Bill Status - 2021 Regular Session
Committee Activity
113 Bills Reported from Committee — Senate Judiciary
| Bill | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| SB 5 | Relating to claims arising out of WV Consumer Credit and Protection Act | 05/24/21 |
| SB 7 | Limiting political activity by public employees | 04/10/21 |
| SB 29 | Authorizing fee payment and expense reimbursement for attorneys participating on court teams established by Supreme Court of Appeals | 02/22/21 |
| SB 53 | Providing person criminally responsible for another's death may not be involved in burial arrangements | 03/02/21 |
| SB 78 | Relating to rehabilitative spousal support | 05/24/21 |
| SB 79 | Providing fair mechanism for adjudication of requests for relocation of parent with child | 02/25/21 |
| SB 80 | Allowing for administration of certain small estates by affidavit and without appointment of personal representative | 05/24/21 |
| SB 81 | Relating generally to WV Uniform Trust Code | 05/24/21 |
| SB 126 | Authorizing Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules | 05/24/21 |
| SB 140 | Division of Rehabilitation Services rule relating to Ron Yost Personal Assistance Services Act Board | 02/17/21 |
| SB 156 | Authorizing Department of Homeland Security to promulgate legislative rules | 05/24/21 |
| SB 160 | Authorizing Department of Revenue to promulgate legislative rules | 05/24/21 |
| SB 182 | Authorizing miscellaneous agencies and boards to promulgate legislative rules | 05/24/21 |
| SB 216 | Authorizing Department of Commerce to promulgate legislative rules | 05/24/21 |
| SB 231 | Relating generally to medical cannabis | 04/01/21 |
| SB 263 | Permitting online raffles to benefit charitable and public service organizations | 05/24/21 |
| SB 272 | Relating to WV Employment Law Worker Classification Act | 05/24/21 |
| SB 275 | Relating generally to WV Appellate Reorganization Act of 2021 | 05/24/21 |
| SB 277 | Creating COVID-19 Jobs Protection Act | 05/24/21 |
| SB 296 | Relating generally to repealing certain rules | 05/24/21 |
| SB 302 | Prohibiting gender-based price discrimination | 03/31/21 |
| SB 303 | Creating Local Government Labor and Consumer Marketing Regulatory Limitation Act | 03/18/21 |
| SB 314 | Regulating pawnbrokers | 04/10/21 |
| SB 332 | Providing procedure for WV to select delegates to Article V Convention | 04/10/21 |
| SB 345 | Expanding alcohol test and lock program to include offenders with drug-related offense | 05/24/21 |
| SB 361 | Extending supervision for conviction of soliciting minor and using obscene matter with intent to seduce minor | 05/24/21 |
| SB 392 | Creating penalty for impersonating law-enforcement officer or official | 05/24/21 |
| SB 396 | Providing limitations on nuisance actions against fire department or EMS fixed sirens | 03/18/21 |
| SB 401 | Relating to WV Consumer Credit and Protection Act | 05/24/21 |
| SB 419 | Redefining "firearm" to match federal code | 05/24/21 |
| SB 422 | Establishing common law "veil piercing" claims not be used to impose personal liability | 03/22/21 |
| SB 434 | Requiring training for law-enforcement officers responsible for investigating crimes of sexual assault | 05/24/21 |
| SB 439 | Allowing use or nonuse of safety belt as admissible evidence in civil actions | 05/24/21 |
| SB 458 | Relating to possession of firearms by individuals during state of emergency | 05/24/21 |
| SB 469 | Permitting and establishing requirements for appearance by video for purpose of notarial acts | 05/24/21 |
| SB 483 | Allowing oaths be taken before any person authorized to administer oaths | 05/24/21 |
| SB 485 | Relating to use or presentation of firearm during commission of felony | 04/10/21 |
| SB 496 | Relating to punishment for second or third degree felony | 05/24/21 |
| SB 498 | Amending definition of "sexual contact" | 03/08/21 |
| SB 500 | Prohibiting intimidation and retaliation against public officers and employees, jurors, and witnesses | 03/17/21 |
| SB 518 | Relating to grounds for administrative dissolution of certain companies, corporations, and partnerships | 05/24/21 |
| SB 530 | Establishing causes for revocation, cancellation, or suspension of business registration certificate | 03/31/21 |
| SB 537 | Relating generally to kidnapping | 05/24/21 |
| SB 562 | Relating to juvenile competency proceedings | 05/24/21 |
| SB 565 | Relating generally to elections | 03/25/21 |
| SB 566 | Relating to interpretations of school laws | 03/19/21 |
| SB 569 | Relating to damages for medical monitoring | 04/10/21 |
| SB 587 | Making contract consummation with state more efficient | 05/24/21 |
| SB 601 | Relating generally to public employees grievance procedure | 03/29/21 |
| SB 614 | Including family court judges in Judges' Retirement System | 03/17/21 |
| SB 626 | Updating regulation for purchase of automobile catalytic converters | 05/24/21 |
| SB 634 | Requiring training of certain officers for persons with autism spectrum disorder | 05/24/21 |
| SB 655 | Eliminating sunset and legislative audit provisions for certain PSC rules | 05/24/21 |
| SB 658 | Requiring sheriff's departments to participate and utilize Handle With Care Program for trauma-inflicted children | 05/24/21 |
| SB 660 | Providing for cooperation between law-enforcement agencies and military authorities | 05/24/21 |
| SB 663 | Providing fee for processing of criminal bonds | 04/01/21 |
| SB 673 | Relating to venue for bringing civil action or arbitration proceedings under construction contracts | 05/24/21 |
| SB 674 | Clarifying that unpaid restitution does not preclude person from obtaining driver's license | 05/24/21 |
| SB 677 | Relating generally to miners' safety, health, and training standards | 05/24/21 |
| SB 702 | Relating to involuntary hospitalization, competency, and criminal responsibility of persons charged or convicted of certain crimes | 05/24/21 |
| SB 713 | Relating generally to inmate good time | 05/24/21 |
| HB 2003 | Relating to the authority and obligations of the Governor and Legislature when in declared states of preparedness and emergency | 04/02/21 |
| HB 2009 | Relating to limitations on the use of wages and agency shop fees by employers and labor organizations for political activities | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2017 | Rewriting the Criminal Code | 04/08/21 |
| HB 2025 | Provide liquor, wine, and beer licensees with some new concepts developed during the State of Emergency utilizing new technology to provide greater freedom to operate in a safe and responsible manner | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2094 | Relating to the juvenile restorative justice programs | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2195 | Relating to motor vehicle crash reports | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2221 | Relating to the establishment of an insurance innovation process | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2253 | Relating to forgery and other crimes concerning lottery tickets | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2363 | Relating to “Best Interests of the Child Protection Act of 2021” | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2368 | Mylissa Smith’s Law, creating patient visitation privileges | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2370 | Provide that Public Service Districts cannot charge sewer rates for filling a swimming pool | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2372 | Allow pre-candidacy papers to be filed the day after the general election | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2379 | Make criminal invasion of privacy a felony | 04/10/21 |
| HB 2382 | Authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to ambient air quality standards | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2400 | Authorizing the Department of Transportation to promulgate legislative rules | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2427 | Authorizing the Department of Health and Human Resources to promulgate legislative rules | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2495 | Relating to the filing of asbestos and silica claims | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2496 | Relating to assessments of real property | 04/01/21 |
| HB 2507 | Remove the limitations on advertising and promotional activities by limited video lottery retailers | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2581 | Providing for the valuation of natural resources property and an alternate method of appeal of proposed valuation of natural resources property | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2633 | Creating the 2021 Farm Bill | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2671 | Relating to financial exploitation of elderly persons, protected persons or incapacitated adults | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2688 | Allow county political parties to have building funds in a similar manner that state parties are allowed | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2694 | Create the 2nd Amendment Preservation Act | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2709 | Providing that the aggregate liability of a surety on a consumer protection bond under the West Virginia Fintech Regulatory Sandbox Program does not exceed the principal sum of the bond | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2730 | Relating to persons filing federal bankruptcy petition to exempt certain property of the estate | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2747 | Transferring the Parole Board to the Office of Administrative Hearings | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2758 | Requiring the Insurance Commissioner to regulate professional bondsmen | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2764 | Allow the Division of Financial Institutions to enter into reciprocity agreements with other jurisdictions that operate similar programs to the West Virginia Fintech Sandbox Program | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2770 | Including home confinement officers in definition of law-enforcement officers | 04/10/21 |
| HB 2776 | Creating the Air Ambulance Patient Protection Act | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2793 | Permit out of state residents to obtain West Virginia concealed carry permits | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2830 | Relating generally to sex trafficking | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2842 | Preventing cities from banning utility companies in city limits | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2888 | Relating to when contentions can be revived based on forensic scientific evidence that was not available at time of conviction | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2891 | Creating minimum statutory standards for law-enforcement officers | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2905 | Relating to repealing the prohibition against the use of certain words | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2918 | Relating to Family Drug Treatment Court | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2927 | Adding Caregiving expenses to campaign finance expense | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2982 | Relating to the Second Chances at Life Act of 2021 | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2997 | Adding a defense to the civil penalty imposed for a result of delivery of fuel to a state other than the destination state printed on the shipping document for fuel | 05/20/21 |
| HB 3078 | Relating to powers and duties of the parole board | 05/20/21 |
| HB 3081 | Updating the West Virginia Business Corporations Act | 05/20/21 |
| HB 3089 | Make utility workers essential employees during a state of emergency | 05/20/21 |
| HB 3106 | To change the hearing requirement for misdemeanors to 10 days | 05/20/21 |
| HB 3130 | Relating to elimination of sunset provisions concerning towing rates | 05/20/21 |
| HB 3175 | Relating to removing certain felonies than can prohibit vehicle salespersons from receiving a license | 05/20/21 |
| HB 3215 | Amending the requirements to become an elected prosecutor | 05/20/21 |
| HB 3254 | Authorizing members of development authorities to accept federally authorized reimbursement for services which the members rendered on a voluntary basis | 05/20/21 |
| HB 3294 | Relating to unemployment insurance | 05/20/21 |
| HB 3304 | Authorizing the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation to establish a Reentry and Transitional Housing Program | 05/20/21 |
| HB 3310 | Relating to the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission | 05/20/21 |
133 Bills Reported from Committee — House Judiciary
| Bill | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| SB 5 | Relating to claims arising out of WV Consumer Credit and Protection Act | 05/24/21 |
| SB 7 | Limiting political activity by public employees | 04/10/21 |
| SB 42 | Creating Zombie Property Remediation Act of 2021 | 05/24/21 |
| SB 78 | Relating to rehabilitative spousal support | 05/24/21 |
| SB 80 | Allowing for administration of certain small estates by affidavit and without appointment of personal representative | 05/24/21 |
| SB 81 | Relating generally to WV Uniform Trust Code | 05/24/21 |
| SB 126 | Authorizing Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules | 05/24/21 |
| SB 216 | Authorizing Department of Commerce to promulgate legislative rules | 05/24/21 |
| SB 263 | Permitting online raffles to benefit charitable and public service organizations | 05/24/21 |
| SB 275 | Relating generally to WV Appellate Reorganization Act of 2021 | 05/24/21 |
| SB 277 | Creating COVID-19 Jobs Protection Act | 05/24/21 |
| SB 314 | Regulating pawnbrokers | 04/10/21 |
| SB 332 | Providing procedure for WV to select delegates to Article V Convention | 04/10/21 |
| SB 334 | Establishing license application process for needle exchange programs | 05/24/21 |
| SB 359 | Informing landowners when fencing that may contain livestock is damaged due to accident | 05/24/21 |
| SB 361 | Extending supervision for conviction of soliciting minor and using obscene matter with intent to seduce minor | 05/24/21 |
| SB 377 | Relating to extension for boil water advisories by water utility or public service district | 05/24/21 |
| SB 392 | Creating penalty for impersonating law-enforcement officer or official | 05/24/21 |
| SB 401 | Relating to WV Consumer Credit and Protection Act | 05/24/21 |
| SB 419 | Redefining "firearm" to match federal code | 05/24/21 |
| SB 434 | Requiring training for law-enforcement officers responsible for investigating crimes of sexual assault | 05/24/21 |
| SB 439 | Allowing use or nonuse of safety belt as admissible evidence in civil actions | 05/24/21 |
| SB 458 | Relating to possession of firearms by individuals during state of emergency | 05/24/21 |
| SB 464 | Requiring composting of organic materials and commercial composting products comply with WV Fertilizer Law | 05/24/21 |
| SB 469 | Permitting and establishing requirements for appearance by video for purpose of notarial acts | 05/24/21 |
| SB 470 | Limiting release of certain personal information maintained by state agencies | 05/24/21 |
| SB 483 | Allowing oaths be taken before any person authorized to administer oaths | 05/24/21 |
| SB 485 | Relating to use or presentation of firearm during commission of felony | 04/10/21 |
| SB 496 | Relating to punishment for second or third degree felony | 05/24/21 |
| SB 509 | Removing requirement that determination of medical stability be found prior to admission to mental health facility | 04/10/21 |
| SB 514 | Providing criteria for Natural Resource Commission appointment and compensation | 05/24/21 |
| SB 518 | Relating to grounds for administrative dissolution of certain companies, corporations, and partnerships | 05/24/21 |
| SB 537 | Relating generally to kidnapping | 05/24/21 |
| SB 562 | Relating to juvenile competency proceedings | 05/24/21 |
| SB 569 | Relating to damages for medical monitoring | 04/10/21 |
| SB 634 | Requiring training of certain officers for persons with autism spectrum disorder | 05/24/21 |
| SB 657 | Relating to free expression on state institution of higher education campuses | 05/24/21 |
| SB 658 | Requiring sheriff's departments to participate and utilize Handle With Care Program for trauma-inflicted children | 05/24/21 |
| SB 660 | Providing for cooperation between law-enforcement agencies and military authorities | 05/24/21 |
| SB 673 | Relating to venue for bringing civil action or arbitration proceedings under construction contracts | 05/24/21 |
| SB 674 | Clarifying that unpaid restitution does not preclude person from obtaining driver's license | 05/24/21 |
| SB 677 | Relating generally to miners' safety, health, and training standards | 05/24/21 |
| SB 702 | Relating to involuntary hospitalization, competency, and criminal responsibility of persons charged or convicted of certain crimes | 05/24/21 |
| SB 713 | Relating generally to inmate good time | 05/24/21 |
| HB 2002 | Relating to Broadband | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2003 | Relating to the authority and obligations of the Governor and Legislature when in declared states of preparedness and emergency | 04/02/21 |
| HB 2009 | Relating to limitations on the use of wages and agency shop fees by employers and labor organizations for political activities | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2017 | Rewriting the Criminal Code | 04/08/21 |
| HB 2094 | Relating to the juvenile restorative justice programs | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2095 | Providing increased protections for the welfare of domestic animals | 04/01/21 |
| HB 2160 | Issuing identification documents to homeless individuals residing at homeless shelters | 02/25/21 |
| HB 2184 | Increasing the penalties for exposure of governmental representatives to fentanyl or any other harmful drug | 02/25/21 |
| HB 2195 | Relating to motor vehicle crash reports | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2221 | Relating to the establishment of an insurance innovation process | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2224 | Relating to complaints against public agencies to obtain records through the Freedom of Information Act | 04/10/21 |
| HB 2253 | Relating to forgery and other crimes concerning lottery tickets | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2257 | Relating to extended supervision for certain drug offenders | 03/08/21 |
| HB 2260 | Relating to procurement of child placing services | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2335 | Increasing the minimum criminal penalty for a driver who, in an impaired state, causes the death of a minor | 03/09/21 |
| HB 2363 | Relating to “Best Interests of the Child Protection Act of 2021” | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2368 | Mylissa Smith’s Law, creating patient visitation privileges | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2370 | Provide that Public Service Districts cannot charge sewer rates for filling a swimming pool | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2372 | Allow pre-candidacy papers to be filed the day after the general election | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2379 | Make criminal invasion of privacy a felony | 04/10/21 |
| HB 2382 | Authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to ambient air quality standards | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2382 | Authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to ambient air quality standards | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2400 | Authorizing the Department of Transportation to promulgate legislative rules | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2488 | Relating to an occupational limited license | 04/01/21 |
| HB 2495 | Relating to the filing of asbestos and silica claims | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2496 | Relating to assessments of real property | 04/01/21 |
| HB 2507 | Remove the limitations on advertising and promotional activities by limited video lottery retailers | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2573 | Relating generally to the transparency and accountability of state grants to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2590 | Relating to the West Virginia Employment Law Worker Classification Act | 04/10/21 |
| HB 2592 | Require Counties and Municipalities to hold all local elections during statewide elections | 04/01/21 |
| HB 2628 | Relating to the removal of the prohibition on having ATMs in the area where racetrack video lottery machines are located | 04/10/21 |
| HB 2671 | Relating to financial exploitation of elderly persons, protected persons or incapacitated adults | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2675 | Relating to the interest rate for condemnation cases and creating conformity with statutory rates | 03/30/21 |
| HB 2682 | Relating to the issuance of license suspensions to insurance producers and insurance adjusters who have failed to meet continuing education requirements | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2688 | Allow county political parties to have building funds in a similar manner that state parties are allowed | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2694 | Create the 2nd Amendment Preservation Act | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2709 | Providing that the aggregate liability of a surety on a consumer protection bond under the West Virginia Fintech Regulatory Sandbox Program does not exceed the principal sum of the bond | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2722 | Prohibiting the use of class B fire-fighting foam for testing purposes if the foam contains a certain class of fluorinated organic chemicals | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2726 | Allowing for the lease of air space above public roads for the safe operation of unmanned aircraft | 03/27/21 |
| HB 2730 | Relating to persons filing federal bankruptcy petition to exempt certain property of the estate | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2741 | Relating to expansion of the alcohol test and lock program to offenders with a drug related offense | 04/10/21 |
| HB 2747 | Transferring the Parole Board to the Office of Administrative Hearings | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2751 | Modernize the process for dissolution of municipal corporations in this State | 04/01/21 |
| HB 2758 | Requiring the Insurance Commissioner to regulate professional bondsmen | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2764 | Allow the Division of Financial Institutions to enter into reciprocity agreements with other jurisdictions that operate similar programs to the West Virginia Fintech Sandbox Program | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2765 | Relating to allowing emergency management and operations’ vehicles operated by airports to use red flashing warning lights | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2770 | Including home confinement officers in definition of law-enforcement officers | 04/10/21 |
| HB 2776 | Creating the Air Ambulance Patient Protection Act | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2793 | Permit out of state residents to obtain West Virginia concealed carry permits | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2830 | Relating generally to sex trafficking | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2838 | Authorize the ordering of restitution to the state for reimbursement of costs incurred for misuse of public funds, and to create the State Auditor’s Public Integrity and Fraud Fund for use of said funds | 03/12/21 |
| HB 2842 | Preventing cities from banning utility companies in city limits | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2884 | To make changes to the FOIA law to protect public utility customer databases from disclosure, with exceptions | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2888 | Relating to when contentions can be revived based on forensic scientific evidence that was not available at time of conviction | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2891 | Creating minimum statutory standards for law-enforcement officers | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2908 | Relating to disclosure of information by online marketplaces to inform consumers | 04/01/21 |
| HB 2918 | Relating to Family Drug Treatment Court | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2927 | Adding Caregiving expenses to campaign finance expense | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2933 | Anti-Discrimination Against Israel Act | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2953 | To clarify that counties can hire fire fighters as paid staff and to modify the existing procedures to include a procedure of public hearing to commission a vote | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2972 | Allowing a person to manufacture a stated amount of alcoholic liquor for personal consumption | 03/16/21 |
| HB 2982 | Relating to the Second Chances at Life Act of 2021 | 05/20/21 |
| HB 2997 | Adding a defense to the civil penalty imposed for a result of delivery of fuel to a state other than the destination state printed on the shipping document for fuel | 05/20/21 |
| HB 3030 | Relating to gross weight limitations and road restrictions in Greenbrier and Pocahontas Counties | 04/01/21 |
| HB 3045 | Relating to firefighter disability claims | 05/20/21 |
| HB 3078 | Relating to powers and duties of the parole board | 05/20/21 |
| HB 3089 | Make utility workers essential employees during a state of emergency | 05/20/21 |
| HB 3106 | To change the hearing requirement for misdemeanors to 10 days | 05/20/21 |
| HB 3107 | Declaring that Post Traumatic Stress Disorder diagnosed by a licensed psychiatrist is a compensable occupational disease for first responders | 05/20/21 |
| HB 3128 | Relating to carrier fees on 911 fee revenues | 04/10/21 |
| HB 3129 | Relating to the Consumer Price Index rate increase | 05/20/21 |
| HB 3130 | Relating to elimination of sunset provisions concerning towing rates | 05/20/21 |
| HB 3131 | Relating to correcting internal code references and citations | 04/10/21 |
| HB 3132 | Relating to motor carrier inspectors | 05/20/21 |
| HB 3133 | Relating to motor carrier rates | 05/20/21 |
| HB 3134 | Prohibiting public disclosure of restricted information | 03/18/21 |
| HB 3164 | Relating generally to kidnapping | 03/25/21 |
| HB 3175 | Relating to removing certain felonies than can prohibit vehicle salespersons from receiving a license | 05/20/21 |
| HB 3215 | Amending the requirements to become an elected prosecutor | 05/20/21 |
| HB 3231 | Public Utilities not required to pay interest on security deposits | 03/26/21 |
| HB 3254 | Authorizing members of development authorities to accept federally authorized reimbursement for services which the members rendered on a voluntary basis | 05/20/21 |
| HB 3261 | Relating to adoption attorneys | 03/24/21 |
| HB 3269 | To require the Department of Environmental Protection to assume responsibility of cost and permitting of dams that are deemed to be under state control | 03/25/21 |
| HB 3293 | Relating to single-sex participation in interscholastic athletic events | 05/20/21 |
| HB 3294 | Relating to unemployment insurance | 05/20/21 |
| HB 3303 | Relating to clarifying the process of filling vacancies on ballots | 03/30/21 |
| HB 3304 | Authorizing the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation to establish a Reentry and Transitional Housing Program | 05/20/21 |
| HB 3307 | Social Media Integrity and Anti-Corruption in Elections Act | 04/01/21 |
| HB 3310 | Relating to the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission | 05/20/21 |