HOUSE OF DELEGATES

BILLS TO BE INTRODUCED

Monday, January 29, 2024

HB5255. By Del. Statler, Mallow, Sheedy, Ellington, Toney and Jennings - To require insurance companies to reimbuse ambulance agencies for providing treatment in place or transportation to alternative destinations - To Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services then the Judiciary

HB5256. By Del. Crouse - Relating to child care staffing ratios at child care facilities for child care providers - To Senior, Children, and Family Issues then Finance

HB5257. By Del. Riley - Relating generally to allowing the Supreme Court of Appeals discretion to create uniform pay scales for all levels of judicial support staff.  (FN) - To Government Organization

HB5258. By Del. Griffith - Incentivizing the Sale of Healthy, Local Produce - To Finance

HB5259. By Del. Nestor, Martin, Marple, Sheedy, Steele, Garcia, Kirby, Fluharty, C. Pritt and Akers - To promote the security of West Virginia motorists to account for increased costs of property damages, healthcare, and inflation. - To Banking and Insurance then the Judiciary

HB5260. By Del. Griffith - To require all prescribers of medication to include their purpose for prescribing the medication to the patient - To Health and Human Resources

HB5261. By Del. Horst, Howell, Hardy, Phillips, McGeehan, Summers, Hite, Criss, Thorne, Maynor and Steele - Relating to the definition of small arms for purposes of taxation (FN) - To the Judiciary

HB5262. By Del. Ellington, Statler, Toney, Mazzocchi, Hornby, W. Clark, Thorne, Foggin, Smith and Jennings - Relating generally to teacher’s bill of rights - To Education

HB5263. By Del. Gearheart, C. Pritt, Anderson, Griffith, Kump, Marple and Williams [By Request of the Consolidated Public Retirement Board] - Relating to the Consolidated Public Retirement Board and requiring participating public employers to remit retirement contributions and fees by electronic funds transfer - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance

HB5264. By Del. Statler - Relating generally to the authorization and administration of optional county sales and use taxes and admission or amusement taxes - To Political Subdivisions then Finance

HB5265. By Del. C. Pritt - Require governmental meetings to have agendas posted on websites three days prior to the meeting - To Government Organization

HB5266. By Del. Summers - Relating to false abuse/neglect referrals in child abuse cases - To the Judiciary

HB5267. By Del. Gearheart, C. Pritt, Anderson, Griffith, Kump, Marple and Williams [By Request of the Consolidated Public Retirement Board] - Relating to the Deputy Sheriff Retirement System - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance

HB5268. By Del. Anderson, Zatezalo, Sheedy, Street, Stephens, Heckert and Barnhart - Relating to the enhanced recovery of oil and natural gas in horizontal wells - To Energy and Manufacturing

HB5269. By Del. Gearheart, C. Pritt, Anderson, Griffith, Kump, Marple and Williams [By Request of the Consolidated Public Retirement Board] - Relating to the Municipal Police Officers and Firefighters Retirement System (FN) - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance

HB5270. By Del. Gearheart, C. Pritt, Anderson, Griffith, Kump, Marple and Williams [By Request of the Consolidated Public Retirement Board] - Relating to the Natural Resources Police Officers Retirement System (FN) - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance

HB5271. By Del. Linville - Relating to Privacy of Social Care information - To Technology and Infrastructure then the Judiciary

HB5272. By Del. W. Clark - Child Online Pornography Protection - To Technology and Infrastructure then the Judiciary

HB5273. By Del. Gearheart, C. Pritt, Anderson, Griffith, Kump, Marple and Williams [By Request of the Consolidated Public Retirement Board] - Relating to the Emergency Medical Services Retirement System and clarifying payment upon death of member with less than 10 years of contributory service - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance

HB5274. By Del. Vance, Crouse, Martin, Adkins, Dean, Worrell, Brooks, Kimble, Warner, Kirby and Toney - To require all medical providers to orally explain any and all medical treatments and procedures and all possibilities for potential problems or complications or side effects to patients before proceeding with treatments.  - To Health and Human Resources

HB5275. By Del. Longanacre - Requiring political subdivisions to document funds spent on behalf of certain noncitizen immigrants - To Political Subdivisions then Government Organization

HB5276. By Del. Jennings - Relating to the amount of unemployment taxes and benefits - To Finance

HB5277. By Del. Holstein - Require adoption awareness material be made available in high school counseling offices  - To Education

HB5278. By Del. McGeehan - Defend the Guard Act (FN) - To the Judiciary

HB5279. By Del. Ross and Garcia - Require all counties to link the records to one another - To Political Subdivisions then the Judiciary

HB5280. By Del. Hott, Hardy, Householder, Thorne, Espinosa, Hornby, Dittman, Hite, Pinson, Ward and W. Hall - West Virginia Short Line Railroad Modernization Act - To Technology and Infrastructure then Finance

HB5281. By Del. Kirby - Creating  Persons with Disabilities Registry - To Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary

HB5282. By Del. Holstein - To prohibit rank choice voting - To the Judiciary

HB5283. By Del. Holstein, Martin, C. Pritt and Horst - Prohibiting certain foreign ownership of land  - To Agriculture and Natural Resources then the Judiciary

HB5284. By Del. Worrell - Removing Personal care from the Certificate of Need requirements. - To Health and Human Resources

HB5285. By Del. Worrell, Toney and Dean - Removing proviso for unemployment compensation “Threshold wage” - To Finance

HB5286. By Del. Worrell and Dean - Eliminating the ability to sub-contract under Certificate of Need - To Health and Human Resources

HB5287. By Del. Cannon, Linville, Riley, Maynor, W. Hall, Chiarelli, Hillenbrand, Steele, Campbell, Garcia and Miller - Relating generally to traffic safety - To Technology and Infrastructure

HB5288. By Del. Hite, Hornby, Chiarelli and Willis - Relating to the time and place of holding primary elections - To the Judiciary

HB5289. By Del. Hornby, Ellington, Chiarelli, Fehrenbacher, Linville, Hite, Criss, Riley, Worrell, Thorne and Willis - To allow for the implementation of Plasma Games in West Virginia public schools. - To Education then Finance

HB5290. By Del. Holstein and Forsht - To create “Holocaust Education Week” - To Education

HB5291. By Del. Holstein - To require retail businesses to accept small amounts of cash - To Economic Development and Tourism then the Judiciary

HB5292. By Del. Crouse - Relating to Extracurricular Inclusion and Learning Pod Freedom - To Education

HB5293. By Del. Crouse, Mazzocchi, Dittman, Tully, Petitto, Young, Moore, Winzenreid, Warner and Hamilton - Relating to establishing a pilot program to develop a childcare program where the state, employer, and employee, contribute one-third of the total cost each. - To Senior, Children, and Family Issues then Finance

HB5294. By Del. W. Clark, Espinosa, Howell, Hardy, Horst, Dittman, Miller, Householder, Hite, Crouse and Hornby - Revising state law regulating farm wineries - To Economic Development and Tourism then Government Organization

HB5295. By Del. W. Clark, Willis, Marple, Young, Shamblin, Hornby, Hite, W. Hall, Maynor, E. Pritt and Lucas - Authorizing a private outdoor designated area to simultaneously host multiple qualified permit holders - To Economic Development and Tourism then Government Organization

HB5296. By Del. Howell, W. Clark and Campbell - To exempt wage income earned from overtime for a period of three years - To Finance

HB5297. By Del. Foster, Brooks, Butler, Dillon, Martin, Kirby, Summers, Tully, Householder, Jeffries and Kimble - Removing pubertal modulating and hormonal therapy from for severe gender dysphoria from prohibited practices. - To Health and Human Resources

HB5298. By Del. Espinosa and W. Clark - Relating to prohibiting a candidate who failed to secure the nomination of a political party in a primary election from seeking the same elected office as an affiliate with a different political party in the subsequent general election - To the Judiciary

HB5299. By Del. Campbell, Jeffries, C. Pritt, Pinson, Vance, Stephens, DeVault, Jennings, Longanacre, Griffith and Lucas - The Closed Captioning Act - To Government Organization

HB5300. By Del. E. Pritt - Moving the school system from a 5 day work week into a 4 day work week. - To Education

HB5301. By Del. E. Pritt, Moore, Hornbuckle, Chiarelli, Williams, Campbell, Ward, Tully, Rohrbach, Young and Hamilton - To mandate county boards of education to provide feminine hygiene products in all public elementary, middle, and high schools for female students - To Finance

HB5302. By Del. Coop-Gonzalez, Ridenour, Foggin, Ross, Brooks, Chiarelli, Burkhammer, Foster and Vance - Relating to the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools - To Education then the Judiciary

HB5303. By Del. Forsht - Relating to exempting a neighborhood hospital from certificate of need - To Health and Human Resources

HB5304. By Del. Hornby, Fehrenbacher, Cannon, W. Clark, Young, Chiarelli, Holstein, Hornbuckle, Lewis, Thorne and Hite - Creating the Small Business Payroll Tax Credit (FN) - To Economic Development and Tourism then Finance

HB5305. By Del. Linville [By Request of the WV Division of Motor Vehicles] - Relating to impaired driving not eligible for deferred adjudication  - To Technology and Infrastructure then the Judiciary

HB5306. By Del. Winzenreid - Relating to bribery or attempted bribery - To the Judiciary

HB5307. By Del. Steele and Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker) - Modifying the crimes of petit larceny and grand larceny - To the Judiciary

HB5308. By Del. Steele, Kirby, Foggin, Akers, Garcia, Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker), Phillips, McGeehan, Summers, Ellington and C. Pritt - Repealing the provision of code related to anchoring or beaching shanty boats on lands of another - To the Judiciary

HB5309. By Del. Dillon - Legislative Transparency Reform Act - To Government Organization then the Judiciary

HB5310. By Del. Linville, Howell, Tully, Cannon, Summers, Rohrbach, Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker), Hornbuckle, Riley and Mazzocchi - Remote Patient Outcome Improvement Act - To Technology and Infrastructure then Health and Human Resources

HB5311. By Del. Howell, W. Clark, Linville, Campbell, Riley, DeVault and Hillenbrand - Establishing tax treatment of real property owned by another state government  - To the Judiciary then Finance

HB5312. By Del. E. Pritt and Campbell - To increase the COLA by 15% for all retired state employees (FN) - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance

HB5313. By Del. E. Pritt and Campbell - To require all stop lights in WV to be reprogrammed to add a 3 second pause between when one set of lights turns red and the opposite set of lights turns red - To Technology and Infrastructure

HB5314. By Del. Steele, Kirby, Foggin, Akers, Garcia, Fluharty, Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker), McGeehan, Ellington and C. Pritt - Amending the mandatory penalties applying to third offense shoplifting - To the Judiciary

HB5315. By Del. Steele, Phillips, McGeehan, Horst, Martin, Brooks, Foster, Crouse, Ward, Dean and Maynor - Repealing the section of code related to the crime of possession of a machine gun - To the Judiciary

HB5316. By Del. Steele, Dean, Kirby, McGeehan, Phillips, C. Pritt, Chiarelli, Holstein, Worrell, Foggin and Heckert - Adding exceptions to Article 7B of Chapter 55 of this code to which the provisions of Article 7B shall no longer apply - To Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary

HB5317. By Del. Linville [By Request of the Homeland Security & Emergency Management] - Making it permissive for commercial motor vehicles registered in this state to pass an annual inspection of all safety equipment to be consistent with the federal motor carrier safety regulations  - To Technology and Infrastructure

HB5318. By Del. Kelly, Hott, Ward, Kump, Fehrenbacher, Mallow, Hornby, Phillips, Jeffries, Pinson and Kirby - Clarifying that elected municipal police chiefs shall be certified law-enforcement officers. - To the Judiciary

HB5319. By Del. Kelly, Hott, Ward, Kump, Fehrenbacher, Mallow, Holstein, Pinson, Shamblin, Kirby and Westfall - Creating the offense of exposing a law-enforcement officer, probation officer, parole officer, courthouse security officer, correctional officer, the State Fire Marshal, a deputy or assistant fire marshal, firefighter, or emergency medical service personnel to opioids. (FN) - To the Judiciary

HB5320. By Del. Kirby, Foster, Longanacre, Brooks, Ridenour, E. Pritt, Dillon and Chiarelli - Relating to economic development loans - To Economic Development and Tourism then Finance

HB5321. By Del. Howell, W. Clark, Moore and Dittman - Relating to requiring local governments to provide matching funds for grants from the  Reclamation of Abandoned and Dilapidated Properties Program  - To Government Organization then Finance

HB5322. By Del. Howell, Thorne, Moore and Dittman - Local Meat Processing Economic Development Act - To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Government Organization

HB5323. By Del. Howell, Linville, Cannon, W. Clark, Ferrell, Moore and Dittman - To establish a $100 per year penalty for inaccurate signage posted on interstates for industrial and commercial/business parks that are not near the interstate exits (FN) - To Technology and Infrastructure

HB5324. By Del. Hite, Fehrenbacher, Ferrell, Horst, DeVault and Hornby - Relating to using reappropriated funds from “Personal Services” to offer tuition reimbursement to professional new hires  (FN) - To Finance

HB5325. By Del. Dillon - Relating to the Pledge of Allegiance in schools - To Education then the Judiciary

HB5326. By Del. Lucas, Kump, Kelly, Westfall, Phillips, Shamblin, Garcia, Hillenbrand, Toney, Campbell and Dean - Relating to prohibition of unfair real estate service agreements - To the Judiciary

HB5327. By Del. Young - Housing Opportunities Made Equal Act - To Government Organization

HB5328. By Del. Hamilton, Young, Hornbuckle, Fluharty, Griffith, Hansen, Garcia, Lewis, Pushkin, Rowe and Williams - Relating to expanding certain insurance coverages for pregnant women - To Health and Human Resources then Finance

HB5329. By Del. Hornbuckle, Fluharty, Griffith, Hansen, Garcia, Hamilton, Lewis, Pushkin, Rowe, Young and Williams - Limiting the use of state funding under the Hope Scholarship Program for out-of-state private schools and providers - To Education then Finance

HB5330. By Del. Tully, Shamblin, Toney, Rohrbach, E. Pritt, Ferrell, Dean, T Clark, Stephens and Linville - Require DHHR-CPS to notify the county school superintendent & local BOE president (of the public school system where the child attends) of pending CPS investigations. - To Education then the Judiciary

HB5331. By Del. Foster, Summers, Dillon, Brooks, Cannon, Barnhart, E. Pritt, Longanacre, Ridenour, Kimble and Mazzocchi - Relating to boating safety education certificate - To Technology and Infrastructure

HB5332. By Del. Toney - Excepting persons previously commissioned as a notary public from requirement to have a high school diploma or its equivalent in order to be recommissioned as a notary public - To the Judiciary

HB5333. By Del. Young - Relating to landlord and tenant - To the Judiciary

HB5334. By Del. Dillon - Homestead Water Self-Sufficiency Act - To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Finance

HB5335. By Del. Kirby, Dean, Bridges, Ross, Foggin, Steele, Butler, Brooks, Maynor, Ridenour and Dillon - Relating to compulsory immunizations - To Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary

HB5336. By Del. Dillon - To require parental notification of certain immunization-related items by public school districts any time school-related immunization notifications or letters are sent to parents - To Education then the Judiciary

HB5337. By Del. Kelly, Hott, Ward, Kump, Fehrenbacher, Mallow, Pinson, Shamblin, Kirby and Westfall - Establishing the legislative oversight committee of the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation. - To the Judiciary

HB5338. By Del. Linville, Cannon, Young, W. Clark, Butler, Ward, Hillenbrand, Brooks, Adkins, Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker) and Chiarelli - Relating to the Consumer Data Protection Act and establishing a framework for controlling and processing personal data in the State (FN) - To Technology and Infrastructure then Finance