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Delegate Heckert sponsored 108 bills: |
Bill |
Title |
Status |
Committee |
Step |
Last Action |
HB 5664 | To automatically start a Smart 529 account for every newborn in West Virginia. | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/13/24 |
HB 5650 | Allow suspended school personnel to enter school property functions open to the public | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 5, 2024) | ||
HB 5642 | Relating to expanding the employment and training requirements necessary to receive SNAP benefits | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/12/24 |
HB 5634 | Empowering the Homeland Security Inspector General to oversee/investigate all County Metro 911 Agencies. | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 02/12/24 |
HB 5633 | Requiring a person to be a member of a respective political party 12 months before they can run for office in that party | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/12/24 |
HB 5629 | Relating to the use of American materials | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 02/12/24 |
HB 5624 | Relating to Surface Use Notice | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/16/24 |
HB 5621 | Prohibiting the termination of employment of an employee who defends themselves from an attack inside workplace | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/26/24 |
HB 5557 | Relating to Medicaid Waiver Package | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/12/24 |
HB 5535 | Tobacco Products Excise Tax Act | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/09/24 |
HB 5528 | Relating to the renewable energy facilities program | Vetoed | Vetoed | ||
HB 5523 | Authorizing cancellation of voter registration records for individuals who are no longer West Virginia citizens and have obtained a driver’s license in another state | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/08/24 |
HB 5522 | Relating to providing a credit against the business and occupation tax imposed on coal-fired electric generating units to help off-set environmental compliance costs | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/14/24 |
HB 5521 | Prohibiting laws requiring person to receive or use medical products | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/08/24 |
HB 5518 | To adjust the School Aid Formula’s Transportation calculations from its current standard of student enrollment to school bus mileage traveled daily | Pending | House Education | Committee | 02/07/24 |
HB 5509 | Provide for a special driver’s license for those with physical disabilities | Pending | House T&I | Committee | 02/07/24 |
HB 5482 | Patrolman Cassie Marie Johnson Organ Donor Act | Pending | House T&I | Committee | 02/06/24 |
HB 5438 | Exempting law enforcement and emergency vehicles from paying turnpike tolls | Pending | House T&I | Committee | 02/05/24 |
HB 5423 | To allow mentally challenged person to be protected from testifying in an open court | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/02/24 |
HB 5418 | To give County Sheriffs overall approval in requirements for the position of Bailiff | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/01/24 |
HB 5409 | Relating to loss of parental rights after a third petition for a child’s removal | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/01/24 |
HB 5404 | To adjust the current burglary code to add ‘Possession of burglarious tools’ | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/01/24 |
HB 5399 | To modify the state auditing practices of the volunteer and part-volunteer fire departments | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 02/29/24 |
HB 5373 | Relating to changing political parties less than one year prior to being appointed to political office. | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 02/29/24 |
HB 5352 | Relating to Pawnbrokers | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 01/30/24 |
HB 5344 | Relating to testimony of cognitively delayed persons in open court and criminal penalties for assault of cognitively delayed persons | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/29/24 |
HB 5316 | Adding exceptions to Article 7B of Chapter 55 of this code to which the provisions of Article 7B shall no longer apply | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/29/24 |
HB 5268 | Relating to the enhanced recovery of oil and natural gas in horizontal wells | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 24, 2024) | ||
HB 5236 | Relating to coercive control in domestic violence | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/26/24 |
HB 5234 | Relating to Free State Park passes, Hunting & Fishing Licenses for Veterans with PTSD diagnosis | Pending | House Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security | Committee | 01/26/24 |
HB 5213 | To allow Gold Star spouses to receive one free Gold Star vehicle registration for personal use. | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 6, 2024) | ||
HB 5210 | Relating to voluntary private school immunization | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/12/24 |
HB 5204 | Developing a program for equitable reimbursement rate for EMS transports and treatment in place | Pending | House FD | Committee | 01/25/24 |
HB 5203 | Relating generally to annual funding from the WV State Budget for Volunteer Fire Department and EMS | Pending | House FD | Committee | 01/25/24 |
HB 5202 | Provide volunteer firemen free license plates and vehicle registration | Pending | House FD | Committee | 01/25/24 |
HB 5201 | Addressing the number of ambulance squads needed per affected population in every county | Pending | House FD | Committee | 01/25/24 |
HB 5196 | To require all West Virginia high school students to pass a Civics examination and the United States Naturalization Examination | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/25/24 |
HB 5177 | Relating generally to required/mandated state audits for Volunteer Fire Deparments | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 01/25/24 |
HB 5155 | Require recovery residences to be certified if they receive renumeration from the state | Pending | House DA | Committee | 01/25/24 |
HB 5151 | Relating to defining term fictive kin | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 7, 2024) | ||
HB 5148 | Reducing cost for Volunteer Fire and EMS supplies | Pending | House FD | Committee | 01/25/24 |
HB 5147 | To quantify fair workman compensation rates and more equitable method of tracking/billing for various classifications within volunteer fire departments and emergency rescue personnel | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/16/24 |
HB 5146 | Increase penalties for abuse of or cruelty to animals | Pending | House ANR | Committee | 01/25/24 |
HB 5140 | Allowing certain slaughterhouses sell meat products direct to consumer in individual amounts | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 02/15/24 |
HB 5139 | Allow teachers to bank personal and sick days. | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/25/24 |
HB 5137 | Relating to requiring the State Auditor to conduct audits of all county boards of education | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 03/04/24 |
HB 5134 | Deceased Disabled Veteran Real Property Exemption for Widowed Spouses | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 03/04/24 |
HB 5128 | Directing transfer of moneys into fire protection funds at the end of each year | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 3, 2024) | ||
HB 5124 | The purpose of this bill is to remove the restrictions of taxpayers to access online curriculum, and allow for taxpayers to inspect additional instructional material adopted by the county board pursuant to including books in the classroom. | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/25/24 |
HB 5122 | Relating to civil service for deputy sheriffs | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 30, 2024) | ||
HB 5103 | Relating to payment for EMS treatment without transport | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/16/24 |
HB 5102 | To reduce the business license fee for WV Volunteer Fire Departments to $250 | Pending | House FD | Committee | 01/25/24 |
HB 5099 | Relating to prohibitions on contracting with companies that boycott Israel | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 01/25/24 |
HB 5088 | To require all state employees, county employees, and employees of county school boards to be subject to random drug testing | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/25/24 |
HB 5084 | Require retailers to verify identification and age upon purchase of vape products | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 7, 2024) | ||
HB 5076 | Relating to Well Plugging Authority | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/02/24 |
HB 5073 | Relating to the Women’s Right to Know Act | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/25/24 |
HB 5072 | To require drones used by state and county personnel to be produced in the United States | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/08/24 |
HB 5063 | Modifying the time to terminate a foster care arrangement | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/02/24 |
HB 5062 | Relating to allowing a guardian ad litem to request the appointment of a court appointed special advocate | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/28/24 |
HB 5045 | Related to the administration of the West Virginia Water Pollution Control Act, and Underground Carbon Dioxide Sequestration and Storage | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 13, 2024) | ||
HB 5037 | E-cigarette and E-cigarette Liquid Directory | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 01/23/24 |
HB 5036 | Creating the Parents' Bill of Rights | Pending | House Senior Citizen Issues | Committee | 01/23/24 |
HB 5023 | To provide for two coal miners to go onto a job site where they will be gone over two hours within the mine | Pending | House ENG | Committee | 01/23/24 |
HB 5018 | To provide for oversight and authority governing community air monitoring programs. | Pending | Senate Energy, Industry and Mining | Committee | 02/08/24 |
HB 5011 | Relating generally to transfer of high school athletes. | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/23/24 |
HB 5008 | Providing that hunting and fishing licenses expire a year from the date of issue rather than the end of the calendar year | Pending | House ANR | Committee | 01/23/24 |
HB 5006 | Relating to the administration of the A. James Manchin Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 19, 2024) | ||
HB 4988 | To ensure that classroom sizes are equal without losing a teachers aide | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/22/24 |
HB 4975 | Relating to establishing a foster parent information system | Signed | Effective from passage - (March 9, 2024) | ||
HB 4971 | Relating to Critical Materials Manufacturing Tax | Signed | Effective July 1, 2025 | ||
HB 4970 | Relating to Limitations upon local municipalities’ ability to retain revenue received from minor traffic violations | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/07/24 |
HB 4967 | Relating to the administration of the Voluntary Remediation and Redevelopment Act to provide new liability protections for persons and companies who wish to purchase and redevelop former industrial properties. | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 6, 2024) | ||
HB 4966 | Relating generally to sub surface well plugging | Pending | House ENG | Committee | 01/22/24 |
HB 4950 | Requiring all insurance companies doing business in the state to be required to notify policy holder of changes | Pending | House Banking and Insurance | Committee | 01/22/24 |
HB 4918 | To codify the USCCA to provide concealed carry classes in West Virginia. | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/18/24 |
HB 4890 | To eliminate additional fee from the WVDMV for honorably discharged veterans for “Veteran” vehicle registration plate | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/16/24 |
HB 4889 | Increasing penalty for undocumented parking in “Purple Heart Wounded” or “Veterans” paking spaces. | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/18/24 |
HB 4888 | Requiring ten percent of all state revenues derived from sales tax, excise tax, severance tax, or generated by any other means be placed in General Revenue and returned to the County Division of Highways | Pending | House T&I | Committee | 01/18/24 |
HB 4882 | Extending in-state tuition rates to all members and veterans of the National Guard, reserves, and armed forces as well as their spouses and dependents | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 5, 2024) | ||
HB 4870 | To create an influx into the courthouse improvement fund to allow counties to apply for grants to improve their courthouse facilities. | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 01/17/24 |
HB 4865 | To amend the senior citizen tax credit threshold. | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 01/17/24 |
HB 4864 | To prohibit municipalities from shutting off water service for the nonpayment of stormwater management fees. | Pending | 1st Reading | 02/23/24 | |
HB 4809 | Health Care Sharing Ministries Freedom to Share Act | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 26, 2024) | ||
HB 4808 | To allow retired school employees to work after 140 days in certain circumstances. | Pending | House Pensions and Retirement | Committee | 01/16/24 |
HB 4806 | Require bathroom use in schools based upon biological sex | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/26/24 |
HB 4803 | Relating to the hiring requirements of West Virginia law enforcement employees | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/07/24 |
HB 4802 | To amend the law regarding sewer systems. | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 01/16/24 |
HB 4784 | Establish setback from residential properties for new windmills being constructed throughout the state. | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/29/24 |
HB 4776 | Relating to adding elementary schools into school disciplinary measures | Pending | Senate Education | Committee | 02/01/24 |
HB 4774 | To repeal the provision allowing for students to transfer from one school to another without losing eligibility. | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/16/24 |
HB 4773 | To permit students in eighth and ninth grade to attend summer school in order to raise their grades and establish academic eligibility to play sports in the fall. | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/16/24 |
HB 4741 | To make those who fail drug test ineligible for unemployment | Pending | House WD | Committee | 01/15/24 |
HB 4726 | Creating a liaison program with the federal Department of Veterans Affairs Transition Assistance Program | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 02/08/24 |
HB 4720 | Tuition and fee exemptions for service-connected Disabled Veterans and their dependents. | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/08/24 |
HB 4716 | Require Substance Use Disorder inpatient providers to offer patients transportation to certain places upon discharge | Pending | House DA | Committee | 01/15/24 |
HB 4715 | Develop a licensure process for recovery residences or other residential settings that present as a location where substance use disorder recovery can be facilitated | Pending | House DA | Committee | 01/15/24 |
HB 4714 | Add licensure requirement on substance use disorder inpatient provider facilities | Pending | House DA | Committee | 01/15/24 |
HB 4684 | Relating generally to mental health treatment | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 01/12/24 |
HB 4552 | To ensure party affiliation is consistent with candidate’s voter registration | Signed | Effective January 1, 2025 | ||
HB 4504 | To expand recreational benefits to West Virginia Landowners to promote land ownership within the State, increase property value, bolster the State economy, and to provide additional benefits to West Virginia taxpayers | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 02/08/24 |
HB 4497 | To create a domestic violence registry | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/10/24 |
HB 4415 | Expand the scope of hunting, fishing, and trapping benefits provided to former members of the United States Armed forces | Pending | House Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security | Committee | 01/10/24 |
HB 4382 | Relating to an involuntary commitment pilot program | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/10/24 |
HB 4341 | Establishing a State Military Funeral Honor Guard in honor of Hershel “Woody” Williams, known as the Hershel “Woody” Williams State Military Funeral Honor Guard | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/08/24 |
HB 4214 | Relating to hiring new West Virginia State Police Officers | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 01/31/24 |
HB 4190 | Relating to the establishment of an alert system for missing cognitively impaired persons | Signed | Effective July 1, 2024 | ||
HB 4004 | Relating to formerly incarcerated individuals voting rights | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/13/24 |