HOUSE OF DELEGATES
BILLS TO BE INTRODUCED
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
HB4678. By Del. Skaff and Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker) - To acknowledge that the mental health of higher education students is of paramount importance, and due to a variety of issues - To Education then Finance
HB4679. By Del. Williams - Relating to authorizing municipalities to establish outdoor refreshment areas for consumption of alcoholic beverages and non-intoxicating beer - To Political Subdivisions then the Judiciary
HB4680. By Del. Haynes - To modify the section of code relating to the process of selecting county executive committees - To Political Subdivisions then the Judiciary
HB4681. By Del. Skaff, Williams, Zukoff, Boggs, Thompson, Westfall, Ferrell, Storch, Graves and Kimble - To establish a state animal abuse register - To Agriculture and Natural Resources then the Judiciary
HB4682. By Del. Hornbuckle - Providing for the reintegration of inmates in correctional facilities - To Select Committee on Jails and Prisons then the Judiciary
HB4683. By Del. Pinson, Kimble, Lovejoy, Keaton, Pack, B. Ward, D. Kelly, Bates, Westfall, Honaker and Reed - Relating to the Deputy Sheriff Retirement System Act - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance
HB4684. By Del. Howell, Rowan, Hott, Summers, Linville, Maynard, Hamrick, Statler, Graves, Sypolt and Wamsley - To exempt a county that has a single CVB with a hotel or motel collection of less than $150,000 annually - To Select Committee on Tourism and Economic Diversification then Finance
HB4685. By Del. Hamrick, Dean, Haynes and Cooper - To create a VALU Guaranty program for West Virginia for a bank loan for livestock - To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Finance
HB4686. By Del. Walker, Thompson and Young - Repeal right to work - To Workforce Development then the Judiciary
HB4687. By Del. Walker, Evans and Young - Relating to wild and wonderful restoration Task Force - To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Government Organization
HB4688. By Del. Barrett, Hardy, Storch, Graves, Householder and Criss - Relating to Emergency Medical Services Retirement System Act (FN) - To Finance
HB4689. By Del. Hamrick - Creation of a tax credit for electric vehicle manufacturing (FN) - To Select Committee on Tourism and Economic Diversification then Finance
HB4690. By Del. Hornbuckle - Creating the Police Partnering with Communities Act (FN) - To the Judiciary then Finance
HB4691. By Del. Capito [By Request of the Public Service Commission] - Provide a 45 day waiting period before a water and sewer rate increase may go into effect for any locally rate regulated municipality - To Government Organization
HB4692. By Del. Householder - To revise the West Virginia Tax Increment Financing Act - To Finance
HB4693. By Del. Young - To mandate that the Secretary of State to utilize the Electronic Registration Information Center - To Government Organization then the Judiciary
HB4694. By Del. Kimble, Pinson, Graves, Pritt, G. Ward, Conley, Burkhammer, Mazzocchi, Kessinger, Phillips and Keaton - Relating to dangerous crimes against children (FN) - To the Judiciary
HB4695. By Del. Keaton - Relating to Personal Refundable Credit for resident individuals and families - To Finance
HB4696. By Del. Fleischauer, Kessinger, Steele, Pack, Garcia, Walker, Williams, Hansen, Statler, Brown and Lovejoy - Relating to reporting of suspected abuse and neglect - To Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary
HB4697. By Del. Dean - Permitting pharmacists to dispense ivermectin by means of standing order - To Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary
HB4698. By Del. Pushkin - Requiring West Virginia Medicaid managed care organizations to contract with any otherwise qualified provider - To Health and Human Resources then Finance
HB4699. By Del. Householder - Creating Learning Loss Mitigation Program (FN) - To Education then Finance
HB4700. By Del. Zukoff - Relating to making certain officers of the courts elected as non-partisan - To the Judiciary
HB4701. By Del. Maynard - Providing compensation to victims of abusive lawsuits - To the Judiciary
HB4702. By Del. Lovejoy - Establishing a state office to promote community food security (FN) - To Government Organization then Finance
HB4703. By Del. Griffith, Bates, Zukoff, Storch, B. Ward and Kimble - Requiring a telemarketer’s location must be indicated on customer’s caller ID - To the Judiciary
HB4704. By Del. Griffith, B. Ward and Zukoff - Relating generally to unlawful restraint of dogs (FN) - To the Judiciary
HB4705. By Del. Young, Williams, Walker, Thompson, Zukoff, Lovejoy and Hornbuckle - To establish a grant program for colleges that take steps to establish themselves as Student Basic Needs campuses - To Education then Finance
HB4706. By Del. Walker and Young - Reforming the community reinvestment act to ensure investment in low income communities - To Government Organization then Finance
HB4707. By Del. Walker, Thompson and Young - Relating to general provisions of labor and industrial relation (FN) - To the Judiciary
HB4708. By Del. Walker, Fleischauer, Zukoff and Young - Primary care physicians must inform patients about Triple Negative Breast Cancer - To Health and Human Resources
HB4709. By Del. Bates - To increase the threshold for the rate of taxation by $10,000 and $5,000, respectively (FN) - To Finance
HB4710. By Del. Mallow, Pinson, Haynes, Mandt, Holstein, Reynolds, Honaker and B. Ward - Require and make mandatory the full involvement of local law enforcement in the person-to-person presentation of an eviction notice - To the Judiciary then Finance
HB4711. By Del. Young - Relating to requiring video cameras in certain special education classrooms - To Education then Finance
HB4712. By Del. D. Kelly - Require the prompt enrollment in payment plans for costs, fines, forfeitures, restitution, or penalties in circuit court and magistrate court - To the Judiciary
HB4713. By Del. Evans, Walker, Fleischauer, Thompson, Griffith, Barach and Hornbuckle - To require the athletic associations and sports entities of WV to implement a “Heat and Humidity Practice Policy.” - To Health and Human Resources then Education
HB4714. By Del. Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker) and Skaff [By Request of the Executive] - Supplementing and amending the appropriations to the Department of Education, State Board of Education – Vocational Division - To Finance
HB4715. By Del. Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker) and Skaff [By Request of the Executive] - Supplementing and amending the appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Resources, Consolidated Medical Services Fund - To Finance
HB4716. By Del. Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker) and Skaff [By Request of the Executive] - Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Health and Human Resources, Division of Health – Hospital Services Revenue Account Special Fund Capital Improvement, Renovation and Operations - To Finance
HB4717. By Del. Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker) and Skaff [By Request of the Executive] - Supplementing and amending the appropriations to the Department of Revenue, West Virginia Office of Tax Appeals - To Finance
HB4718. By Del. Kimble, McGeehan, G. Ward, Sypolt, Mazzocchi and Linville - Establishing criteria for the government’s adoption of new and emerging surveillance technologies while ensuring privacy protections for individuals - To the Judiciary then Finance
HB4719. By Del. Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker) and Skaff [By Request of the Executive] - Supplementing, amending, and increasing existing items of appropriation from the State Road Fund to the Department of Transportation, Division of Motor Vehicles - To Finance
HB4720. By Del. Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker) and Skaff [By Request of the Executive] - Supplementing and amending the appropriations to the Executive, Governor’s Office – Civil Contingent Fund - To Finance
HB4721. By Del. Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker) and Skaff [By Request of the Executive] - Supplementing and amending the appropriations to the Higher Education Policy Commission, Higher Education Policy Commission – Administration – Control Account - To Finance
HB4722. By Del. Walker - Banning of bee killing pesticides to protect agriculture - To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Government Organization
HB4723. By Del. Statler, Howell, Hamrick, Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker) and Skaff - Relating to public higher education governance - To Education then Finance
HB4724. By Del. Walker, Thompson, Griffith, Fleischauer, Pushkin and Young - Create a CARE FOR ALL line (FN) - To Health and Human Resources then Finance
HB4725. By Del. Pritt - Relating to providing a cap on property taxes (FN) - To Finance
HB4726. By Del. Pritt - Grant automatic expungement of criminal records in certain instances - To the Judiciary
HB4727. By Del. Pritt and Hanna - Require governmental meetings to have agendas posted on websites three days prior to the meeting - To Government Organization then the Judiciary
HB4728. By Del. Pritt - Relating to family courts and juvenile petitions - To the Judiciary
HB4729. By Del. Pritt, Steele and Foster - Relating to modifications of child support or alimony - To the Judiciary
HB4730. By Del. G. Ward, Phillips, Ferrell and Barnhart - Provide for tax credits for companies that donate to state-owned schools of higher education (FN) - To Finance
HB4731. By Del. Kessinger - To establish the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact (FN) - To Government Organization
HB4732. By Del. Young and Zukoff - Expanding early childhood education programs to three-year-old children (FN) - To Education then Finance
HB4733. By Del. Haynes, Dean and Cooper - Require county school boards to relinquish (sell, donate, etc.) ownership of closed school properties within a year of closure - To Education
HB4734. By Del. Haynes, Pinson, Ferrell, Mallow, Holstein, Honaker, Longanacre, Toney, Lovejoy, Boggs and Rowan - Relating to filing a false complaint involving law enforcement (FN) - To the Judiciary
HB4735. By Del. Kessinger, Hardy and Steele - Relating to reducing rates for legal advertising - To Finance
HB4736. By Del. Mallow, Tully, Haynes, Mandt and Holstein - Relating to surgical smoke evacuation - To Health and Human Resources
HB4737. By Del. Walker, Young, Zukoff, Lovejoy, Williams and Hansen - Food insecurity state wide tip line (FN) - To Health and Human Resources
HB4738. By Del. Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker) and Skaff [By Request of the Executive] - Making a supplementary appropriation, to the Department of Health and Human Resources, Division of Health - The Vital Statistics Account - To Finance
HB4739. By Del. Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker) and Skaff [By Request of the Executive] - Supplementing, amending, and increasing an existing item of appropriation from the State Road Fund to the Department of Transportation, Division of Highways - To Finance
HB4740. By Del. Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker) and Skaff [By Request of the Executive] - Supplementing and amending the appropriations to the Department of Commerce, Division of Natural Resources - To Finance
HB4741. By Del. Walker, Thompson, Pushkin, Young, Fleischauer, Hornbuckle, Bates, Hansen and Williams - To clarify that impermissible discrimination includes discrimination based on certain hair textures and styles
- To Government Organization then the Judiciary
HB4742. By Del. Steele, Criss, Rowan, Rohrbach, Skaff, Capito and Howell - To provide for the full restoration of the Holly Grove Mansion - To Government Organization
HB4743. By Del. Westfall, Barrett, Householder, Capito, Steele, Pack, Queen, Bates, Storch, Skaff and Statler - Relating to security and surveillance requirements of medical cannabis organization facilities - To the Judiciary
HB4744. By Del. Westfall, Barrett, Householder, Capito, Steele, Bates, Queen, Storch, Skaff, Statler and Riley - Relating to permitting medical cannabis to be dispensed in edible form - To the Judiciary
HB4745. By Del. Walker - Decriminalization and legalization of cannabis with a taxing mechanism to bring more revenue to the state (FN) - To Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary then Finance
HB4746. By Del. Walker, Hansen, Young, Thompson and Griffith - All state buildings and rest areas within WV have sharp containers (FN) - To Health and Human Resources then Finance
HB4747. By Del. Walker, Hansen, Zukoff, Young, Fleischauer, Pushkin, Thompson, Rowe, Barrett, Fluharty and Hornbuckle - To make Juneteenth a paid holiday for all state workers - To Government Organization
HB4748. By Del. Walker, Hansen and Thompson - Repeal of public school educators and personnel not paying state income tax (FN) - To Finance
HB4749. By Del. Keaton - Relating to West Virginia standard deduction of a resident individual - To Finance
HB4750. By Del. Skaff, Hornbuckle, Lovejoy, Cooper, Ferrell, Walker, Linville, Barrett, Toney, Capito and Hanna - Relating to the creation and administration of a scholarship program for college students who remain in-state after graduation - To Education then Finance
HB4751. By Del. Foster and Young - Relating to in-state food service permit reciprocity - To Health and Human Resources
HB4752. By Del. Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker) and Skaff [By Request of the Executive] - making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Health and Human Resources, Division of Health – Laboratory Services - To Finance
HB4753. By Del. Skaff - Prohibiting locating certain homeless facilities near schools and certain daycares - To the Judiciary
HB4754. By Del. Hamrick, Howell, Haynes and Ellington - To create the Partnership for Workforce Quality (FN) - To Finance
HB4755. By Del. Graves, D. Jeffries, Ferrell, Bridges and Pack - Relating to the critical needs and failing systems sub account - To Finance
HB4756. By Del. Storch - Relating to authorizing municipalities to create pension funding programs to reduce the unfunded liability of certain pension and relief funds - To Finance
HB4757. By Del. Fluharty, Storch, Barrett, Riley and McGeehan - Relating to taxation of gambling and lottery winnings (FN) - To Finance
HB4758. By Del. Anderson, Cooper, Zatezalo, J. Kelly, Westfall and Ferrell - Relating to developing and maintaining a database to track reclamation liabilities in the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection Special Reclamation Program - To Energy and Manufacturing
HB4759. By Del. Young, Riley, Hansen, Anderson, J. Kelly, Zatezalo, Capito, Evans and Wamsley - Requesting a study to evaluate and analyze the potential for bulk energy storage resources (FN) - To Energy and Manufacturing then Government Organization
HB4760. By Del. Kessinger, Barrett, Capito, Storch, Pack, Espinosa, Maynor, Wamsley, Hanna and Longanacre - Provide a tax credit to for-profit and nonprofit corporations to encourage the establishment of child-care facilities for the benefit of their employees (FN) - To Finance
HB4761. By Del. Rohrbach - Authorizing the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Resources to develop a submission procedures manual and adopt the same as a procedural rule. - To Health and Human Resources
HB4762. By Del. Hott - Relating to allowing a personal income tax exemption for First Responders (FN) - To Finance
HB4763. By Del. Walker and Zukoff - Authorizing children age 12 or older to referee youth sporting events - To Education
HB4764. By Del. Howell, Miller, Zatezalo, Dean, Hamrick, Hornbuckle, Storch, Smith and Paynter - To reduce West Virginia sales tax on gasoline and diesel to zero, and make up difference with increase in sales tax equivalent to rate of tax - To Finance
HB4765. By Del. Hornbuckle - Safe Play Act (FN) - To the Judiciary
HB4766. By Del. Capito [By Request of the Public Service Commission] - Relating generally to the cable television systems act (FN) - To the Judiciary
HB4767. By Del. Conley - To prohibit vaccine requirements as a condition of being eligible for an organ transplant - To Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary
HB4768. By Del. Capito - Relating to change hearing location and customer notice provisions - To Government Organization
HB4769. By Del. Capito [By Request of the Public Service Commission] - Eliminate the requirement to send recommended decisions by certified mail - To Government Organization
HB4770. By Del. Linville - Recognize convictions of domestic battery in the fair and equitable distribution of marital property - To the Judiciary
HB4771. By Del. Hornbuckle - Creating the Fair Chance Act - To the Judiciary
HB4772. By Del. Kimble, Pinson, Evans, Pritt, G. Ward, Conley, Burkhammer, Mazzocchi, Kessinger, Phillips and Keaton - Require hospitals with no ASL interpreter on staff provide technology for hearing or speech impaired patients to communicate - To Health and Human Resources
HB4773. By Del. Steele - Adoption of the FCC customer service and technical standards and requiring certain cable operators to operate an in-state customer call center - To the Judiciary
HB4774. By Del. Statler - To revise existing standards and establish the burden of proof imposed on civil litigants seeking to circumvent corporate structure in civil litigation - To the Judiciary
HB4775. By Del. Kimble - Repeal law requiring motorcycle riders to wear a helmet - To Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary
HB4776. By Del. Capito, Young, Kessinger, Pack, Storch and Bates - Creating the Paid Parental Leave Pilot Program (FN) - To Health and Human Resources then Finance
HB4777. By Del. Hornbuckle, Lovejoy, Capito, Burkhammer, Cooper, Rohrbach, Zukoff, Fluharty, Skaff, Griffith and Graves - State Living Doner Protection Act - To Banking and Insurance then Health and Human Resources
HB4778. By Del. Criss - Permit banks to transact business with any one or more fiduciaries on multiple fiduciary accounts - To the Judiciary
HB4779. By Del. Criss - Permit banks the discretion to choose whether to receive deposits from other banks, savings banks, or savings and loan associations when arranging for the re-deposits of county, municipal, and state funds - To the Judiciary
HB4780. By Del. Westfall - Exclude all of proceeds from life insurance policy from creditors in bankruptcy proceeding - To Banking and Insurance then the Judiciary
HB4781. By Del. Westfall - Create Fairness for Responsible Drivers - To Banking and Insurance then the Judiciary
HB4782. By Del. Walker, Young, Hansen, Zukoff, Fleischauer, Pushkin, Thompson, Griffith and Fluharty - Increase number of pain management visits the insurance companies must cover under the opioid reduction act - To Banking and Insurance then the Judiciary
HB4783. By Del. Hornbuckle - Creating the WV Community Development Equity Fund - To Small Business, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development then the Judiciary
HB4784. By Del. Kimble - To Protect Newborn Genetic Privacy Rights - To Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary
HB4785. By Del. Steele, Householder, Criss, Westfall, Riley, Pinson, Keaton, Burkhammer, Foster and Queen - Relating to judicial vacancies - To the Judiciary
HB4786. By Del. Kimble, Phillips, McGeehan, G. Ward, Sypolt and Mazzocchi - The Forming Open and Robust University Minds (FORUM) Act - To Education then the Judiciary
HB4787. By Del. Capito - Creating the Highly Automated Motor Vehicle Act - To the Judiciary
HB4788. By Del. Longanacre - Provide for a special driver’s license for those with physical disabilities - To Technology and Infrastructure then Government Organization
HB4789. By Del. Reynolds, Pinson, Steele, Ferrell, Hott, Mallow, Toney and Barnhart - Authorize municipal courts to request the suspension of a driver’s license of a person who does not pay outstanding fees and costs (FN) - To Government Organization
HB4790. By Del. Young and Pinson - Relating to establishing a program for camera assisted speed enforcement in active school zones in this state - To Technology and Infrastructure then the Judiciary
HB4791. By Del. Walker - Affordable broadband access for seniors, low income, and disabled persons due to fixed, minimum, or moderate incomes - To Technology and Infrastructure then Finance
HB4792. By Del. Young - Relating to childcare subsidies within DHHR, paid based on monthly enrollment - To Health and Human Resources then Finance
HB4793. By Del. Young - Tax credits for employers providing child care - To Finance
HB4794. By Del. Foster - Requiring counties provide fiscal information for State Auditor’s WV Checkbook website (FN) - To Government Organization
HB4795. By Del. Foster - Repeal the code provisions requiring auctioneers to be licensed and for auctions to be conducted by a licensed auctioneer - To Government Organization
HB4796. By Del. Foster - Prohibit the sheriff’s department from posting mug shot photos for an arrest - To the Judiciary
HB4797. By Del. Toney - To create an EV Infrastructure Deployment Plan for West Virginia that describes how our state intends to use its share of NEVI Formula Program funds. - To Government Organization
HB4798. By Del. Miller, Zatezalo, Reynolds, Smith, Westfall, Ferrell, Mallow, Crouse, Householder, Booth and J. Jeffries - Allowing substitute teachers to work and not receive any deduction on their retirement over the 140-day of work (FN) - To Education then Finance
HB4799. By Del. Anderson and J. Kelly - Use a percentage of available coal severance collections to offset future household coal-fired electric power rate increases for senior citizens and persons below the poverty level living in West Virginia - To Finance
HB4800. By Del. Pritt, Haynes, Reed, Keaton, Martin and Phillips - Permit family court judges to become members of the judicial retirement system - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance
HB4801. By Del. Holstein - Creating a hunter access program for private landowners to enter an agreement with the state to allow hunters to use their property (FN) - To Agriculture and Natural Resources then the Judiciary
HB4802. By Del. Young - Relating to the Energy Storage Procurement Act - To Energy and Manufacturing
HB4803. By Del. Young - Requiring medical insurance providers to include infertility services in their policies - To Banking and Insurance then Health and Human Resources
HB4804. By Del. Young - Concerning the right of consumers of electricity to interconnect energy storage systems for use on their property - To Energy and Manufacturing
HB4805. By Del. Walker - During a state of emergency lasting more than 6 months, the department of highways will reimburse any vehicle damages without including auto insurance deductibles - To Banking and Insurance then Finance
HB4806. By Del. Walker - Repeal breed specific legislation - To Agriculture and Natural Resources then the Judiciary
HB4807. By Del. Walker - Providing small grants to encourage the creation of large pollinator friendly gardening habitats - To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Finance
HB4808. By Del. Young - Men’s Equality Act - To Health and Human Resources then Finance
HB4809. By Del. Young - To create a Parolee Drivers Permit - To Select Committee on Jails and Prisons then the Judiciary
HB4810. By Del. Young - COVID-19 Supplemental paid sick leave - To Finance
HB4811. By Del. Rowe - To create an economic development service to assist identified coal communities - To Select Committee on Coalfield Communities then Government Organization
HB4812. By Del. Hornbuckle and Pack - Requiring State Board of Education to establish a Personal Finance Literacy pilot program to be implemented in at least five public high schools - To Education then Finance
HB4813. By Del. Walker - Renter’s bill of rights - To the Judiciary
HB4814. By Del. Walker - Creating a youth advisory council for civic engagement - To Education
HB4815. By Del. Walker - Keep federal level weight limits for trucking in the state of WV - To Technology and Infrastructure then the Judiciary
HB4816. By Del. Walker - Re-establish prevailing wage - To Workforce Development then Government Organization then the Judiciary
HB4817. By Del. Walker - Relating to fees employer’s pay for electronic drafts sent to Child Support Enforcement - To Senior, Children, and Family Issues then the Judiciary
HB4818. By Del. Walker - Legal apprenticeships as alternatives to Law School to help those who cannot afford law school or have a disability - To Government Organization then the Judiciary
HB4819. By Del. Walker - Policy offering a housing credit for educators who live in West Virginia 5 or more years after becoming an educator in the state (FN) - To Education then Finance
HB4820. By Del. Walker - Repeal of taxing state employees pensions and social security - To Pensions and Retirement then Finance
HB4821. By Del. Walker - Increase access to and amount covered of the promise scholarship to ensure full ride regardless of tuition costs, double majors, or courses of interest - To Education then Finance
HB4822. By Del. Walker - Limitations to solitary confinement to 3 days per every 2 weeks - To Select Committee on Jails and Prisons then the Judiciary