rights Act
HB 2623 - Prohibiting discrimination based upon age or sexual orientation
HB 2752 - Relating to abuse and neglect of livestock
HB 2807 - Equal Pay Act of 2017
HB 2905 - Relating to animal cruelty
HB 3012 - Family Protection Act
Human Services (24 Bills)
HB 2132 - Limiting able-bodied adults without dependents receipt of SNAP benefits to three months in a thirty-six month period
HB 2154 - Relating to sanctions for recipients of benefits from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program
HB 2188 - Extending the length of time for the special Community-Based Pilot Demonstration Project to Improve Outcomes for At-Risk Youth
HB 2341 - Relating to the right of the Department of Health and Human Resources to subrogation for third-party liability settlements, by recipients who receive assistance under the Medicaid Program
HB 2342 - Redefining the parameters for the offense of human trafficking
HB 2344 - Transferring the assets of the Library Commission relating to media broadcasting to the Educational Broadcasting Authority
HB 2396 - Requiring the circuit court, when appointing counsel for alleged protected persons, to make appointments from a listing of all interested attorneys in the circuit
HB 2422 - The Ryan Brown Addiction Prevention and Recovery Fund Act
HB 2469 - Requiring benefit access devices to benefits provided by the Department of Human Services, to have a photograph of the person to whom a device was issued
HB 2496 - Relating to exemptions from certificate of need
HB 2701 - Prohibiting recipients of public assistance to return items for cash
HB 2730 - West Virginia Clearance for Access: Registry and Employment Screening Act
HB 2736 - Selling of certain state owned long-term care facilities by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Resources
HB 2739 - Relating to supplemental Medicaid provider reimbursement
HB 2741 - Relating to eligibility and fraud requirements for public assistance
HB 2810 - Creating a litigation practice license for social workers
HB 2847 - Relating to the state’s Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Intellectual/Developmental Disability Waiver
HB 2864 - Waiving certain business start-up and occupational licensing fees for low-income individuals
HB 2885 - Relating to designation of social workers in the Department of Health and Human Services
HB 2890 - Establishing a Library Facilities Improvement Fund that will serve to support library facilities construction, maintenance and improvement projects
HB 2946 - The West Virginia Refugee Absorptive Capacity Act
HB 3006 - Exempting certain contracts between the Department of Health and Human Resources and West Virginia University, Marshall University or the School for Osteopathic Medicine from state purchasing requirements
HB 3069 - Permitting persons who voluntarily enroll in a drug rehabilitation program to be included in an existing pilot program
HB 3071 - Relating to indigent burial
Infrastructure (1 Bills)
HB 2067 - Relating to the transfer of certain revenues derived from lottery activities generally, restoring distribution to the West Virginia Infrastructure Fund to 2013 rates and decreasing the funds available for grants therefrom
Insurance (25 Bills)
HB 2126 - Guaranteed Asset Protection Waiver Act
HB 2134 - Relating generally to workers’ compensation
HB 2300 - Regulating step therapy protocols
HB 2361 - Relating to the surcharge on fire and casualty insurance policies
HB 2439 - Relating to insurance and unfair claim settlement practices
HB 2460 - Requiring insurance coverages to ensure telehealth parity
HB 2471 - Relating to insurance coverage for breast cancer screening
HB 2495 - Relating to restrictions on the disclosure of nonpublic personal information
HB 2517 - Requiring licensees authorized to serve alcoholic liquors or nonintoxicating beer to have certain liability insurance coverage
HB 2617 - Outlining the process by which certain insurance agencies may place the insured with an affiliate of the insurer
HB 2619 - Risk Management and Own Risk and Solvency Assessment Act
HB 2644 - Requiring that Workers’ Compensation funds be disbursed to firefighters, emergency medical technicians and first responders when those persons are killed or become injured
HB 2683 - Relating to West Virginia Insurance Guaranty Association Act
HB 2760 - Allowing state agencies to self-insure their own programs
HB 2827 - Updating the all payor claims database
HB 2863 - Prohibiting use of a person's credit history in certain insurance transactions
HB 2868 - Relating generally to Uniform Unclaimed Property Act
HB 2871 - Eliminating the mandated employer versus employee cost share of eighty percent employer, twenty percent employee for Public Employee Insurance Agency
HB 2942 - Prohibiting insurers from cancelling or failing to renew insurance policies do to the mere filing of a claim that was later denied
HB 2944 - Requiring the Insurance Commissioner to regulate professional bondsmen
HB 2957 - Relating to labor; employer’s bond for wages
HB 3021 - Relating to insurance coverage for breast cancer screening
HB 3038 - Clarifying that merged care organizations are not exempt from payment of insurance premium taxes
HB 3076 - Relating to immunity from liability to uninsured motorists
HB 3077 - Preventing discrimination on the basis of sex or marital status by a financial institution or person
Insurance -- Health (7 Bills)
HB 2016 - Providing state health care services for all active and inactive duty military personnel
HB 2020 - Freezing PEIA employee premiums for three years
HB 2051 - Authorizing insurance to married workers without children at reduced rates under the West Virginia Public Employees Insurance Act
HB 2072 - Relating to qualifying children of state employees, receiving income of $25,000 per year or less, for the West Virginia Children's Health Insurance Program
HB 2176 - Prohibiting the number of inquiries reflected in a credit report, credit score report or CLUE report from adversely affecting an application for insurance
HB 2192 - Adding pharmacist and pharmacy to the definition of "health care provider" as used in the Medical Professional Liability Act
HB 2484 - Preventing taxpayer subsidization of health insurance covering elective abortions
Insurance -- Motor Vehicles (1 Bills)
HB 2176 - Prohibiting the number of inquiries reflected in a credit report, credit score report or CLUE report from adversely affecting an application for insurance
Insurance (And Related Subheadings) (2 Bills)
HB 2045 - Giving the Insurance Commissioner the power to regulate and penalize self-insured employers
HB 2058 - Prohibiting the use of a credit score in casualty insurance rate filings
Investments (2 Bills)
HB 2385 - Reallocating and dedicating up to $30 million to the natural gas and oil severance tax revenues annually to the natural gas and oil-producing counties of origin
HB 2513 - Relating generally to the tax treatment of manufacturing entities
Juveniles (12 Bills)
HB 2101 - Relating to the juvenile justice reform oversight committee
HB 2352 - Relating to the criminal offense of desecration of graves and vandalizing cemeteries
HB 2419 - Defining and establishing the crime of cyberbullying
HB 2465 - Modifying the requirements that allow a child witness to testify by closed circuit television
HB 2588 - Simon’s Law; life sustaining procedures
HB 2593 - Relating to the placement of juvenile status offenders
HB 2632 - Allowing children in the custody of the state in any foster home, group home or other facility or residence to hunt and fish without a license
HB 2655 - Defining and establishing the crime of cyberbullying
HB 2695 - Creating a pilot program for expansion of school-based mental health and school-based diversion
HB 2732 - Relating to standards for termination of parental rights in child abuse and neglect cases
HB 2743 - Requiring the release of an unemancipated minor's medical records for drug testing
HB 2758 - Amending the definition of “abused child” to include a child conceived as a result of an act of sexual assault
Labor (19 Bills)
HB 2045 - Giving the Insurance Commissioner the power to regulate and penalize self-insured employers
HB 2145 - Repealing provision prohibiting employers from discriminating for use of tobacco products
HB 2171 - Permitting contractors to perform work on a construction project without having a contractor’s license under certain circumstances
HB 2355 - Repealing the West Virginia Workplace Freedom Act and restoring prior law
HB 2372 - Reestablishing prevailing wages for certain state government contracts
HB 2380 - Ban-the-Box Act
HB 2435 - Relating to the disqualification of an employee for unemployment benefits
HB 2546 - Allowing replacement costs of employer provided property to be deducted from an employee’s final paycheck if the property is not returned
HB 2575 - Relating to disqualification for unemployment benefits
HB 2582 - Relating to disqualification for unemployment benefits
HB 2625 - Returning Veterans and Displaced Miners Jobs Act
HB 2659 - Reestablishing prevailing wages for certain state government contracts
HB 2666 - Providing for security of private, employer-sponsored insurance and/or retirement plans
HB 2698 - Providing certain notice to civil service exempt employees dismissed from employment due to change in administration
HB 2772 - Requiring welders working in the State of West Virginia to meet certain certification requirements
HB 2799 - Prohibiting the superintendent of schools from requiring a physical examination to be included to the application for a minor’s work permit
HB 2857 - West Virginia Safer Workplaces Act
HB 2895 - Restoring employees’ rights associated with agreeing to be represented by a labor organization
HB 3082 - Establishing a different amount of annual leave for state employees
Law Enforcement (4 Bills)
HB 2098 - Requiring the issuance of a search warrant before a driver of a motor vehicle can be made to submit to a secondary blood test
HB 2128 - Requiring persons who are in the business of purchasing precious metals and precious gems to photograph those purchases and to transmit the photographs to law-enforcement
HB 2129 - Relating to the powers and authority of state and local law enforcement to enforce underage drinking laws at private clubs
HB 2155 - Relating to career progression of members of the State Police
Law Enforcement -- County/Municipal (1 Bills)
HB 2032 - Prohibiting a chief deputy sheriff from engaging in certain political activities
Law Enforcement -- State Police (3 Bills)
HB 2149 - Establishing a minimum number of troopers to provide basic law enforcement services, and providing members of the West Virginia State Police a $580 salary increase at the end of two years of service
HB 2316 - Requiring the Superintendent of the State Police to implement a plan to increase the number of troopers
HB 2407 - Requiring that State Police officers be compensated for time when they are required to be on standby and providing a stipend for housing cost for certain officers
Law Enforcement (And Related Subheadings) (1 Bills)
HB 2463 - Forfeiture Reporting Act
Legal Gaming (13 Bills)
HB 2405 - Permitting licensed limited video lottery retailers to have up to seven video lottery terminals
HB 2611 - Allowing a person to be both a limited video lottery operator and retailer
HB 2751 - Legalizing sport pool betting
HB 2813 - Increasing number of limited video lottery terminals allowed at a retail location
HB 2872 - Relating to changes in distribution of net terminal income, excess net terminal income and excess lottery fund
HB 2911 - Increasing the number of video lottery terminals authorized for retailers and fraternal societies or veteran's organizations
HB 2927 - Transferring certain revenues derived from racetrack video lottery and racetrack table games
HB 2930 - Allowing powerball, hot lotto, and mega millions winners to remain anonymous
HB 2943 - Authorizing the Lottery Commission to introduce games whose winning tickets are determined by the outcome of a licensed horse race
HB 2955 - Relating to advance deposit wagering
HB 2982 - Relating to allowing Powerball, Mega Millions and Hot Lotto ticket winners to remain anonymous
HB 3067 - Legalizing interactive gaming
HB 3106 - Relating to increasing the number of limited video lottery terminals
Legislature (15 Bills)
HB 2114 - Providing a procedure for West Virginia to select delegates to an Article V convention for proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States of America
HB 2156 - Relating to certain members of the Legislature and certain service by members of the Legislature
HB 2319 - Relating to candidates or candidate committees for legislative office disclosing contributions
HB 2383 - Providing for the redistricting office of the Joint Committee on Government and Finance to propose redistricting plans during census years
HB 2395 - Prohibiting chairmen of state political parties during or up to one year after the termination of their employment as chairmen of those political parties from registering as lobbyists
HB 2447 - Renaming the Court of Claims the state Claims Commission
HB 2485 - Decreasing the basic compensation paid to members of the Legislature and salaries paid to other state officers by five percent
HB 2568 - Making the Holy Bible the official state book of West Virginia
HB 2686 - Providing a mechanism for the independent evaluation of revenue estimates by West Virginia and Marshall Universities’ business colleges
HB 2733 - Requiring a detailed explanation of any appropriation designated as “Other assets” in the Governor’s proposed budget expenditures
HB 2839 - Updating the procedures for legislative review of departments and licensing boards
HB 2898 - Authorizing the Joint Committee on Government and Finance to request and obtain criminal background checks of employees of the Legislature
HB 2981 - Limiting the number of days members of the Legislature may receive compensation during an extended and extraordinary session
HB 3000 - Authorizing a State Ombudsman position
HB 3051 - Appropriation Supremacy Act of 2017
Levies (1 Bills)
HB 2036 - Allowing counties and municipalities to levy a sales tax on food and beverages sold at restaurants
Libraries (2 Bills)
HB 2166 - Requiring county boards of education to employ a certified library media specialist in each county school
HB 2332 - Requiring the Library Commission to survey the libraries of the state and develop a ten year plan for construction and maintenance of public libraries
Licenses (3 Bills)
HB 2009 - Making changes to the definition of electrical contractor
HB 2066 - Providing a fee discount for certain nonresident hunting, fishing and trapping licenses for native nonresidents
HB 2207 - Relating to licenses to sell paraphernalia for use with controlled substances
Magistrates (1 Bills)
HB 2916 - Authorizing certain first responders to carry firearms
Military Affairs (10 Bills)
HB 2016 - Providing state health care services for all active and inactive duty military personnel
HB 2063 - Extending the expiration of driver's licenses for active military members' spouses
HB 2100 - Recognizing those in active military service as residents for the purpose of obtaining concealed carry permits while stationed at a West Virginia military installation
HB 2112 - Exempting all monetary benefits derived from military retirement from personal income tax obligations
HB 2173 - Providing benefits for those who have served in the military service
HB 2177 - Exempting all veterans of the Armed Forces or any reserve component thereof from having to obtain a hunting, trapping fishing license
HB 2189 - Exempting disabled veterans from campground rental fees during certain times
HB 2191 - Relating to educational benefits for dependents of deceased or disabled veterans
HB 2308 - Requiring the Parkways Authority to provide free daily toll passes for veterans under certain circumstances
HB 2377 - Requiring an official declaration of war or an action to call forth the West Virginia National Guard by the United States Congress
Military and Veterans (11 Bills)
HB 2137 - Making it a misdemeanor for a person to impersonate a veteran
HB 2305 - Relating to the issuance, expiration and renewal of driver’s license
HB 2441 - Permitting honorably discharged veterans to hunt, trap or fish in this state without first obtaining a license
HB 2531 - Allowing military personnel and reservists the additional five-year period to enter upon or recover land already allowed to infants and the insane
HB 2687 - Providing that military veterans with a one hundred percent service related disability are exempt from property taxation
HB 2788 - Allowing military veterans with certain military ratings to qualify for examinations required of a probationary firefighter
HB 2822 - Allowing honorably discharged veterans who possess certain military ratings to qualify to take an examination for licensing as a plumber, electrician, and sprinkler fitter
HB 2838 - Allowing military veterans who meet certain qualifications to qualify for examination for license as an emergency medical technician
HB 2889 - Allowing military veterans with certain military ratings to qualify for examinations required of a probationary police officer
HB 2906 - Emergency Medical Services Act of 2017
HB 3054 - Relating to a five percent bid preference on certain state contracts for businesses owned fifty-one percent by honorably discharged resident veterans
Mines and Minerals (2 Bills)
HB 2076 - Establishing the Legislative Oversight Commission on Energy Workers Safety
HB 2339 - Intrastate Coal and Use Act
Miscellaneous (4 Bills)
HB 2315 - Relating to the Herbert Henderson Office of Minority Affairs
HB 2321 - Requiring private clubs to be closed from two o'clock a.m. to seven o'clock a.m. on weekdays
HB 2397 - Relating to donations of overpayment of fees to the Secretary of State
HB 2472 - Creating a preference for certain limited video lottery current permit holders in bid process
Motor Vehicles (40 Bills)
HB 2008 - Relating to the Dealer Recovery Program
HB 2026 - Providing a maximum repair cost for insured owners of motor vehicles if a collision with a deer caused the damage
HB 2043 - Placing penalty points on driver’s licenses for using electronic communications devices while operating a motor vehicle
HB 2054 - Relating to rules governing the operation of motorboats on lakes
HB 2061 - Relating to inspection of vehicles and providing that defects in windshields and windows that do not obscure vision are not unsafe conditions
HB 2078 - Making special registration plates for volunteer fire fighters
HB 2098 - Requiring the issuance of a search warrant before a driver of a motor vehicle can be made to submit to a secondary blood test
HB 2133 - Relating to assessment value of certain motor vehicles for purposes of ad valorem property taxes
HB 2162 - Exempting motor vehicles from personal property tax
HB 2180 - Authorizing the issuance of special "In God We Trust" motor vehicle registration plates
HB 2305 - Relating to the issuance, expiration and renewal of driver’s license
HB 2328 - Exempting Class X vehicles from the tax provisions of this section
HB 2343 - Requiring the State Police to lease rather than buy vehicles if cost effective
HB 2346 - Relating to motor vehicle license plates
HB 2349 - Relating to driving on the right side of the roadway, overtaking and passing
HB 2363 - Requiring that a state employee with a commercial driver’s license have a current medical evaluation certification
HB 2386 - Exempting recipients of the distinguished Purple Heart medal from payment of the vehicle registration fee
HB 2402 - Relating to abandoned antique vehicles
HB 2424 - Requiring that voter registration information appear on certain state issued identification cards
HB 2445 - Allowing automobile auctions to obtain title to abandoned vehicles
HB 2482 - Creating a period for reduced payments of traffic violations
HB 2493 - Granting a veteran with a hundred percent service-connected disability a $10,000 exemption from the assessed value for one vehicle
HB 2514 - Creating a special motor vehicle collector license plate
HB 2530 - Relating to autocycles
HB 2564 - Authorizing a special registration plate for elk
HB 2576 - Relating to autocycles
HB 2612 - Repealing section relating to unattended motor vehicles and penalties
HB 2626 - Extending the expiration of driver's licenses for active military members' spouses
HB 2750 - Establishing a system at the county level for the dispatching of emergency towing services
HB 2802 - Permitting inspectors working within the Division of Dealer Services of the Division of Motor Vehicles to carry a concealed weapon on duty
HB 2831 - Relating to the reconstitution of the Driver’s Licensing Advisory Board
HB 2836 - Allowing the owner of an antique military vehicle to display alternate registration insignia
HB 2867 - Increasing penalties for failure to use due caution when approaching an emergency vehicle
HB 2881 - Establishing minimum safety standards for the design of any robot operated in the state
HB 2882 - Changing the frequency with which vehicles must be inspected
HB 2910 - Relating to autonomous vehicles
HB 2941 - Requiring the Commissioner of the Division of Highways to utilize the Attorney General for all legal assistance and services
HB 3015 - Requiring all commercial and professional drivers be fingerprinted and undergo a background check
HB 3033 - Relating to the procedures for driver’s license suspension and revocation in criminal proceedings for driving under the influence of alcohol, controlled substances or drugs
HB 3081 - Conducting a study to determine the amount of revenue to be derived from instituting tolls on I-70 and I-81
Motor Vehicles (And Related Subheadings) (1 Bills)
HB 2185 - Giving local authorities the authority to decrease the speed limit on streets and highways where school buses travel in its jurisdiction
Motor Vehicles -- Licenses, Registration & Inspection (1 Bills)
HB 2063 - Extending the expiration of driver's licenses for active military members' spouses
Municipalities (28 Bills)
HB 2048 - Providing meetings and conference rights for members of municipal fire departments
HB 2064 - Defining the term minor boundary adjustment
HB 2095 - Relating to the rule-making authority of local boards of health
HB 2109 - Relating to the West Virginia Land Reuse Agency Authorization Act
HB 2168 - Prohibiting counties and municipalities from adopting ordinances or regulations that base restrictions on the breed of a dog
HB 2208 - Authorizing counties and municipalities to establish a joint airport hazard comprehensive plan
HB 2209 - Limiting the authority of municipalities to regulate the purchasing, possessing, transferring, owning, carrying, transporting, selling and storing of knives
HB 2307 - Terminating the Municipal Home Rule Pilot Program and Municipal Home Rule Board
HB 2356 - Relating to the approval of the Historic Landmarks Commission
HB 2357 - Relating to the power of local government authorities to regulate vehicular traffic within their borders
HB 2444 - Requiring county commissions to maintain websites with specific information
HB 2537 - Relating to disability pensions of municipal employees
HB 2549 - Requiring notice be given to cities of an increase to pension and relief funds
HB 2550 - Authorizing a municipality to prohibit the sale of fireworks within its boundaries
HB 2573 - Ensuring that local Convention and Visitor Center Bureaus have a board that is elected by a governing body
HB 2709 - Authorizing the City of South Charleston to levy a special district excise tax
HB 2716 - Imposing an indefinite moratorium on new business and occupancy or privilege taxes
HB 2745 - Adding the examination of Advanced Care Technician
HB 2746 - Requiring county commissions to maintain websites with specific information
HB 2754 - Relating to fire fees on nonresidents of a municipality
HB 2843 - Permitting Class III and Class IV municipalities to be included in the West Virginia Tax Increment Act
HB 2859 - Relating generally to tax increment financing districts
HB 2897 - Raising the amount required for competitive bidding of construction contracts by the state and its subdivisions
HB 2939 - Relating to the sale of items in the State Police Academy post exchange to the public
HB 2985 - Relating to taxes on beer and nonintoxicating beer
HB 3039 - Allowing municipalities to cancel elections when only one person is running for each office
HB 3073 - Relating generally to public service districts and their boards
HB 3096 - Relating to operation and regulation of certain water and sewer utilities owned or operated by political subdivisions of the state
Natural Resources (30 Bills)
HB 2042 - Relating to pension benefits exempt from state income taxation
HB 2047 - Increasing compensation for conservation officers
HB 2066 - Providing a fee discount for certain nonresident hunting, fishing and trapping licenses for native nonresidents
HB 2128 - Requiring persons who are in the business of purchasing precious metals and precious gems to photograph those purchases and to transmit the photographs to law-enforcement
HB 2131 - Prohibiting the state from requiring persons with oil or gas rights connected to deep oil or gas wells to involuntarily integrate their interests
HB 2136 - Removing restrictions for hunting or trapping on private lands on Sundays
HB 2152 - Removing restrictions for hunting or trapping on private lands on Sundays
HB 2158 - Prohibiting drilling units from being established without consent of all owners
HB 2362 - Relating to the beginning and expiration of hunting and fishing licenses
HB 2406 - Providing an increase in compensation for natural resources police officers
HB 2441 - Permitting honorably discharged veterans to hunt, trap or fish in this state without first obtaining a license
HB 2474 - Providing that rents and royalties from leases of the minerals under the state's rivers and streams shall be expended for road paving and maintenance
HB 2511 - Establishing an industrial water extraction fee
HB 2512 - Streamlining the process of abandoned mineral interests
HB 2632 - Allowing children in the custody of the state in any foster home, group home or other facility or residence to hunt and fish without a license
HB 2642 - Removing restrictions for hunting or trapping on private lands on Sundays
HB 2661 - Permitting recreational gold mining
HB 2662 - Prohibiting the waste of game animals, game birds or game fish
HB 2663 - Increasing the compensation for natural resources police officers
HB 2679 - Relating to the possession of firearms in parks and park facilities
HB 2693 - Relating to state ownership of wildlife
HB 2696 - Relating to crossbow hunting
HB 2697 - Establishing regional recreation authorities and areas
HB 2699 - Making information about Division of Natural Resources licensees exempt from the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act
HB 2707 - Relating to the collection, possession and sale of naturally shed deer antlers
HB 2708 - Relating to a lawful method for a developmentally disabled person to purchase a base hunting license
HB 2777 - Requiring all unclaimed oil and gas royalties due a leaseholder of the mineral estate shall be transferred and paid to the legal surface owner
HB 2909 - Abolishing the office environmental advocate within the Department of Environmental Protection
HB 2949 - Exempting specified Division of Natural Resources’ contracts for some replacement, repair or design for repairs to facilities from review and approval requirements
HB 3029 - Relating generally to coal mining, coal mining safety and environmental protection
Oil and Gas (6 Bills)
HB 2076 - Establishing the Legislative Oversight Commission on Energy Workers Safety
HB 2205 - Exempting heating oil for residential use from the Motor Fuel Excise Tax
HB 2385 - Reallocating and dedicating up to $30 million to the natural gas and oil severance tax revenues annually to the natural gas and oil-producing counties of origin
HB 2473 - Relating to the assessment of oil and gas mineral interests
HB 2487 - Reallocating and dedicating three percent of oil and gas severance tax revenues up to $20 million annually to the oil and gas producing counties of origin
HB 2510 - Permitting certain surface owners to purchase gas at market rates
Parks and Recreation (3 Bills)
HB 2059 - Providing a ten percent discount to residents at state parks and forests
HB 2066 - Providing a fee discount for certain nonresident hunting, fishing and trapping licenses for native nonresidents
HB 2105 - Establishing the state parks instant lottery scratch-off game
Professions and Occupations (35 Bills)
HB 2009 - Making changes to the definition of electrical contractor
HB 2103 - Making changes to the definition of contractor for purposes of the West Virginia Contractor Licensing Act
HB 2108 - Requiring school bus aides, who are trained in preventing bullying and providing a safe environment for students while being transported on a school bus, to be present on school buses
HB 2111 - Exempting certified professional estimator services from consumer sales and service tax
HB 2192 - Adding pharmacist and pharmacy to the definition of "health care provider" as used in the Medical Professional Liability Act
HB 2301 - Relating to direct primary care
HB 2302 - Prohibiting chairmen of state political parties during or up to one year after the termination of their employment as chairmen of those political parties from registering as lobbyists
HB 2345 - Transferring all duties and powers previously belonging to the West Virginia State Board of Examiners for Licensed Practical Nurses to the West Virginia Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses
HB 2347 - Allowing schools licensed to provide barber, cosmetology and related training to hold theory classes and clinical classes at different locations
HB 2348 - Eliminating any requirement that class hours of students be consecutive
HB 2359 - Relating to offenses and penalties for practicing osteopathic medicine without a license
HB 2418 - Prohibiting the performing of an onychectomy or flexor tendonectomy procedure on a cat
HB 2423 - Relating to the criminal offense of therapeutic deception
HB 2437 - Exempting persons practicing animal husbandry from provisions requiring licensing of veterinarians
HB 2504 - Prohibiting state nursing boards from limiting the number of students
HB 2554 - West Virginia Contractor Licensing Act
HB 2595 - Requiring abortions to be performed by a licensed physician
HB 2628 - Relating generally to the powers and duties of the Board of Medicine and the Board of Osteopathic Medicine
HB 2630 - Authorizing the West Virginia Board of Medicine and the West Virginia Board of Osteopathic Medicine to share staff
HB 2631 - Relating to time standards for disposition of complaint proceedings
HB 2667 - Relating to accreditation of nursing schools
HB 2691 - Allowing a person who is qualified by training to be a barber and a cosmetologist to elect to practice solely as a barber
HB 2692 - Allowing licensed professionals to donate time to the care of indigent and needy
HB 2735 - Requiring the Board of Pharmacy to review, investigate and make appropriate referrals of reports of suspicious orders of controlled substances
HB 2753 - Relating to modernization of the Physician Assistant Practice Act
HB 2772 - Requiring welders working in the State of West Virginia to meet certain certification requirements
HB 2804 - Removing chiropractors from the list of medical professions required to obtain continuing education on mental health conditions common to veterans and family members
HB 2844 - Relating to provisions applicable to military members and their spouses
HB 2864 - Waiving certain business start-up and occupational licensing fees for low-income individuals
HB 2892 - Removing requirement that persons who pass the bar in West Virginia be members of the West Virginia State Bar in order to practice
HB 2989 - Placing limitations on length of time that prescriptions may be issued for schedule II and III controlled substances
HB 2995 - Permitting certain animal euthanasia technicians who have been certified by other states be certified animal euthanasia technicians in West Virginia
HB 2999 - Establishing a program for the licensing and regulation of out-patient substance abuse counseling programs
HB 3049 - West Virginia Counseling Protection Act
HB 3075 - Licensing the practice of athletic training
Public Employees (13 Bills)
HB 2015 - Establishing seniority rights for public employees
HB 2050 - Allowing state employees to take paid leave to attend parent-teacher conference for their children
HB 2051 - Authorizing insurance to married workers without children at reduced rates under the West Virginia Public Employees Insurance Act
HB 2055 - Including volunteer firefighters within the Public Employees Insurance Act
HB 2069 - Providing cost-of-living adjustments for certain current and former public employees
HB 2074 - Establishing seniority rights for public employees
HB 2080 - Increasing the amount of annual and incremental salary increases for eligible state employees
HB 2110 - Increasing the amount of retirement income to be excluded from the gross income of individuals receiving retirement benefits under the West Virginia Public Employees Retirement System
HB 2174 - Granting all public employees, all teachers, all service employees, all public employee retirees, all teacher retirees and all service employee retirees a $1,000 per year permanent pay increase
HB 2181 - Creating an additional magistrate court deputy clerk position for Marion County
HB 2194 - Reducing personnel employed by the West Virginia Department of Education
HB 2462 - Relating to the compensation of personnel employed at the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind
HB 2947 - Relating to salary increase for Regional Jail Authority employees
Public Safety (30 Bills)
HB 2121 - West Virginia Residential Furniture and Children's Products Flame Retardants Act
HB 2135 - Permitting persons who are twenty-one years of age or older to operate or be a passenger on a motorcycle without a helmet
HB 2138 - Right to keep and bear arms
HB 2150 - Relating to the hunting of coyotes
HB 2343 - Requiring the State Police to lease rather than buy vehicles if cost effective
HB 2369 - Firearm Protection Act
HB 2507 - Relating to the West Virginia State Police
HB 2525 - Relieving the county superintendent of schools of the duty of nominating personnel to be employed by the county board
HB 2550 - Authorizing a municipality to prohibit the sale of fireworks within its boundaries
HB 2587 - Clarifying that a firearm may be carried for self defense in state parks, state forests and state recreational areas
HB 2599 - Relating to safety of tow trucks, wreckers, and tilt-bed vehicles
HB 2605 - Requiring the Public Service Commission to create a plan within twelve months to consolidate all of the emergency communications centers
HB 2620 - West Virginia Drug Overdose Monitoring Act
HB 2712 - Permitting persons who have been issued state licenses to carry concealed deadly weapons to carry those weapons on the grounds of the State Capitol Complex
HB 2713 - Permitting the carrying of concealed weapons on the campus of a state institution of higher education
HB 2714 - Permitting a firearm or other deadly weapon on or in a private primary or secondary education building, structure or facility
HB 2729 - Giving the West Virginia State Police additional monies from the wireless enhanced 911 fee
HB 2759 - Creating Statewide Interoperable Radio Network
HB 2762 - Increasing the number of employees of the State Police Forensic Laboratory
HB 2780 - Clarifying existing language for those first responders who die as a direct result of their duties
HB 2796 - Relating to the West Virginia National Guard entering into contracts and subcontracts for specialized technical services
HB 2800 - Limiting access to state property and secured facilities to persons who have been screened and authorized through the Division of Protective Services
HB 2835 - Permitting an individual with a current West Virginia issued license to carry a concealed deadly weapon to carry such weapon on the campus of a state institution of higher education
HB 2877 - Relating to fees collected to conduct criminal background checks
HB 2915 - Relating to registration requirements of the sex offender registration act
HB 2939 - Relating to the sale of items in the State Police Academy post exchange to the public
HB 2965 - Relating to Capitol Complex security access
HB 2973 - Preserving and transferring firefighter training courses
HB 2992 - Relating to civil asset forfeiture
HB 3048 - Relating to collection of Tier II fees for chemical inventories
Public Service Commission (9 Bills)
HB 2141 - Expanding the authority of motor carrier inspectors
HB 2183 - Relating to appointment of Public Service Commissioners
HB 2325 - Limiting supervision of laying of lines on state rights-of-way
HB 2749 - Exempting vehicles engaged in nonemergency transportation of Medicaid members from permit requirements
HB 2786 - Authorizing the Public Service Commission to regulate the billing practices of utilities and other entities that utilize wired or wireless transmission
HB 2897 - Raising the amount required for competitive bidding of construction contracts by the state and its subdivisions
HB 2975 - Authorizing the change of charging 911 fees to land line telephone bills to being charged to electric bills
HB 2996 - Requiring motor carrier vehicle transporting solid waste to be equipped and operated with truck tarpaulins
HB 3059 - Providing for the voluntary valuation of water and sewer systems for ratemaking purposes
Real and Personal Property (9 Bills)
HB 2365 - Relating to outdoor advertising regulated by the Commissioner of Highways
HB 2371 - Relating to consumer protection of new manufactured home warranties
HB 2621 - Providing for a scratch-off game to fund a drug treatment facility on post-mine land in Mingo and Logan Counties
HB 2755 - Requiring a seller of real property satisfy upon closing any unpaid charges owed
HB 2819 - Terminating the State Agency for Surplus Property
HB 2932 - Providing owner of conservation easement be given the right of first refusal
HB 2992 - Relating to civil asset forfeiture
HB 3011 - Changing the determination of just compensation to be paid to the landowner when eminent domain is used for a pipeline
HB 3094 - Cotenancy and Lease Integration Act
Real Property (3 Bills)
HB 2162 - Exempting motor vehicles from personal property tax
HB 2190 - Creating the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act
HB 2414 - Allowing quarterly payment of real and personal property taxes
Records and Papers (6 Bills)
HB 2146 - Allowing a home improvement transaction to be performed under an oral contract
HB 2215 - Issuing identification documents to homeless individuals residing at homeless shelters
HB 2797 - Codifying statutory immunity for government agencies and officials from actions of third-parties using documents or records
HB 2982 - Relating to allowing Powerball, Mega Millions and Hot Lotto ticket winners to remain anonymous
HB 3014 - Prohibiting a person appointed agent under a power of attorney from exerting undue influence over the principal
HB 3079 - Relating to records of charitable institutions
Redistricting (1 Bills)
HB 2383 - Providing for the redistricting office of the Joint Committee on Government and Finance to propose redistricting plans during census years
Regulation of Trade (2 Bills)
HB 2017 - Relating to minimum wage and maximum hours standards for employers
HB 2054 - Relating to rules governing the operation of motorboats on lakes
Religious Organizations (1 Bills)
HB 2104 - Requiring that public schools provide facilities for students of all faiths and religions to have a place of fellowship, prayer and worship
Retirement (22 Bills)
HB 2012 - Reducing state income taxes for state and federal retirees by increasing the exemption on retirement income
HB 2110 - Increasing the amount of retirement income to be excluded from the gross income of individuals receiving retirement benefits under the West Virginia Public Employees Retirement System
HB 2112 - Exempting all monetary benefits derived from military retirement from personal income tax obligations
HB 2174 - Granting all public employees, all teachers, all service employees, all public employee retirees, all teacher retirees and all service employee retirees a $1,000 per year permanent pay increase
HB 2370 - Restoring the ability of new hires to use accrued annual and sick leave for retirement service credit
HB 2393 - Adding violations of law upon which a public servant’s retirement plan may be forfeited
HB 2549 - Requiring notice be given to cities of an increase to pension and relief funds
HB 2586 - Relating to required minimum distribution of retirement benefits of plans administered by the Consolidated Public Retirement Board
HB 2592 - Annual retirement annuity adjustment West Virginia State Police Retirement System
HB 2600 - Relating to the Municipal Police and Fire Retirement System
HB 2601 - Relating to municipal policemen’s or municipal firemen’s pension and relief funds
HB 2603 - Relating to municipal policemen’s or firemen’s pension and relief funds that are funded at one hundred and twenty-five percent or more
HB 2604 - Relating to employee information reported to the Consolidated Public Retirement Board
HB 2641 - Relating to pension benefits exempt from state income taxation
HB 2649 - Adding violations of law upon which a public servant’s retirement plan may be forfeited
HB 2780 - Clarifying existing language for those first responders who die as a direct result of their duties
HB 2817 - Providing for the reduction of the unfunded liability in the teachers retirement system over a 30 year period
HB 2824 - Exempting State Teachers Retirement System pension benefits from West Virginia personal income taxation
HB 2854 - Adding an annual annuity adjustment of one percent for eligible retirants or surviving spouses
HB 2887 - Relating to retirement and separation incentives
HB 3036 - Allowing county boards of education to hire retired teachers
HB 3047 - Extending the time that teachers may pay into the State Teachers Retirement System
Retirement -- Education Personnel (2 Bills)
HB 2057 - Increasing benefits of retired state personnel and retired teachers
HB 2184 - Permitting teachers under the State Teachers Retirement System to teach college level courses without loss of benefits
Retirement -- Public Employees (3 Bills)
HB 2042 - Relating to pension benefits exempt from state income taxation
HB 2057 - Increasing benefits of retired state personnel and retired teachers
HB 2125 - Reinstating service credit to certain members of the Public Employees Retirement System
Retirement (And Related Subheadings) (3 Bills)
HB 2042 - Relating to pension benefits exempt from state income taxation
HB 2156 - Relating to certain members of the Legislature and certain service by members of the Legislature
HB 2317 - Establishing a retired teachers instant lottery scratch-off game
Roads and Highways (3 Bills)
HB 2185 - Giving local authorities the authority to decrease the speed limit on streets and highways where school buses travel in its jurisdiction
HB 2308 - Requiring the Parkways Authority to provide free daily toll passes for veterans under certain circumstances
HB 2474 - Providing that rents and royalties from leases of the minerals under the state's rivers and streams shall be expended for road paving and maintenance
Roads and Transportation (33 Bills)
HB 2007 - Eliminating courtesy patrol programs
HB 2027 - Providing for the transfer of ownership, operation and maintenance of certain assets of the West Virginia Parkways Authority to the Division of Highways
HB 2041 - Providing a discount program for certain workers and students who purchase West Virginia EZ Pass transponders
HB 2043 - Placing penalty points on driver’s licenses for using electronic communications devices while operating a motor vehicle
HB 2161 - Relating to purchasing requirements for the Division of Highways
HB 2164 - Prohibiting the placement of the name or likeness of public officials on state road signs
HB 2324 - Requiring that patching repair of hard surfaced roads, highways and streets be by use of mechanical rollers
HB 2340 - Relating to performance metrics for the West Virginia Division of Highways
HB 2349 - Relating to driving on the right side of the roadway, overtaking and passing
HB 2353 - Requiring the Commissioner of Highways to develop a formula for allocating road funds among districts
HB 2354 - Requiring the Commissioner of Highways to develop a statewide communications plan known as the Comprehensive Public Involvement Plan
HB 2365 - Relating to outdoor advertising regulated by the Commissioner of Highways
HB 2391 - Establishing an arborists program for inmates
HB 2415 - Relating to construction of industrial access roads with state funds
HB 2567 - Relating to failure to maintain state and public roads
HB 2606 - Maintaining status quo in the event bond indebtedness relative to Parkways Authority is eliminated
HB 2608 - Requiring the Commissioner of Highways to contract with private providers or contractors for certain emergency maintenance operations
HB 2636 - Relating to construction of a modern highway from Pikeville, Kentucky to Beckley, West Virginia
HB 2694 - Relating to the development and implementation of a program to facilitate commercial sponsorship of rest areas
HB 2750 - Establishing a system at the county level for the dispatching of emergency towing services
HB 2880 - Relating to a comprehensive inventory of state-managed areas open to off-highway vehicles
HB 2896 - Requiring a warning light to be erected on certain roads to warn of a traffic light ahead
HB 2919 - Relating to parking along state highways
HB 2923 - Requiring the Commissioner of Highways to verify legal employment status of contractors and vendor’s employees for certain road and bridge contracts
HB 2924 - Relating to installation of conduit for fiber optic cable on state highway construction projects
HB 2972 - Requiring service stations that sell motor fuel to the public have backup generators for use during emergencies
HB 2977 - Pothole app and map
HB 2983 - Granting priority to roadway construction, reconstruction and maintenance for roadways prone to recurring floods that hinder ingress and egress
HB 2991 - Requiring the Commissioner of Highways to develop a state hotline for travelers to identify road hazards
HB 3007 - Requiring paving contracts for state highways to have special requirements to prevent potholes
HB 3053 - Relating to motor vehicle lighting
HB 3064 - Allowing vehicles of a size and weight exceeding certain specifications to operate over specified routes
HB 3081 - Conducting a study to determine the amount of revenue to be derived from instituting tolls on I-70 and I-81
Rule Making Authority (1 Bills)
HB 2706 - Authorizing legislative rules regarding higher education
Rules (84 Bills)
HB 2011 - Prohibiting state agencies and departments from acting outside their statutory scopes of authority
HB 2218 - Agriculture, Department of, Dangerous Wild Animals
HB 2219 - Authorizing miscellaneous boards and agencies to promulgate legislative rules
HB 2220 - Barbers and Cosmetologists, W.Va. Board of, Licensing Schools of Barbering, Cosmetology, Nail Technology and Aesthetics
HB 2221 - DEP Air Quality Board, Alternative Emission Limitations During Startup, Shutdown and Maintenance Operations
HB 2222 - DEP Air Quality Board, Ambient Air Quality Standards
HB 2223 - DEP Air Quality Board, Permits for Construction, Modification, Relocation and Operation of Stationary Sources of Air Pollutants, Notification Requirements, Admin. Updates, Temporary Permits, General Permits, Permission to Commence Construction and Procedures for Evaluation
HB 2224 - DEP Air Quality Board, Permits for Construction and Major Modification of Major Stationary Sources for the Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality
HB 2225 - DEP Air Quality Board, Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources
HB 2226 - DEP Air Quality Board, Control of Air Pollution from Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities
HB 2227 - DEP Air Quality Board, Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
HB 2228 - DEP Secretary's Office, Voluntary Remediation and Redevelopment Rule
HB 2229 - DEP Water and Waste Management, Awarding of Matching Grants for Local Litter Control Programs
HB 2230 - Insurance Commission, Adoption of Valuation Manual
HB 2231 - Natural Resources, Division of, Point System for the Revocation of Hunting - Repeal
HB 2232 - Physical Therapy, W.Va. Board of, Fees for Physical Therapist and Physical Therapist Assistant
HB 2233 - Agriculture, Department of, Animal Disease Control
HB 2234 - Agriculture, Department of, Captive Cervid
HB 2235 - Architects, W.Va. Board of, Registration of Architects
HB 2236 - Athletic Commission, W.Va. State Administrative Rules of the WV State Athletic Commission
HB 2237 - Athletic Commission, W.Va. State Regulation of Mixed Martial Arts
HB 2238 - Auditor, W.Va. State Auditor, Procedure for Local Levying Bodies to Apply for Permission to Extend Time to Meet as Levying Body
HB 2239 - Barbers and Cosmetologists, W.Va. Board of Qualifications, Training, Examination and Certification of Instructors in Barbering and Cosmetology
HB 2240 - Barbers and Cosmetologists, W.Va. Board of, Operational Standards for Schools of Barbering, Cosmetology, Hair Styling, Nail Technology and Aesthetics
HB 2241 - Barbers and Cosmetologists, W.Va. Board of Operation of Barber, Beauty, Nail and Aesthetic Shops/Salons, and Schools of Barbering and Beauty Culture
HB 2242 - Barbers and Cosmetologists, W.Va. Board of Schedule of Fees
HB 2243 - Barbers and Cosmetologists, W.Va. Board of Barber Apprenticeship
HB 2244 - Counseling, W.Va. Board of Examiners in Licensed Professional Counselor Fees
HB 2245 - Counseling, W.Va. Board of Examiners in Licensed Professional Counselor License Renewal and Continuing Professional Education Requirements
HB 2246 - Counseling, W.Va. Board of Examiners in Marriage and Family Therapists Fees
HB 2247 - Counseling, W.Va. Board of Examiners in Marriage and Family Therapist License Renewal and Continuing Professional Education Requirements
HB 2248 - Dangerous Wild Animals, W.Va. Board of Dangerous Wild Animals
HB 2249 - Dentistry, W.Va. Board of Rule for the WV Board of Dentistry
HB 2250 - Ethics Commission, W.Va. State Private Gain
HB 2251 - Fire Marshall, W.Va. State Regulation of Fireworks and Related Explosive Materials
HB 2252 - Governor's Committee on Crime, Delinquency and Correction, Law Enforcement Training and Certification Standards
HB 2253 - Governor's Committee on Crime, Delinquency and Correction, William R. Laird IV - Second Chance Driver’s License Program
HB 2254 - Health and Human Resources, WV Department of Clinical Laboratory Technician and Technologist Licensure and Certification
HB 2255 - Health and Human Resources, WV Department of Clandestine Drug Laboratory Remediation
HB 2256 - Health and Human Resources, WV Department of Expedited Partner Therapy
HB 2257 - Health and Human Resources, WV Department of Medication - Assisted Treatment - Opioid Treatment Programs
HB 2258 - Health and Human Resources, WV Department of Medication - Assisted Treatment - Office - Based Medication Assisted Treatment
HB 2259 - Health Care Authority, W.Va. State Exemption From Certificate of Need
HB 2260 - Health Care Authority, W.Va. State Rural Health Systems Grant Program
HB 2261 - Health Care Authority, W.Va. State Hospital Assistance Grant Program
HB 2262 - Health Care Authority, W.Va. State Certificate of Need Rule
HB 2263 - Lottery Commission, W.Va. State Limited Video Lottery
HB 2264 - Medicine, WV Board of Licensing and Disciplinary Procedures: Physicians; Podiatrists
HB 2265 - Medicine, WV Board of Licensure, Disciplinary and Complaint Procedures, Continuing Education, Physician Assistants
HB 2266 - Medicine, WV Board of Dispensing of Legend Drugs by Practitioners
HB 2267 - Miners’ Health, Safety and Training, W.Va. Office of, Certification, Recertification and Training of EMT-Miners and the Certification of EMT-M Instructors
HB 2268 - Natural Resources, WV Division of Revocation of Hunting and Fishing Licenses
HB 2269 - Natural Resources, WV Division of Special Waterfowl Hunting
HB 2270 - Natural Resources, WV Division of Commercial Sale of Wild Life
HB 2271 - Natural Resources, WV Division of Miscellaneous Permits and Licenses
HB 2272 - Optometry, W.Va. Board of, Continuing Education
HB 2273 - Osteopathic Medicine, W.Va. Board of, Licensing Procedures for Osteopathic Physicians
HB 2274 - Osteopathic Medicine, W.Va. Board of Osteopathic Physician Assistants
HB 2275 - Pharmacy, WV Board of Licensure and Practice of Pharmacy
HB 2276 - Pharmacy, WV Board of Mail-Order and Non-Resident Pharmacies
HB 2277 - Pharmacy, WV Board of Controlled Substances Monitoring Program
HB 2278 - Public Service Commission, W.Va. Telephone Conduit Occupancy
HB 2279 - Racing Commission, W.Va. Thoroughbred Racing
HB 2280 - Racing Commission, W.Va. Pari-Mutuel Wagering
HB 2281 - Registered Professional Nurses, W.Va. Board of Examiners for, Requirements for Registration and Licensure and Conduct Constituting Professional Misconduct
HB 2282 - Registered Professional Nurses, W.Va. Board of Examiners for Limited Prescriptive Authority for Nurses in Advanced Practice
HB 2283 - Risk and Insurance Management, W.Va. State Board of Mine Subsidence Insurance
HB 2284 - Risk and Insurance Management, W.Va. State Board of Patient Injury Compensation Fund
HB 2285 - Sanitarians, W.Va. State Board of Practice of Public Health Sanitation
HB 2286 - Secretary of State Voter Registration at the Division of Motor Vehicles
HB 2287 - Secretary of State Voter Registration List Maintenance by the Secretary of State
HB 2288 - Social Work, W.Va. Board of Continuing Education for Social Workers and Providers
HB 2289 - Speech Language Pathology and Audiology, WV Board of Examiners for Licensure of Speech-Pathology and Audiology
HB 2290 - Treasurer’s Office, W.Va. State Procedures for Deposit of Monies with the State Treasurer's Office by State Agencies
HB 2291 - Treasurer’s Office, W.Va. State Selection of State Depositories for Disbursement Accounts through Competitive Bidding
HB 2292 - Treasurer’s Office, W.Va. State Selection of State Depositories for Receipt Accounts
HB 2293 - Treasurer’s Office, W.Va. State Procedures for Processing Payments from the State Treasury
HB 2294 - Treasurer’s Office, W.Va. State Procedure for Fees in Collections by Charge, Credit or Debit Card or by Electronic Payment
HB 2295 - Treasurer’s Office, W.Va. State Procedures for Providing Services to Political Subdivisions
HB 2296 - Veterinary Medicine, W.Va. Board of Standards of Practice
HB 2297 - Auditor, W.Va. State, Standards for Requisitions for Payment Issued by State Officers on the Auditor
HB 2298 - Barbers and Cosmetologists, W.Va. Board of Continuing Education
HB 2299 - Barbers and Cosmetologists, W.Va. Board of Waxing Specialist
HB 2778 - Relating to licensure of behavioral health centers and behavioral health consumer rights
Safety (6 Bills)
HB 2056 - Providing for the use of neck braces by football players
HB 2076 - Establishing the Legislative Oversight Commission on Energy Workers Safety
HB 2087 - Prohibiting blasting within six hundred twenty-five feet of an occupied dwelling
HB 2108 - Requiring school bus aides, who are trained in preventing bullying and providing a safe environment for students while being transported on a school bus, to be present on school buses
HB 2115 - Prohibiting sexual offenders from residing within one thousand feet of a school or childcare facility
HB 2316 - Requiring the Superintendent of the State Police to implement a plan to increase the number of troopers
Salaries (9 Bills)
HB 2047 - Increasing compensation for conservation officers
HB 2049 - Providing for career development and establishing a pay scale for Alcohol Beverage Commission inspectors, enforcement agents and supervisors
HB 2080 - Increasing the amount of annual and incremental salary increases for eligible state employees
HB 2149 - Establishing a minimum number of troopers to provide basic law enforcement services, and providing members of the West Virginia State Police a $580 salary increase at the end of two years of service
HB 2314 - Removing the compensation caps entirely for secretary-clerks and case coordinators
HB 2406 - Providing an increase in compensation for natural resources police officers
HB 2407 - Requiring that State Police officers be compensated for time when they are required to be on standby and providing a stipend for housing cost for certain officers
HB 2583 - Relating to limitations on the use of wages and agency shop fees by employers and labor organization for political activities
HB 2969 - Increasing the minimum wage based upon increases in the consumer price index
Senior Citizens (4 Bills)
HB 2025 - Providing one-time supplements to all annuitants when they reach the age of seventy
HB 2167 - Creating a Silver Alert program for senior citizens
HB 2217 - Increasing the maximum personal income tax exemption for persons over the age of sixty-five and for persons who are totally disabled
HB 2381 - Raising the maximum personal income tax exemption for persons over the age of sixty-five and for persons who are totally disabled
State Personnel (14 Bills)
HB 2006 - Increasing the penalties for violating the Whistle-blower Law
HB 2393 - Adding violations of law upon which a public servant’s retirement plan may be forfeited
HB 2427 - Requiring agencies listed in the online state phone directory to update certain employee information
HB 2477 - Developing a special hiring procedure for personnel positions in the Division of Highways
HB 2592 - Annual retirement annuity adjustment West Virginia State Police Retirement System
HB 2649 - Adding violations of law upon which a public servant’s retirement plan may be forfeited
HB 2676 - Transferring the Security office under the Division of Culture and History to the Division of Protective Services
HB 2730 - West Virginia Clearance for Access: Registry and Employment Screening Act
HB 2802 - Permitting inspectors working within the Division of Dealer Services of the Division of Motor Vehicles to carry a concealed weapon on duty
HB 2869 - Providing for paid leave for certain state officers and employees during a declared state of emergency
HB 2901 - Giving all honorably discharged veterans ten extra points when successfully completing a civil service examination
HB 3065 - Adding the classification and base salaries of certain civilian employees of the West Virginia State Police Forensic Laboratory
HB 3082 - Establishing a different amount of annual leave for state employees
HB 3083 - Replacing annual and sick leave for state employees with personal leave
Taxation (93 Bills)
HB 2012 - Reducing state income taxes for state and federal retirees by increasing the exemption on retirement income
HB 2039 - Establishing a tax credit for new businesses that locate in the state
HB 2084 - Requiring the assessor of each county to, within three months of a deed filing in the county clerk's office of each county, prepare a new property tax ticket
HB 2093 - Exempting personal income earned by individuals working as teachers at primary and secondary schools from personal income tax
HB 2094 - Home Instruction Tax Relief Act
HB 2111 - Exempting certified professional estimator services from consumer sales and service tax
HB 2122 - Providing a tax credit for first time home buyers
HB 2127 - Relating to personal income taxes
HB 2133 - Relating to assessment value of certain motor vehicles for purposes of ad valorem property taxes
HB 2148 - Providing taxpayers repaying their own student loans a modification reducing federal adjusted gross in the amount of the interest paid
HB 2163 - Abolishing the Personal Income Tax
HB 2178 - Relating to quarterly payment of real and personal property taxes
HB 2182 - Continuing personal income tax adjustment to gross income of certain retirees receiving pensions from defined pension plans
HB 2201 - Save the Hospitals Act
HB 2203 - Reducing the motor fuel excise tax
HB 2217 - Increasing the maximum personal income tax exemption for persons over the age of sixty-five and for persons who are totally disabled
HB 2304 - Relating to gasoline and fuel excise tax
HB 2323 - Exempting social security benefits from personal income tax
HB 2326 - West Virginia Earned Income Tax Credit
HB 2351 - Providing for a sales tax of five percent for over the counter medicines and nutritional supplements
HB 2358 - Exempting a percentage of social security benefits from personal income tax
HB 2375 - Establishing a Small Business Empowerment and Economic Expansion Program providing tax relief to newly-established small businesses
HB 2385 - Reallocating and dedicating up to $30 million to the natural gas and oil severance tax revenues annually to the natural gas and oil-producing counties of origin
HB 2389 - Allowing an employer to extend workers' compensation insurance coverage to an employee engaged in volunteer fire fighting and allowing employers a tax credit
HB 2399 - Creating the West Virginia Earned Income Tax Credit
HB 2416 - Increasing the tax credits allowed for rehabilitation of certified historic structures
HB 2417 - Exempting from personal income tax the entirety of any income received under the federal Social Security system for certain persons
HB 2429 - Granting tax credits for parents and legal guardians whose children are in a home schooling program or private school
HB 2433 - Authorizing operators of a distillery or mini-distillery to offer for purchase and consumption liquor on the premises
HB 2434 - Relating to reevaluation of land damaged as a result of natural disaster
HB 2451 - Establishing a specific valuation of managed timberland and timberland that is not managed timberland for ad valorem property tax purposes
HB 2475 - Authorizing the Tax Commissioner to collect tax, interest and penalties due and owing from payments to vendors and contractors from the Auditor and other state, county, district or municipal officers and agents
HB 2481 - Creating tax credits for new and/or existing small businesses
HB 2487 - Reallocating and dedicating three percent of oil and gas severance tax revenues up to $20 million annually to the oil and gas producing counties of origin
HB 2493 - Granting a veteran with a hundred percent service-connected disability a $10,000 exemption from the assessed value for one vehicle
HB 2508 - Creating tax credits for small businesses
HB 2511 - Establishing an industrial water extraction fee
HB 2539 - Permitting a housing authority to garnish delinquent rents and other amounts owed to the authority from the renter’s income tax refund
HB 2545 - Increasing the allowable corporation net income tax credit for qualified rehabilitated buildings investments
HB 2548 - Relating to the use of outside speakers by persons licensed to manufacture, sell, possess for sale, transport or distribute nonintoxicating beer
HB 2553 - Relating to an exemption from the consumers sales and service tax and use tax for sales of services and tangible personal property related to the activities of raising and training livestock
HB 2555 - Relating to tax credits for apprenticeship training in construction trades
HB 2570 - Creating tax credits for new and/or existing small businesses
HB 2591 - Small Business Tax Credit
HB 2605 - Requiring the Public Service Commission to create a plan within twelve months to consolidate all of the emergency communications centers
HB 2615 - Providing a tax credit for obtaining certain certifications by the United States Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design green building rating system
HB 2616 - Decreasing the personal income tax rates for certain taxpayers and raising the personal income tax rates for certain other taxpayers
HB 2641 - Relating to pension benefits exempt from state income taxation
HB 2677 - Patient Freedom Act
HB 2686 - Providing a mechanism for the independent evaluation of revenue estimates by West Virginia and Marshall Universities’ business colleges
HB 2687 - Providing that military veterans with a one hundred percent service related disability are exempt from property taxation
HB 2716 - Imposing an indefinite moratorium on new business and occupancy or privilege taxes
HB 2734 - Authorizing a method for the collection and remittance of property taxes related to dealers’ heavy equipment inventory
HB 2774 - Defining special aircraft property
HB 2789 - Exempting all monetary benefits derived from retirement income from personal income tax obligations for individuals moving into the state
HB 2806 - Specifying exemption from the consumers sales and service tax and use tax for purchases of certain services and tangible personal property
HB 2821 - West Virginia Farm-to-Food Bank Tax Credit
HB 2837 - Relating to the collection of municipal sales tax by vendors of goods and services
HB 2842 - Authorizing a temporary foreign brewers import license
HB 2843 - Permitting Class III and Class IV municipalities to be included in the West Virginia Tax Increment Act
HB 2848 - Livable Home Tax Credit
HB 2862 - Establishing the “Stay in State” tax credit
HB 2865 - Relating to erroneous tax assessments and overpayments to the county
HB 2874 - Relating to the definition of Managed Timberland
HB 2894 - Relating to the collection of taxes on wine and intoxicating liquors
HB 2929 - Allowing an adjustment to gross income for calculating the personal income tax liability of certain retirees
HB 2933 - Relating to the consumers sales and service taxes and use taxes
HB 2934 - Eliminating the tax brackets under the personal income tax and changing the rate of the tax
HB 2937 - Authorizing county assessors to make separate entries in their land books
HB 2940 - Creating a tax credit for improving facades in historic districts
HB 2952 - Relating to the right of municipalities and counties to buy real estate for delinquent taxes
HB 2960 - Providing additional circumstance allowing the Tax Commissioner to withdraw tax liens
HB 2961 - Relating generally to charitable bingo games and charitable raffles
HB 2962 - Enlarging the authority of the Tax Commissioner to perform background investigations of employees and contractors
HB 2963 - Eliminating tax lien waiver requirement for estates of nonresidents
HB 2964 - Budget Stabilization Act of 2017
HB 2985 - Relating to taxes on beer and nonintoxicating beer
HB 2993 - Budget and Spending Transparency Act
HB 2998 - Providing tax credits for providing broadband service and wireless broadband service to unserved areas
HB 3027 - Imposing a tax on cattle which is to be used to help fund the U. S. Department of Agriculture's Wildlife Services Fund
HB 3034 - Exempting military retirement income from personal income tax after specified date
HB 3038 - Clarifying that merged care organizations are not exempt from payment of insurance premium taxes
HB 3043 - Increasing the corporation net income tax
HB 3044 - Relating to the tax on soft drinks
HB 3045 - Modifying the tax on soft drinks to only cover sugary drinks
HB 3046 - Imposing an additional excise tax on soft drinks
HB 3058 - Raising the insurance premium tax for two years
HB 3060 - Increasing the business and occupation tax on generating electricity for two years
HB 3063 - Raising the tax on providers of inpatient and outpatient hospital services for two years
HB 3085 - Relating to the tax on bottled soft drinks
HB 3091 - Relating generally to employer withholding taxes
HB 3092 - Relating to the valuation of oil and gas producing property
HB 3099 - Providing counties the power to establish a county sales tax under certain circumstances
Taxation -- Consumers Sales Tax (1 Bills)
HB 2036 - Allowing counties and municipalities to levy a sales tax on food and beverages sold at restaurants
Taxation -- Personal & Corporate Income Tax (3 Bills)
HB 2042 - Relating to pension benefits exempt from state income taxation
HB 2381 - Raising the maximum personal income tax exemption for persons over the age of sixty-five and for persons who are totally disabled
HB 2414 - Allowing quarterly payment of real and personal property taxes
Taxation -- Property (4 Bills)
HB 2379 - Providing a special method for valuation of certain wireless technology property for property taxes
HB 2414 - Allowing quarterly payment of real and personal property taxes
HB 2461 - Relating to the excise tax on the privilege of transferring real property and using the tax to reimburse counties for regional jail fees
HB 2513 - Relating generally to the tax treatment of manufacturing entities
Taxation -- Roads & Fuel (1 Bills)
HB 2205 - Exempting heating oil for residential use from the Motor Fuel Excise Tax
Technology (3 Bills)
HB 2143 - Requiring reports to the Governor from state agencies to be made available electronically via the internet
HB 2190 - Creating the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act
HB 2379 - Providing a special method for valuation of certain wireless technology property for property taxes
Tourism (1 Bills)
HB 2066 - Providing a fee discount for certain nonresident hunting, fishing and trapping licenses for native nonresidents
Transportation (2 Bills)
HB 2179 - Issuing a special registration plate for persons who are residents of this state and who have a family member diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder
HB 2180 - Authorizing the issuance of special "In God We Trust" motor vehicle registration plates
Unemployment Compensation (3 Bills)
HB 2132 - Limiting able-bodied adults without dependents receipt of SNAP benefits to three months in a thirty-six month period
HB 2338 - Relating to domestic violence victims' eligibility for unemployment compensation benefits
HB 3016 - Relating to domestic violence victims' eligibility for unemployment compensation benefits
Utilities (2 Bills)
HB 2410 - Relating to public sewage services
HB 2750 - Establishing a system at the county level for the dispatching of emergency towing services
Vendors (1 Bills)
HB 2035 - Relating generally to purchasing
Weapons (1 Bills)
HB 2430 - Permitting certain holders of concealed weapons permits to carry weapons of the grounds and buildings on the State Capitol Complex
Workers Compensation (3 Bills)
HB 2498 - Creating a rebuttable presumption that development of certain cancers by professional or volunteer firefighters arose out of the course of employment
HB 2760 - Allowing state agencies to self-insure their own programs
HB 3003 - Allocating disability or death benefits resulting from an occupational pneumoconiosis claim among the claimant’s employers on a proportional basis
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