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Actions, Suits and Liens (3 Bills)
SB 6 - Establishing common law “veil piercing” claims not be used to impose personal liability
SB 7 - Relating to damages for medical monitoring
SB 69 - Relating to costs and interest in eminent domain condemnation proceedings
SB 130 - Providing protection for property owner when someone visiting private cemetery causes damage to property
SB 153 - Changing determination of compensation paid to landowner when eminent domain used for pipeline
SB 211 - Relating to damages for medical monitoring
SB 225 - Establishing requirements for order for payment of medical monitoring expenses
SB 440 - Establishing Uniform Commercial Real Estate Receivership Act
SB 452 - Permitting civil remedies for unauthorized disclosure of intimate images
SB 463 - Best Interests of Child Protection Act of 2022
SB 466 - Relating to limitations on civil actions or appeals brought by inmates
SB 572 - Excluding certain sums from compensatory damage awards for medical expenses
SB 581 - Providing immunity from civil liability for certain persons associated with sports exposition venue
SB 600 - Limiting liability of landowners when land is used for noncommercial recreational purposes
SB 604 - Providing compensation to victims of abusive lawsuits
SB 652 - Requiring hospitals to receive patients transported to them by EMS providers

Agriculture (54 Bills)
SB 15 - Legalizing cannabis production, sales, and adult consumption
SB 118 - Creating WV Farm Fresh Dairy Act
SB 126 - Expanding types of agricultural operations that are protected from nuisance and other legal actions
SB 264 - Relating to conservation districts law of WV
SB 424 - Relating generally to 2022 Farm Bill
SB 580 - Creating WV Livestock Activities Liability Limitation Act
SB 684 - Creating WV Monument and Memorial Protection Act of 2022

Alcoholic Liquors and Beers (5 Bills)
SB 115 - Allowing grocery stores to sell certain amount of WV-made wine without license
SB 659 - Relating to nonintoxicating beer, wine, and liquor licenses and requirements
SB 684 - Creating WV Monument and Memorial Protection Act of 2022
SB 727 - Directing ABC Administration discontinue purchase of alcoholic liquors from Russian Federation

Appropriations (29 Bills)
SB 250 - Budget Bill
SB 571 - Declaring certain claims to be moral obligations of state
SB 684 - Creating WV Monument and Memorial Protection Act of 2022

Banking and Finance (4 Bills)
SB 154 - Creating Emergency Medical Services Personnel Loan Forgiveness Program
SB 684 - Creating WV Monument and Memorial Protection Act of 2022
SB 729 - Relating to funding for infrastructure and economic development projects in WV
SB 730 - Divesting state-managed funds from companies engaged with Russia or Russian energy

Boards and Commissions (19 Bills)
SB 100 - Establishing secondary location for racetrack video lottery terminals
SB 138 - Relating to Board of Medicine composition
SB 150 - Requiring wholesale drug distributors to report certain information to WV Board of Pharmacy
SB 420 - Relating to distribution of certain taxes and surcharges to benefit volunteer and part-volunteer fire departments
SB 427 - Permitting WV Board of Medicine investigators to carry concealed weapon
SB 558 - Increasing members of WV Parole Board
SB 617 - Relating to qualifications for members of boards, commissions, and other entities
SB 650 - Eliminating number of royalty owners required for utilization by operator for lawful use and development by co-tenants

Consumer Protection (10 Bills)
SB 33 - Protecting consumers against businesses using automatic renewals without consent
SB 38 - Relating to menstrual product package labeling
SB 97 - Prohibiting gender-based price discrimination
SB 196 - Prohibiting certain misleading pharmaceutical advertising practices
SB 592 - Clarifying period Attorney General may seek civil penalty for violations of Consumer Credit and Protection Act
SB 695 - Clarifying period Attorney General may seek civil penalty for violations of Consumer Credit and Protection Act

Corporations (4 Bills)
SB 6 - Establishing common law “veil piercing” claims not be used to impose personal liability
SB 27 - Establishing WV business growth in low-income communities tax credit
SB 112 - Establishing common law corporate "veil piercing" claims not be used to impose personal liability regarding limited liability company
SB 235 - Creating Corporate Anti-Subsidy Act
SB 496 - Allowing Water Development Authority make loans or grants from Infrastructure Fund
SB 583 - Permitting registered business organizations to voluntarily submit public phone number to Secretary of State
SB 686 - Clarifying use of notes and bonds of WV Housing Development Fund

Corrections (36 Bills)
SB 75 - Requiring certain municipalities pay for incarceration of inmates
SB 92 - Requiring probationers who served 10 or more years to participate in work release program
SB 437 - Providing for early discharge of parolees
SB 441 - Providing confidentiality of video and other records of correctional juvenile facilities
SB 449 - Relating to Nonviolent Offense Parole Program
SB 466 - Relating to limitations on civil actions or appeals brought by inmates
SB 472 - Relating to access to juvenile records by certain employees of Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation
SB 557 - Extending current cap on per diem rate paid by counties and municipalities to house inmates
SB 680 - Adding Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation employees to Survivor Benefits Act

Counties (1 Bills)
SB 52 - Prohibiting county airport authorities from adopting rules prohibiting possession of firearms in public areas
SB 64 - Allowing county commissions to impose amusement tax
SB 168 - Establishing vocational-technical programs in middle schools
SB 234 - Creating surcharge on fire and casualty insurance policies to help municipalities and counties with certain fire-related cleanup and demolition
SB 608 - Relating to assessment and taxation of real property occupied by certain family members
SB 662 - Relating to creation, expansion, and authority of resort area district
SB 707 - Providing minimum experience requirement for director of services class title involving school transportation

County Officials (1 Bills)
SB 172 - Increasing compensation of elected county officials

Courts (28 Bills)
SB 11 - Including family court judges in Judges' Retirement System
SB 29 - Providing fee for processing of criminal bonds
SB 35 - Adding grievance and appellate procedures for individuals participating in DMV Safety and Treatment Program
SB 244 - Relating to appointment of judges to Intermediate Court of Appeals
SB 248 - Creating Patrolman Cassie Marie Johnson Memorial Act
SB 561 - Increasing number of magistrate judges in Berkeley County
SB 573 - Providing system where magistrates shall preside in certain instances outside normal court hours
SB 675 - Establishing program to certify interpreters for court proceedings
SB 726 - Relating to pre-trial diversion agreements and deferred prosecution agreements

Crime (54 Bills)
SB 29 - Providing fee for processing of criminal bonds
SB 47 - Creating crime for being under influence of controlled substance unless specifically prescribed
SB 85 - Changing simple possession of marijuana from misdemeanor crime to civil violation
SB 86 - Creating criminal offense of sexual extortion
SB 87 - Creating Campus Self Defense Act
SB 90 - Limiting penalty for possession of marijuana to no more than $1,000 without confinement
SB 92 - Requiring probationers who served 10 or more years to participate in work release program
SB 93 - Requiring DHHR file petition to terminate parental rights under certain circumstances
SB 134 - Creating felony offense of aggravated cruelty to animals
SB 137 - Requiring persons convicted of certain felonies on or after March 8, 1995, provide DNA samples
SB 139 - Prohibiting smoking in vehicle when minor 16 or younger is present
SB 232 - Relating to punishment for third offense felony
SB 248 - Creating Patrolman Cassie Marie Johnson Memorial Act
SB 254 - Relating to crime of vehicular homicide
SB 256 - Prohibiting civil rights violations based on disability, gender identity, or sexual orientation
SB 259 - Removing requirement of imminent lawless action to prerequisite for crime of intimidation
SB 260 - Mandating extended supervision for defendants convicted of stalking and related felonious acts
SB 266 - Adding definition of “ammunition” for purposes of obtaining state license to carry concealed deadly weapon
SB 413 - Clarifying crime of harassment to include stalking
SB 431 - Relating generally to Uniform Controlled Substances Act
SB 459 - Modifying definition of "sexual contact"
SB 490 - Expanding online privacy protection for minors
SB 514 - Relating to use of force in defense of self, real, and personal property
SB 558 - Increasing members of WV Parole Board
SB 569 - Relating to confidentiality of court files and law-enforcement records for certain offenses
SB 575 - Ensuring that imposition of certain sexual offenses apply to persons working in juvenile facilities
SB 595 - Relating to Dangerousness Assessment Advisory Board
SB 601 - WV Human Life Protection Act
SB 616 - Relating to confidentiality of court files and law-enforcement records of certain enumerated offenses
SB 621 - Relating to funds for operations of jails
SB 666 - Adding Kratom and Delta-8 THC to list of Schedule 1 controlled substances
SB 668 - Clarifying eligibility for probation and parole conditions for sex offenses
SB 697 - Modifying and clarifying elements of kidnapping and unlawful restraint
SB 703 - Relating to controlled substances schedule
SB 726 - Relating to pre-trial diversion agreements and deferred prosecution agreements
SB 728 - Requiring registered sex offenders pay annual fee

Domestic Relations (5 Bills)
SB 55 - Relating generally to adoption records
SB 74 - Relating to spousal support enforcement
SB 140 - Allowing state and federal criminal history record check of each adult living in residence when minor child is placed there due to emergency
SB 171 - Relating to tax exemption for child support due
SB 224 - Setting age of consent for marriage at 18
SB 463 - Best Interests of Child Protection Act of 2022

Economic Development (1 Bills)
SB 5 - Creating WV Unmanned Aircraft Systems Advisory Council
SB 131 - Establishing Chuck Yeager Mountain State Medal of Excellence
SB 185 - Clarifying municipal B&O taxation where business activity occurs in multiple locations
SB 186 - Creating Small Business and Minority Populations Economic and Workforce Development Taskforce
SB 199 - Creating Multiphase Procurement for Broadband Projects Act
SB 231 - Relating generally to broadband connectivity
SB 467 - Creating WV Motorsports Entertainment Complex Investment Act
SB 485 - Authorizing DNR to enter certain third-party contracts
SB 494 - Creating Broadband Carrier Neutral and Open Access Infrastructure Development Fund
SB 510 - Increasing cap to annual spending made on pre-application process to project sponsors
SB 542 - Transferring Broadband Enhancement Council from Department of Commerce to Department of Economic Development
SB 562 - Creating Adopt-A-Trail volunteer programs for public land under DNR jurisdiction
SB 563 - Authorizing dispersed camping on state properties under DNR jurisdiction
SB 564 - Mapping of public roads
SB 566 - Requiring Department of Commerce to develop plan for adventure travel recreation promotion in WV
SB 584 - Relating to WV Infrastructure and Jobs Development Council
SB 588 - Relating to WV Rails to Trails Program
SB 602 - Protecting certain motorsports venues from nuisance claims
SB 618 - Relating to zoning requirements for exempt wholesale generators
SB 682 - Limiting liability of persons making land available for public trail use
SB 721 - Relating to municipalities required to be represented on county authority boards
SB 729 - Relating to funding for infrastructure and economic development projects in WV

Education (Higher) (2 Bills)
SB 87 - Creating Campus Self Defense Act
SB 184 - Implementing Business PROMISE+ Scholarship
SB 194 - Establishing Promise for All Scholarship Program
SB 198 - Creating Stay in State tax credit
SB 201 - Providing tax credit to new graduates of in-state or out-of-state higher educational institution, community or technical college, or trade school
SB 208 - Providing tuition and fee waivers at state higher education institutions for volunteers who have completed service in AmeriCorps programs in WV
SB 216 - Creating Student Journalist Press Freedom Restoration Act
SB 222 - Relating generally to in-field master’s degree
SB 228 - Providing tuition and fee waivers at state higher education institutions for volunteers who have completed service in AmeriCorps programs in WV
SB 477 - Requiring Higher Education Policy Commission to create and administer PROMISE Plus Program
SB 498 - Creating Anti-Racism Act of 2022
SB 546 - Expanding uses of fees paid by students at higher education institutions
SB 550 - Relating to funding for higher education institutions
SB 593 - Allowing Marshall University's Forensic Analysis Laboratory access and participation in WV DNA database for certain purposes
SB 653 - Relating to public higher education governance
SB 654 - Creating exceptions to WV Invests Grant eligibility requirement
SB 672 - Exempting certain military veterans and their dependents from payment of tuition and fees
SB 691 - Establishing Student Basic Needs Campus Initiative
SB 701 - Including children and spouses of deceased active-duty officers in eligibility for War Orphan Education Program

Education (K12) (12 Bills)
SB 14 - Providing for private, parochial, or church schools to enter into agreements with public schools to permit student participation in athletic or other extracurricular activities
SB 17 - Establishing Summer Feeding for All Program
SB 18 - Providing pay raises to teachers
SB 21 - Relating to school aid formula and minimum student enrollment
SB 41 - Allowing certain schools with enrollment of 25 or fewer students to operate as nonpublic micro-school
SB 60 - Allowing BOE create and provide course in family and consumer sciences in secondary schools
SB 146 - Relating to interpretations of school laws
SB 166 - Creating position of homeless education coordinator in certain counties
SB 167 - Implementing trauma-informed practices in schools
SB 168 - Establishing vocational-technical programs in middle schools
SB 173 - Restricting participation in State Teachers Retirement System by members who serve as officer in professional teaching association
SB 174 - Designating DHHR social workers to promote school attendance and performance
SB 178 - Relating to vocational and technical education programs
SB 182 - Prohibiting teaching of divisive acts and critical race theory in public schools
SB 188 - Creating WV Children's Vision Act
SB 195 - Expanding early childhood education programs to three-year-old children
SB 216 - Creating Student Journalist Press Freedom Restoration Act
SB 217 - Allowing private schools option of making vaccinations required for enrollment
SB 218 - Requiring parental notification of school-based dispensing of contraceptives to minors
SB 219 - Relating to nutrition and exercise education
SB 226 - Allowing substitute teachers who suspect unfair exclusion from certain assignments to request explanation from certain school officials
SB 227 - Requiring county boards of education and county superintendents to comply with instructions of State Board of Education
SB 229 - Requiring impact statement in certain instances of school closing or consolidation
SB 243 - Granting all public employees 10 percent per year permanent pay increase
SB 246 - Requiring newly constructed public schools and public schools with major improvements to have water bottle filling stations
SB 261 - Requiring video cameras in certain special education classrooms
SB 267 - Relating to transportation of students in county board owned and insured vehicles
SB 268 - Creating exemption from compulsory school attendance for child who participates in learning pod or micro school
SB 456 - Requiring county boards of education to develop seizure action plans
SB 493 - Requiring county BOE make meetings available to public in-person and through internet
SB 495 - Requiring graduating high school seniors to pledge oath to Constitution
SB 498 - Creating Anti-Racism Act of 2022
SB 499 - Authorizing legislative rules for School Building Authority
SB 509 - Relating to county BOE employee personal leave
SB 541 - Requiring homeschooled child’s academic assessment be submitted by certain date
SB 586 - Relating to athletic eligibility of transfer students
SB 587 - Providing tip line to report teaching of critical race theory
SB 589 - Defining area of critical need and shortage for substitute bus operators
SB 631 - Allowing WV Professional Charter School Board to vote for its executive director and other employees to participate in Teachers’ Retirement System
SB 644 - Creating Charter Schools Stimulus Fund
SB 645 - Regulating private schools for students with disabilities
SB 646 - Requiring each county BOE to provide free feminine hygiene products in grades six through 12
SB 651 - Allowing county BOE participating in operation of multicounty vocational center to withdraw
SB 658 - Providing for salary supplement and expense reimbursements for licensed school psychologist
SB 676 - Relating to use of personal leave days by teachers
SB 687 - Relating to meetings among county boards of education
SB 696 - Relating to funding for public libraries
SB 704 - Allowing parents, grandparents, and guardians to inspect instructional materials in classroom
SB 707 - Providing minimum experience requirement for director of services class title involving school transportation
SB 711 - Establishing alternative educational opportunities for elective course credit

Elections (64 Bills)
SB 16 - Allowing voters who register in person with county clerk to vote during early in-person voting
SB 20 - Creating online voters' guide
SB 34 - Relating to residency requirements for voter registration
SB 53 - Requiring one-year residency within district or county to fill vacancy in Legislature
SB 54 - Requiring PACs disclose contributors' names and addresses to Secretary of State
SB 67 - Relating to advertisements by political candidates
SB 96 - Requiring disclaimers on third-party, nongovernment solicitations mailed or otherwise provided to businesses
SB 107 - Requiring certain disclosures of election expenditures
SB 125 - Requiring all local special levies be held on regularly scheduled statewide election ballot
SB 147 - Adjusting distance from polling place certain election-related activity is prohibited
SB 191 - Allowing poll workers to work full and half days
SB 200 - Relating generally to modernization of procedures for voting in public elections
SB 236 - Requiring all eligible voters to vote in general election
SB 240 - Permitting all registered voters to vote by absentee ballot
SB 253 - Relating to voting precincts and redistricting
SB 423 - Establishing limited exemption to photo ID requirements
SB 547 - Updating definition of "electioneering communication"
SB 693 - Clarifying meeting voting requirements for political party executive committees

Energy (10 Bills)
SB 4 - Repealing ban on construction of nuclear power plants
SB 187 - Creating Natural Resources Anti-Commandeering Act
SB 689 - Relating to tie votes by Board of Coal Mine Health and Safety
SB 714 - Relating to tie votes by Coal Mine Safety and Technical Review Committee
SB 730 - Divesting state-managed funds from companies engaged with Russia or Russian energy

Environment (8 Bills)
SB 68 - Limiting DEP employees from entering private lands for environmental protection purposes only
SB 88 - Amending definition of "aboveground storage tank"
SB 119 - Relating to nonferrous metal sales and transportation to secondary recycler
SB 458 - Establishing legal right to title of substances derived from drainage on mined lands
SB 460 - Relating generally to air pollution control
SB 461 - Removing statutory limit for Environmental Laboratory Certification Fund
SB 462 - Changing fees for permitting actions related to coal mining
SB 480 - Relating to DEP Office of Oil and Gas
SB 481 - Relating to Adopt-A-Stream Program
SB 622 - Establishing requirements for carbon dioxide sequestration
SB 713 - Removing statutory limit for Environmental Laboratory Certification Fund

Estates and Trusts (9 Bills)
SB 121 - Prohibiting person criminally responsible for another's death to participate in burial arrangements
SB 223 - Relating to procedure to settle decedents' estates

Ethics (35 Bills)
SB 258 - Prohibiting legislators and part-time public officials from having interest in public contracts under certain circumstances

Finance and Administration (7 Bills)
SB 8 - Relating generally to state’s savings and investment programs
SB 48 - Exempting DOH from Purchasing Division procedures
SB 241 - Modifying procedure certain public agencies use to procure architectural and engineering services contracts
SB 255 - Relating to state contracts with and investments in certain companies that boycott energy companies
SB 262 - Relating generally to financial institutions engaged in boycotts of energy companies
SB 438 - Relating generally to WV Security for Public Deposits Act
SB 487 - Relating to Revenue Shortfall Reserve Fund and Revenue Shortfall Reserve Fund – Part B
SB 505 - Updating laws on licensure and regulation of money transmitters
SB 545 - Creating Corporate Anti-Subsidy Act
SB 555 - Relating to financial institutions engaged in boycotts of firearms companies
SB 667 - Creating Broadband Middle Mile Fund
SB 684 - Creating WV Monument and Memorial Protection Act of 2022

Governor -- Bills Requested By (22 Bills)
SB 250 - Budget Bill
SB 450 - Updating definitions of WV Personal Income Tax Act
SB 451 - Updating definitions of WV Corporation Net Income Tax Act
SB 515 - Supplementing and amending appropriations of public moneys to Department of Administration, Public Defender Services
SB 516 - Supplementing and amending appropriations for various agencies
SB 517 - Expiring funds from unappropriated balance in State Excess Lottery Revenue Fund
SB 518 - Allowing nurses licensed in another state to practice in WV
SB 519 - Relating generally to Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority
SB 520 - Increasing financial penalties for ransomware attacks
SB 521 - Updating and modifying operations of Purchasing Division
SB 522 - Combining offices of WV State Americans with Disabilities Act and WV Equal Employment Opportunity
SB 523 - Transferring oversight of Jobs Investment Trust Fund to WV Economic Development Authority
SB 524 - Placing duties and functions of certain boards and commissions under Department of Arts, Culture, and History
SB 525 - Expiring funds from unappropriated balance in Lottery Net Profits
SB 526 - Supplementing and amending appropriations to Department of Commerce, Office of Secretary
SB 527 - Supplementing and amending appropriations to Department of Administration, Office of Technology
SB 528 - Supplementing and amending appropriations to DHHR, Consolidated Medical Services Fund
SB 529 - Encouraging additional computer science education in WV schools
SB 530 - Encouraging public-private partnerships in transportation
SB 531 - Increasing annual salaries of certain state employees
SB 535 - Providing for revocation of school personnel certification or licensure in certain circumstances
SB 536 - Relating generally to controlled substance criminal offenses
SB 537 - Providing additional firefighters and security guards for National Guard
SB 538 - Establishing BUILD WV Act
SB 539 - Creating Division of Multimodal Transportation
SB 544 - Allowing interest or earnings on federal COVID-19 relief money be retained in certain funds
SB 552 - Relating to tax sale process
SB 554 - Transferring functions of WV Solid Waste Management Board to DEP
SB 582 - Creating WV Workforce Resiliency Act
SB 598 - Establishing partnerships and aid for at-risk veterans to combat suicide
SB 624 - Making supplementary appropriation to DHHR, Division of Health, Laboratory Services
SB 625 - Making supplementary appropriation to DHHR, Division of Health, Vital Statistics Account
SB 626 - Supplementing, amending, and increasing existing items of appropriation from State Road Fund to DOT, DMV
SB 627 - Supplementing, amending, and increasing existing item of appropriation from State Road Fund to DOT, DOH
SB 628 - Supplementing and amending appropriations to Department of Commerce, DNR
SB 629 - Supplementing and amending appropriations to Department of Education, WV BOE, Vocational Division
SB 630 - Supplementing and amending appropriations to Higher Education Policy Commission, Administration – Control Account
SB 633 - Supplementing and amending appropriations to DHHR, Consolidated Medical Services Fund
SB 634 - Making supplementary appropriation to DHHR, Division of Health – Hospital Services Revenue Account Special Fund Capital Improvement, Renovation and Operations
SB 636 - Supplementing and amending appropriations to Department of Revenue, Office of Tax Appeals
SB 637 - Supplementing and amending appropriations to Executive, Governor’s Office – Civil Contingent Fund
SB 715 - Decreasing and increasing existing items of appropriations from State Fund, General Revenue
SB 716 - Supplemental appropriation to DOE, WV BOE, Strategic Staff Development
SB 717 - Supplemental appropriation to Miscellaneous Boards and Commissions, Board of Medicine, Medical Licensing Board
SB 718 - Supplemental appropriation to Department of Administration, Travel Management, Aviation Fund
SB 719 - Supplemental appropriation to DHS, Fire Commission, Fire Marshal Fees
SB 720 - Supplementing and amending appropriations to Executive, Governor's Office, Civil Contingent Fund
SB 722 - Expiring funds to DEP, Division of Environmental Protection, Reclamation of Abandoned and Dilapidated Property Program Fund
SB 723 - Making supplementary appropriation to Department of Agriculture, WV Spay Neuter Assistance Fund
SB 724 - Making supplementary appropriation to DHS, Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority
SB 725 - Supplementing and amending appropriations to DHS, WV State Police
SB 731 - Making supplementary appropriation to Department of Tourism, Tourism Workforce Development Fund
SB 732 - Making supplementary appropriation to Hospital Finance Authority, Hospital Finance Authority Fund
SB 733 - Supplementing and amending appropriation to Executive, Governor's Office

Health (6 Bills)
SB 12 - Creating Patient Safety and Transparency Act
SB 23 - Prohibiting mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for WV residents
SB 25 - Updating provisions of Medical Professional Liability Act
SB 32 - Permitting medical marijuana be prescribed in edible form
SB 37 - Removing Hepatitis B vaccine from list of compulsory immunizations
SB 38 - Relating to menstrual product package labeling
SB 39 - Updating certain provisions of Medical Professional Liability Act
SB 43 - Allowing parents to decline required medication administered to newborns
SB 59 - Establishing Community Health Equity Initiative Demonstration Project
SB 93 - Requiring DHHR file petition to terminate parental rights under certain circumstances
SB 94 - Creating Fetal Heartbeat Act
SB 95 - Relating to long-term care and substance abuse treatment
SB 106 - Creating WV Black Lung Program
SB 113 - Relating to treatment of persistent symptoms of hypothyroidism
SB 122 - Creating Tobacco Cessation Initiative Program special revenue account
SB 128 - Prohibiting certain insurance companies from raising rates for policies that allow nursing home care
SB 135 - Relating to acquisition and disposition of property by urban development authority
SB 139 - Prohibiting smoking in vehicle when minor 16 or younger is present
SB 154 - Creating Emergency Medical Services Personnel Loan Forgiveness Program
SB 158 - Collecting and analyzing statistical information pertaining to terminating pregnancies under Medicaid Program
SB 180 - Removing requirement that determination of medical stability be found prior to admission to mental health facility
SB 181 - Creating Core Behavioral Health Crisis Services System
SB 183 - Relating to wholesale importation of prescription drugs
SB 188 - Creating WV Children's Vision Act
SB 203 - Relating to non-compete covenants between certain health care practitioners
SB 206 - Establishing Minority Health Advisory Team
SB 212 - Creating Fetal Heartbeat Act
SB 217 - Allowing private schools option of making vaccinations required for enrollment
SB 220 - Require parental notification of minors being prescribed contraceptives
SB 238 - Requiring health insurance coverage for persons with diabetes
SB 247 - Relating to certified community behavioral health clinics
SB 269 - Youth Mental Health Protection Act
SB 272 - Relating to certain medical criteria as condition of employment
SB 419 - Establishing pilot project to evaluate impact of certain post-substance use disorder residential treatments
SB 470 - Relating generally to health care decisions
SB 471 - Relating generally to public health
SB 483 - Creating Wholesale Prescription Drug Importation Program
SB 491 - Establishing Family and Medical Leave Insurance Benefits Act
SB 551 - Preserving patient's right to abortion
SB 553 - Relating to powers of WV Health Care Authority
SB 559 - Creating Oral Health and Cancer Rights Act
SB 570 - Establishing training for law-enforcement in handling individuals with Alzheimer's and dementias
SB 574 - Relating to WV PEIA
SB 578 - Relating to employers' liability for mandated COVID-19 vaccine
SB 585 - Creating administrative medicine license for physicians not practicing clinical medicine
SB 599 - Relating to patient's rights and informed consent for vaccinations
SB 601 - WV Human Life Protection Act
SB 603 - Prohibiting licensure and re-licensure in WV if applicant is prohibited from practicing in another jurisdiction
SB 605 - Permitting pharmacists to dispense ivermectin by means of standing order
SB 607 - Requiring PEIA reimbursement rates be no less than Medicare
SB 614 - Requiring health care facilities to ensure patients have adequate access to clergy
SB 632 - Making Office of Emergency Medical Services independent office within Executive Branch
SB 647 - Prohibiting discrimination in organ donation process
SB 652 - Requiring hospitals to receive patients transported to them by EMS providers
SB 657 - Relating to tax on medical cannabis
SB 660 - Setting forth standard of care requirements for telehealth practice
SB 674 - Providing for no more than two licensed medical cannabis testing laboratories in state
SB 679 - Requiring health care providers and law-enforcement officers to notify DMV when licensee is incapable of operating motor vehicle
SB 692 - Requiring DHHR to report child abuse and neglect to county community services manager
SB 700 - Relating to eligibility of SNAP benefits
SB 702 - Relating generally to certificate of need
SB 709 - Authorizing Secretary of DHHR to designate positions as critical needs
SB 710 - Relating to exemptions from COVID-19 immunization
SB 712 - Strengthening regulation of medication-assisted treatment programs

Human Rights (3 Bills)
SB 24 - Establishing WV Freedom of Conscience Protection Act
SB 45 - Prohibiting certain divisive acts from school curriculum, state agencies, and any groups receiving state funding
SB 58 - Requiring certain movie theaters to provide open captioning during certain showings
SB 148 - Prohibiting racial discrimination based on certain hair textures and hairstyles
SB 156 - Prohibiting unlawful discriminatory practices covered by Human Rights Act and Fair Housing Act
SB 216 - Creating Student Journalist Press Freedom Restoration Act
SB 256 - Prohibiting civil rights violations based on disability, gender identity, or sexual orientation
SB 416 - Forbidding excessive government limitations on exercise of religion
SB 468 - Creating Unborn Child with Down Syndrome Protection and Education Act
SB 705 - Creating WV Native American Tribes Unique Recognition, Authentication, and Listing Act

Human Services (19 Bills)
SB 9 - Providing continued eligibility for developmental disability services to dependents of military members
SB 93 - Requiring DHHR file petition to terminate parental rights under certain circumstances
SB 103 - Creating Closed Captioning Act
SB 111 - Increasing minimum salaries for Bureau for Child Support Enforcement attorneys
SB 174 - Designating DHHR social workers to promote school attendance and performance
SB 183 - Relating to wholesale importation of prescription drugs
SB 237 - Creating litigation practice license for social workers
SB 419 - Establishing pilot project to evaluate impact of certain post-substance use disorder residential treatments
SB 661 - Relating to licensure of Head Start facilities in WV

Insurance (16 Bills)
SB 40 - Prohibiting insurance coverage from requiring prior authorization for tests to stage cancer
SB 62 - Relating to use of aftermarket crash parts by repair shops
SB 80 - Increasing required medical coverage for autism spectrum disorders
SB 89 - Relating to surcharge on fire and casualty insurance policies for funding volunteer fire departments
SB 128 - Prohibiting certain insurance companies from raising rates for policies that allow nursing home care
SB 160 - Prohibiting abortion coverage in certain qualified health care plans
SB 169 - Prohibiting insurers from denying coverage as result of pre-existing condition
SB 175 - Ensuring coverage for residents with pre-existing conditions
SB 176 - Relating to insurance coverage for insulin
SB 179 - Authorizing small private employers to buy-in to PEIA
SB 189 - Prohibiting insurance discrimination against firearms manufacturers
SB 204 - Relating to PEIA inpatient rates
SB 205 - Expanding PEIA Finance Board membership
SB 234 - Creating surcharge on fire and casualty insurance policies to help municipalities and counties with certain fire-related cleanup and demolition
SB 238 - Requiring health insurance coverage for persons with diabetes
SB 418 - Removing PEIA exemption from provisions of chapters 5 and 33 of code
SB 430 - Modifying witness fee rate paid by state to match federal court system
SB 491 - Establishing Family and Medical Leave Insurance Benefits Act
SB 511 - Prohibiting insurers deny prescription drugs for addiction treatment in certain circumstances
SB 534 - Clarifying that secondary source on insurance is not controlling authority
SB 559 - Creating Oral Health and Cancer Rights Act
SB 568 - Relating to health insurance loss ratio information
SB 615 - Requiring certain health insurance providers cover treatment for certain pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders
SB 620 - Increasing maximum dental coverage for Medicaid recipients
SB 623 - Relating to State Living Donor Protection Act
SB 663 - Requiring medical insurance providers to include infertility services in their policies
SB 688 - Creating Affordable Medicaid Buy-in Program
SB 706 - Relating to PEIA reimbursement of inpatient hospital rates

Juveniles (9 Bills)
SB 109 - Transferring child welfare enforcement responsibilities to State Police
SB 139 - Prohibiting smoking in vehicle when minor 16 or younger is present
SB 220 - Require parental notification of minors being prescribed contraceptives
SB 224 - Setting age of consent for marriage at 18
SB 269 - Youth Mental Health Protection Act
SB 274 - Requiring secretary of DHHR to allocate CPS workers by Bureau of Social Services' district annually

Labor (8 Bills)
SB 71 - Prohibiting political subdivisions from enacting certain ordinances, regulations, local policies, or other legal requirements
SB 72 - Requiring certain documents that contain wage records be considered confidential
SB 81 - Repealing WV Workplace Freedom Act
SB 99 - Continuing authority to index license and stamp fees
SB 101 - Relating generally to payment of salary or wages under Parental Leave Act
SB 108 - Reestablishing prevailing wage for certain state government contracts
SB 110 - Creating Local Government Labor and Consumer Marketing Regulatory Limitation Act
SB 239 - Requiring contractors provide county boards of education number of units constructed prior to issuing permit
SB 245 - Revising wage payment and collection
SB 421 - Creating Paid Parental Leave Pilot Program
SB 428 - Relating generally to minimum wage
SB 464 - Including independent contractors within definition of employee

Legal Gaming (2 Bills)
SB 141 - Modifying requirement that racetrack participate in WV Thoroughbred Development Fund by certain date

Legislature (1 Bills)
SB 84 - Calculating retirement benefits for certain legislative members under WV Public Employees Retirement Act
SB 159 - Providing procedure for WV to select delegates to Article V Convention
SB 197 - Drug testing of legislators
SB 210 - Relating to measures Governor may make during state of emergency
SB 571 - Declaring certain claims to be moral obligations of state
SB 591 - Relating to process for filling vacancies in state Legislature

Legislature--Rule Making (27 Bills)
SB 275 - Ethics Commission rule relating to use of office for private gain, including nepotism
SB 276 - Division of Personnel rule relating to Administrative Rule of the WV Division of Personnel
SB 277 - Office of Technology rule relating to Chief Information Officer review
SB 278 - Office of Technology rule relating to cyber reporting
SB 279 - Authorizing DEP to promulgate legislative rules
SB 280 - DEP rule relating to standards of performance for new stationary sources
SB 281 - DEP rule relating to control of air pollution from combustion of solid waste
SB 282 - DEP rule relating to emission standards for hazardous air pollutants
SB 283 - DEP rule relating to requirements for management of coal combustion residuals
SB 284 - DEP rule relating to requirements governing water quality standards
SB 285 - DEP rule relating to underground injection control
SB 286 - DEP rule relating to administrative proceedings and civil penalty assessment
SB 287 - DHHR rule relating to methods and standards for chemical tests for intoxication
SB 288 - DHHR rule relating to hospital licensure
SB 289 - DHHR rule relating to childhood lead screening
SB 290 - DHHR rule relating to food manufacturing facilities
SB 291 - DHHR rule relating to sewage treatment and collection system design standards
SB 292 - DHHR rule relating to emergency medical services
SB 293 - DHHR rule relating to clinical laboratory practitioner licensure and certification
SB 294 - DHHR rule relating to clandestine drug laboratory remediation
SB 295 - DHHR rule relating to maternal risk screening
SB 296 - DHHR rule relating to expedited partner therapy
SB 297 - Health Care Authority rule relating to certificate of need
SB 298 - DHHR rule relating to medication-assisted treatment, opioid treatment programs
SB 299 - DHHR rule relating to syringe services program licensure
SB 300 - DHHR and Insurance Commissioner rule relating to all payer claims database, data submission requirements
SB 301 - DHHR and Insurance Commissioner rule relating to all-payer claims database program's privacy and security rule
SB 302 - Governor’s Committee on Crime, Delinquency, and Correction rule relating to law-enforcement training and certification standards
SB 303 - Fire Commission rule relating to Fire Code
SB 304 - Fire Commission rule relating to State Building Code
SB 305 - Fire Commission rule relating to Volunteer Fire Department Equipment and Training Grant funding disbursement
SB 306 - Fire Commission rule relating to specialized membership
SB 307 - Fire Commission rule relating to junior firefighters
SB 308 - Fire Commission rule relating to certification of fire chiefs
SB 309 - Fire Commission rule relating to use of aqueous film-forming foam for fire training program purposes
SB 310 - Fire Marshal rule relating to regulation of fireworks and related explosive materials
SB 311 - State Police rule relating to career progression
SB 312 - Authorization for Department of Revenue to promulgate legislative rules
SB 313 - Alcohol Beverage Control Commission rule relating to nonintoxicating beer licensing and operations procedures
SB 314 - Insurance Commissioner rule relating to continuing education for individual insurance producers and individual insurance adjusters
SB 315 - Insurance Commissioner rule relating to adoption of valuation manual
SB 316 - Insurance Commissioner rule relating to pharmacy auditing entities and pharmacy benefit managers
SB 317 - Insurance Commissioner rule relating to term and universal life insurance reserve financing
SB 318 - Insurance Commissioner rule relating to bail bondsmen in criminal cases
SB 319 - Lottery Commission rule relating to WV Lottery state lottery rules
SB 320 - Lottery Commission rule relating to WV Lottery limited video lottery rule
SB 321 - Racing Commission rule relating to thoroughbred racing
SB 322 - Racing Commission rule relating to pari-mutuel wagering
SB 323 - Tax Department rule relating to valuation of producing and reserve oil, natural gas liquids, and natural gas for ad valorem property tax purposes
SB 324 - Tax Department rule relating to WV tax credit for federal excise tax imposed upon small arms and ammunition manufacturers
SB 325 - Tax Department rule relating to the sales tax holiday
SB 326 - Tax Department rule relating to exemption for repair, remodeling, and maintenance of aircraft
SB 327 - Tax Department rule relating to vendor absorption or assumption of sales and use tax
SB 328 - Tax Department rule relating to online bingo and raffles
SB 329 - Tax Department rule relating to Corporation Net Income Tax
SB 330 - Authorizing DOT to promulgate legislative rules
SB 331 - DMV rule relating to dealer licensing
SB 332 - DMV rule relating to collection of tax on sale of a vehicle
SB 333 - DOT rule relating to employment procedures
SB 334 - Authorizing miscellaneous agencies and boards to promulgate rules
SB 335 - Department of Agriculture rule relating to commercial feed
SB 336 - Department of Agriculture rule relating to enrichment of flour and bread law regulations
SB 337 - Department of Agriculture rule relating to fruits and vegetables certification of potatoes for seedling purposes
SB 338 - Department of Agriculture rule relating to Fresh Food Act
SB 339 - Department of Agriculture rule relating to auctioneers
SB 340 - Department of Agriculture rule relating to hemp products
SB 341 - Commissioner of Agriculture rule relating to livestock care standards
SB 342 - Department of Agriculture rule relating to Rural Rehabilitation Program
SB 343 - Department of Agriculture rule relating to Farm-to-Food Bank Tax Credit
SB 344 - Department of Agriculture rule relating to farmers markets
SB 345 - Department of Agriculture rule relating to seed certification
SB 346 - Auditor rule relating to procedure for local levying bodies to apply for permission to extend time to meet as levying body
SB 347 - Auditor rule relating to accountability requirements for state funds and grants
SB 348 - Board Chiropractic Examiners rule relating to chiropractic telehealth practice
SB 349 - Contractor Licensing Board rule relating to Contractor Licensing Act
SB 350 - Board of Examiners in Counseling rule relating to licensing rule
SB 351 - Board of Examiners in Counseling rule relating to licensed professional counselors fees rule
SB 352 - Board of Examiners in Counseling rule relating to marriage and family therapist licensing rule
SB 353 - Board of Examiners in Counseling rule relating to marriage and family therapist fees rule
SB 354 - Dangerous Wild Animal Board rule relating to dangerous wild animal
SB 355 - Board of Dentistry rule relating to WV Board of Dentistry
SB 356 - Board of Dentistry rule relating to formation and approval of professional limited liability companies
SB 357 - Board of Dentistry rule relating to formation and approval of dental corporation and dental practice ownership
SB 358 - Board of Dentistry rule relating to continuing education requirements
SB 359 - Board of Dentistry rule relating to administration of anesthesia by dentists
SB 360 - Board of Dentistry rule relating to expanded duties of dental hygienists and dental assistants
SB 361 - Board of Dentistry rule relating to teledentistry
SB 362 - WV Board of Funeral Service Examiners rule relating to fee schedule
SB 363 - Massage Therapy Board rule relating to general provisions
SB 364 - Board of Medicine rule relating to licensing and disciplinary procedures: physicians, podiatric physicians, and surgeons
SB 365 - Board of Medicine rule relating to licensure, practice requirements, disciplinary and complaint procedures, continuing education, and physician assistants
SB 366 - Board of Medicine rule relating to dispensing of prescription drugs by practitioners
SB 367 - Board of Medicine rule relating to continuing education for physicians and podiatric physicians
SB 368 - Board of Medicine rule relating to practitioner requirements for accessing WV Controlled Substances Monitoring Program Database
SB 369 - Board of Medicine rule relating to establishment and regulation of limited license to practice medicine and surgery at certain state veterans nursing home facilities
SB 370 - Board of Medicine rule relating to registration to practice during declared state of emergency
SB 371 - Authorizing miscellaneous boards and agencies to promulgate legislative rules
SB 372 - Board of Osteopathic Medicine rule relating to licensing procedures for osteopathic physicians
SB 373 - Board of Osteopathic Medicine rule relating to osteopathic physician assistants
SB 374 - Board of Osteopathic Medicine rule relating to practitioner requirements for controlled substances licensure and accessing WV Controlled Substances Monitoring Program Database
SB 375 - Board of Osteopathic Medicine rule relating to telehealth practice and interstate telehealth registration for osteopathic physicians and physician assistants
SB 376 - Board of Pharmacy rule relating to licensure and practice of pharmacist care
SB 377 - Board of Pharmacy rule relating to Controlled Substances Monitoring Program
SB 378 - Board of Pharmacy rule relating to regulations governing pharmacists
SB 379 - PSC rule relating to occupancy of customer-provided conduit
SB 380 - Real Estate Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board rule relating to requirements for licensure and certification
SB 381 - Real Estate Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board rule relating to renewal of licensure or certification
SB 382 - Real Estate Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board rule relating to renewal of appraisal management companies
SB 383 - Board of Registered Professional Nurses rule relating to limited prescriptive authority for nurses in advanced practice
SB 384 - Board of Registered Professional Nurses rule relating to telehealth practice
SB 385 - Secretary of State rule relating to voter registration at DMV
SB 386 - Secretary of State rule relating to voter registration list maintenance by Secretary of State
SB 387 - Secretary of State rule relating to Combined Voter Registration and Driver Licensing Fund
SB 388 - Secretary of State rule relating to use of digital signatures
SB 389 - Secretary of State rule relating to regulation of political party headquarters finances
SB 390 - Secretary of State rule relating to standards and guidelines for electronic notarization, remote online notarization, and remote ink notarization
SB 391 - Secretary of State rule relating to real property electronic recording standards and regulations
SB 392 - Board of Social Work Examiners rule relating to qualifications for profession of social work
SB 393 - Social Work Examiners rule relating to continuing education for social workers and providers
SB 394 - Board of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology rule relating to licensure of speech-pathology and audiology
SB 395 - Treasurer rule relating to Substitute Checks, Exceptional Items Fund
SB 396 - Treasurer rule relating to procedures for deposit of moneys with State Treasurer's Office by state agencies
SB 397 - Treasurer rule relating to selection of state depositories for disbursement accounts through competitive bidding
SB 398 - Treasurer rule relating to selection of state depositories for receipt accounts
SB 399 - Treasurer rule relating to procedures for processing payments from State Treasury
SB 400 - Treasurer rule relating to reporting debt
SB 401 - Treasurer rule relating to procedures for fees in collections by charge, credit, or debit card or by electronic payment
SB 402 - Treasurer rule relating to procedures for providing services to political subdivisions
SB 403 - Division of Labor rule relating to child labor
SB 404 - Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training rule relating to governing safety of those employed in and around surface mines in WV
SB 405 - Office of Miners' Health, Safety, and Training rule relating to governing first-aid training of shaft and slope employees
SB 406 - Office of Miners' Health, Safety, and Training rule relating to substance abuse screening, standards, and procedures
SB 407 - DNR rule relating to revocation of hunting and fishing licenses
SB 408 - DNR rule relating to special motorboating regulations
SB 409 - DNR rule relating to public shooting ranges
SB 410 - DNR rule relating to general hunting
SB 411 - DNR rule relating to commercial sale of wildlife
SB 412 - DNR rule relating to lifetime hunting, trapping, and fishing licenses
SB 650 - Eliminating number of royalty owners required for utilization by operator for lawful use and development by co-tenants

Local and Special Laws (19 Bills)
SB 571 - Declaring certain claims to be moral obligations of state

Military and Veterans (6 Bills)
SB 9 - Providing continued eligibility for developmental disability services to dependents of military members
SB 49 - Establishing program to pay monthly allotment to certain veterans
SB 210 - Relating to measures Governor may make during state of emergency
SB 698 - Relating to number and selection of members for Governor's Veterans Council
SB 701 - Including children and spouses of deceased active-duty officers in eligibility for War Orphan Education Program

Motor Vehicles (6 Bills)
SB 13 - Eliminating suspension of driver's license for failure to pay court fines and costs
SB 19 - Repealing additional registration fees for alternative fuel vehicles
SB 35 - Adding grievance and appellate procedures for individuals participating in DMV Safety and Treatment Program
SB 62 - Relating to use of aftermarket crash parts by repair shops
SB 77 - Allowing certain veterans park free at metered parking in any state municipality
SB 91 - Creating "Choose Life" special registration plate supporting adoption
SB 127 - Allowing certain motorcycle operators to ride without helmet
SB 136 - Updating language regarding Fairmont State alumni license plates
SB 151 - Creating license plate recognizing linemen
SB 157 - Repealing article relating to mandatory motor vehicle state inspections
SB 162 - Relating to mobility impairment identifying documents
SB 192 - Establishing Civil Air Patrol license plate
SB 249 - Permitting special registration plates for persons with certain medical conditions
SB 263 - Providing greater access to CDL examiners
SB 423 - Establishing limited exemption to photo ID requirements
SB 455 - Increasing vehicle registration fees
SB 671 - Modernizing regulation of car-sharing services in WV
SB 679 - Requiring health care providers and law-enforcement officers to notify DMV when licensee is incapable of operating motor vehicle
SB 690 - Relating to redefining school zone

Municipalities (7 Bills)
SB 75 - Requiring certain municipalities pay for incarceration of inmates
SB 132 - Requiring municipalities that impose one percent sales tax must reduce and remove B&O tax in five years
SB 234 - Creating surcharge on fire and casualty insurance policies to help municipalities and counties with certain fire-related cleanup and demolition
SB 242 - Restricting authority to prevent or limit owner's use of natural resources or real property in certain agricultural operations
SB 417 - Relating to authorized expenditures of revenues from certain state funds for fire departments
SB 433 - Relating to municipal fire departments
SB 434 - Updating authority to airports for current operations
SB 540 - Allowing municipal fire departments provide retirees with service weapon in certain circumstances
SB 612 - Relating to pension obligation bonds for municipalities
SB 643 - Removing residency requirement of members appointed to county airport authority

Natural Resources (7 Bills)
SB 1 - Creating Mining Mutual Insurance Company
SB 10 - Relating to WVU Rifle Team electronic application donation program
SB 56 - Creating Orphan Oil and Gas Well Prevention Act
SB 65 - Protecting albino deer
SB 98 - Creating nonresident three-day fishing license
SB 117 - Assessing wildlife impact fee on wind power projects
SB 143 - Relating to tax credit for disabled veterans for lifetime hunting, trapping, and fishing license
SB 145 - Exempting certain persons from hunting, trapping, and fishing license fees
SB 161 - Prohibiting Natural Resources Commission from establishing bag limit for antlered deer
SB 163 - Permitting certain veterans to hunt, trap, or fish in state without license
SB 170 - Providing WV veterans discounts on fees and charges at state parks
SB 187 - Creating Natural Resources Anti-Commandeering Act
SB 209 - Creating Timber Co-tenancy Modernization and Majority Protection Act and Unknown and Unlocatable Timber Interest Owners Act
SB 458 - Establishing legal right to title of substances derived from drainage on mined lands
SB 462 - Changing fees for permitting actions related to coal mining
SB 469 - Clarifying persons may lawfully possess loaded rifles and shotguns in vehicles in certain instances
SB 485 - Authorizing DNR to enter certain third-party contracts
SB 502 - Including license classes to bear damage stamp for hunting license
SB 508 - Requiring certain attire for deer hunters with muzzleloaders
SB 562 - Creating Adopt-A-Trail volunteer programs for public land under DNR jurisdiction
SB 563 - Authorizing dispersed camping on state properties under DNR jurisdiction
SB 565 - Establishing resident and nonresident wildlife viewing stamps
SB 566 - Requiring Department of Commerce to develop plan for adventure travel recreation promotion in WV
SB 567 - Exempting unmined rare earth metals and elements from taxation in WV
SB 577 - Waiving fees for emergency responders disabled in line of duty for hunting, trapping, and fishing licenses
SB 579 - Defining standards for outfitters and guides and commercial jeep tours
SB 694 - Relating to oil and gas conservation

Professions and Occupations (9 Bills)
SB 120 - Establishing tax credit for certain physicians who locate to practice in WV
SB 131 - Establishing Chuck Yeager Mountain State Medal of Excellence
SB 202 - Regulating pawnbrokers
SB 213 - Establishing licensed professional counseling compact
SB 214 - Updating telepsychology compact
SB 221 - Establishing occupational therapy compact
SB 271 - Relating to administration of anesthetics
SB 473 - Creating Katherine Johnson and Dorothy Vaughan Fair Pay Act
SB 579 - Defining standards for outfitters and guides and commercial jeep tours
SB 603 - Prohibiting licensure and re-licensure in WV if applicant is prohibited from practicing in another jurisdiction
SB 606 - Relating to WV Medical Practice Act
SB 655 - Authorizing tactical medical professional to carry firearm with specific training requirements
SB 681 - Relating generally to WV Real Estate License Act
SB 685 - Relating to WV Real Estate License Act
SB 699 - Defining practice of dentistry
SB 707 - Providing minimum experience requirement for director of services class title involving school transportation

Public Safety (12 Bills)
SB 4 - Repealing ban on construction of nuclear power plants
SB 44 - Requiring State Fire Commission propose rules for sprinkler protection for certain new buildings
SB 52 - Prohibiting county airport authorities from adopting rules prohibiting possession of firearms in public areas
SB 76 - Mandating coverage for medical care of State Police officers injured in line of duty
SB 78 - Requiring hospitals to staff qualified personnel to perform sexual assault forensic exams
SB 82 - Requiring DHHR secretary appoint director of Office of Emergency Medical Services
SB 109 - Transferring child welfare enforcement responsibilities to State Police
SB 127 - Allowing certain motorcycle operators to ride without helmet
SB 137 - Requiring persons convicted of certain felonies on or after March 8, 1995, provide DNA samples
SB 140 - Allowing state and federal criminal history record check of each adult living in residence when minor child is placed there due to emergency
SB 142 - Requiring payment of increased costs to volunteer fire departments and EMS units imposed by legislative rules
SB 155 - Creating tax credit for persons who successfully complete firearms safety course
SB 190 - Declaring sale and manufacture of firearms an essential business during declared emergency
SB 243 - Granting all public employees 10 percent per year permanent pay increase
SB 273 - Relating to number of state troopers in county
SB 422 - Relating to DNA data maintained for law-enforcement purposes
SB 425 - Requiring free feminine hygiene products be provided to female prisoners
SB 427 - Permitting WV Board of Medicine investigators to carry concealed weapon
SB 433 - Relating to municipal fire departments
SB 435 - Awarding service weapon to retiree from Division of Protective Services
SB 436 - Correcting code citation for authority of State Fire Marshal
SB 437 - Providing for early discharge of parolees
SB 441 - Providing confidentiality of video and other records of correctional juvenile facilities
SB 448 - Developing policies and procedures for Statewide Interoperability Executive Committee
SB 449 - Relating to Nonviolent Offense Parole Program
SB 488 - Eliminating restrictions on voting rights for formerly incarcerated individuals
SB 513 - Creating Fire Service Recruitment and Retention Grant
SB 556 - Removing outdated reference to federal officers’ peace-keeping authority
SB 570 - Establishing training for law-enforcement in handling individuals with Alzheimer's and dementias
SB 619 - Relating to rulemaking for unidentified and unclaimed remains in possession of Chief Medical Examiner
SB 632 - Making Office of Emergency Medical Services independent office within Executive Branch
SB 661 - Relating to licensure of Head Start facilities in WV
SB 666 - Adding Kratom and Delta-8 THC to list of Schedule 1 controlled substances
SB 679 - Requiring health care providers and law-enforcement officers to notify DMV when licensee is incapable of operating motor vehicle
SB 728 - Requiring registered sex offenders pay annual fee

Public Service Commission (5 Bills)
SB 129 - Making it unlawful for public utility to prohibit customers from hiring contractors to construct, install, or maintain connections to public utility
SB 597 - Relating to PSC underground facilities damage prevention and one-call system
SB 638 - Changing hearing and notice provisions for failing or distressed public utilities
SB 639 - Providing 45-day waiting period on rate increases when water and sewer services are purchased from municipality
SB 640 - Eliminating requirement of PSC to send certain recommended decisions by certified mail
SB 648 - Relating to Cable Television Systems Act
SB 649 - Requiring communication providers providing service or obtaining WV area codes to register with PSC

Real and Personal Property (11 Bills)
SB 69 - Relating to costs and interest in eminent domain condemnation proceedings
SB 130 - Providing protection for property owner when someone visiting private cemetery causes damage to property
SB 153 - Changing determination of compensation paid to landowner when eminent domain used for pipeline
SB 500 - Regulating land installment contracts for sale of real estate
SB 590 - Clarifying that tenancy includes persons who reside in sober living home
SB 600 - Limiting liability of landowners when land is used for noncommercial recreational purposes
SB 608 - Relating to assessment and taxation of real property occupied by certain family members
SB 683 - Permitting regulated consumer lenders to conduct business other than making loans with approval by Division of Financial Institutions

Records and Papers (6 Bills)
SB 414 - Creating special revenue account for statewide records management program
SB 423 - Establishing limited exemption to photo ID requirements
SB 441 - Providing confidentiality of video and other records of correctional juvenile facilities

Retirement (3 Bills)
SB 11 - Including family court judges in Judges' Retirement System
SB 42 - Authorizing public retirement system participants to receive cash value of retirement benefits in lieu of regular payments
SB 61 - Establishing contribution holiday for certain public retirement plans
SB 84 - Calculating retirement benefits for certain legislative members under WV Public Employees Retirement Act
SB 173 - Restricting participation in State Teachers Retirement System by members who serve as officer in professional teaching association
SB 233 - Providing $1,000 cost-of-living adjustment to certain PERS and State Teachers Retirement System retirees
SB 270 - Relating to employment benefits for public safety personnel
SB 429 - Increasing exclusion from state personal income tax for members of PERS
SB 432 - Providing one-time bonus for Public Employees Retirement System and State Teachers Retirement System
SB 435 - Awarding service weapon to retiree from Division of Protective Services
SB 442 - Relating to WV Public Employee Retirement System
SB 443 - Including police and firefighter as electors of trustees for certain pension funds
SB 444 - Providing that retirement benefits are not subject to execution
SB 445 - Modifying police and firemen's pension plans for trustees
SB 446 - Updating definitions for police and firemen's pensions
SB 454 - Relating to re-employment after retirement by public employees
SB 486 - Allowing PERS retirees to designate special needs trust as beneficiary
SB 503 - Allowing members of Teachers Retirement System apply leave for retirement benefits
SB 512 - Restoring Retiree Health Benefit Trust for hires prior to July 1, 2010
SB 532 - Requiring reports to Joint Committee on Pensions and Retirement every five years on deferred retirement option plans
SB 549 - Updating provisions of certain retirement and pension benefits
SB 594 - Providing enhanced retirement benefits for 911 staff as members within PERS
SB 612 - Relating to pension obligation bonds for municipalities
SB 631 - Allowing WV Professional Charter School Board to vote for its executive director and other employees to participate in Teachers’ Retirement System
SB 641 - Requiring Consolidated Public Retirement Board to set contributions to Deputy Sheriff's Retirement System
SB 642 - Establishing WV Public Safety Employees Retirement System
SB 664 - Relating to retirement system for judges of courts of record
SB 669 - Relating to contribution levels of certain judges who participate in retirement system
SB 670 - Permitting newly hired 911 personnel to participate in Emergency Medical Services Retirement System

Roads and Transportation (13 Bills)
SB 30 - Relating to interest rate in condemnation proceedings
SB 48 - Exempting DOH from Purchasing Division procedures
SB 57 - Relating to maintenance and repair of roads and highways
SB 66 - Establishing 80 miles per hour speed limit on state highways
SB 69 - Relating to costs and interest in eminent domain condemnation proceedings
SB 102 - Permitting DOH commissioner to make money transfers within State Road Fund
SB 105 - Returning refundable exemption for road construction contractors to State Road Fund
SB 116 - Relating to outdoor advertising regulated by DOH
SB 123 - Exempting certain physicians from specified traffic laws when responding to emergencies
SB 164 - Exempting emergency vehicles and private ambulances from paying tolls or other charges
SB 193 - Prohibiting charging fee for parking in accessible parking space bearing international symbol of access
SB 263 - Providing greater access to CDL examiners
SB 465 - Removing residency requirement for DOH Commissioner
SB 492 - Relating to electronic collection of tolls
SB 560 - Defining Class 2 e-bikes
SB 564 - Mapping of public roads
SB 609 - Allowing DOH Commissioner to accept ownership of rented and leased equipment
SB 610 - Relating to duties, powers and responsibilities of DOT Secretary
SB 611 - Removing cap on bidder's contract bond

Rule Making Authority (4 Bills)
SB 606 - Relating to WV Medical Practice Act

Salaries (18 Bills)
SB 172 - Increasing compensation of elected county officials
SB 257 - Increasing salaries for WV State Police
SB 489 - Clarifying amount of deputy sheriff annual salary increase

State Personnel (1 Bills)
SB 18 - Providing pay raises to teachers
SB 42 - Authorizing public retirement system participants to receive cash value of retirement benefits in lieu of regular payments
SB 165 - Authorizing transfer of accrued personal leave of former county board of education employee when subsequently employed by state agency
SB 230 - Relating generally to public employees grievance procedure
SB 243 - Granting all public employees 10 percent per year permanent pay increase
SB 270 - Relating to employment benefits for public safety personnel
SB 273 - Relating to number of state troopers in county
SB 429 - Increasing exclusion from state personal income tax for members of PERS
SB 432 - Providing one-time bonus for Public Employees Retirement System and State Teachers Retirement System
SB 454 - Relating to re-employment after retirement by public employees
SB 465 - Removing residency requirement for DOH Commissioner
SB 486 - Allowing PERS retirees to designate special needs trust as beneficiary
SB 676 - Relating to use of personal leave days by teachers

Taxation (139 Bills)
SB 22 - Relating to exempting certain organizations from property taxation
SB 26 - Relating generally to licenses to sell paraphernalia for use with controlled substances
SB 28 - Allowing Tax Commissioner to process certain early refunds
SB 31 - Redirecting excise tax revenue on bottled soft drinks from WVU to counties for law-enforcement support
SB 36 - Requiring notice be sent to owners of record before real property can be sold due to nonpayment of taxes
SB 46 - Exempting Social Security benefits from personal income tax
SB 50 - Authorizing counties to impose county sales and use tax up to one percent under certain circumstances
SB 51 - Relating to WV Film Industry Investment Act
SB 63 - Relating to wind power projects taxation at real property rates
SB 64 - Allowing county commissions to impose amusement tax
SB 73 - Providing new graduates of in-state or out-of-state higher educational institution or trade school certain tax credits
SB 79 - Authorizing tax credit for business entities which invest in certain fresh food retailers
SB 104 - Creating annual adjustment to motor fuel excise tax
SB 120 - Establishing tax credit for certain physicians who locate to practice in WV
SB 124 - Exempting certain vehicles from ad valorem taxation when used for public purpose
SB 132 - Requiring municipalities that impose one percent sales tax must reduce and remove B&O tax in five years
SB 144 - Creating personal income tax credit for volunteer firefighters
SB 149 - Exempting firearm safe storage products from consumers sales tax
SB 152 - Exempting nonprofit corporations from property tax for certain agricultural and industrial fairs and expositions
SB 155 - Creating tax credit for persons who successfully complete firearms safety course
SB 171 - Relating to tax exemption for child support due
SB 185 - Clarifying municipal B&O taxation where business activity occurs in multiple locations
SB 198 - Creating Stay in State tax credit
SB 201 - Providing tax credit to new graduates of in-state or out-of-state higher educational institution, community or technical college, or trade school
SB 207 - Providing earned income tax credit against personal income tax
SB 215 - Creating tax credit for individuals who purchase firearm safety equipment
SB 265 - Exempting certain irrevocable trusts from personal income tax
SB 415 - Capping severance tax collections in general revenue at specified percentage
SB 426 - Increasing rate of taxation on cigarettes and tobacco-related products
SB 429 - Increasing exclusion from state personal income tax for members of PERS
SB 447 - Creating personal income tax credit for nurses in WV
SB 450 - Updating definitions of WV Personal Income Tax Act
SB 451 - Updating definitions of WV Corporation Net Income Tax Act
SB 457 - Relating to reducing consumers sales and service tax
SB 474 - Repealing tax credit for purchase of EZ-Pass through WV Parkways Authority
SB 475 - Consolidating administrative fees collected into Tax Administration Services Fund
SB 476 - Relating to imposition of minimum severance tax on coal
SB 478 - Relating to Neighborhood Investment Program
SB 479 - Specifying allocation and apportionment of income of flow-through entities
SB 482 - Relating to State Road Fund
SB 497 - Relating to method for appraising qualified capital additions to manufacturing facilities
SB 501 - Eliminating requirement on apprenticeship tax credit for certain tax years
SB 504 - Providing statutory framework for treatment of digital assets
SB 506 - Authorizing manufacturing investment tax credit and property tax adjustment credit against personal income tax
SB 507 - Authorizing consumers sales and service and use tax exemptions for certain qualified purchases
SB 533 - Relating to funding for health sciences and medical schools in state
SB 567 - Exempting unmined rare earth metals and elements from taxation in WV
SB 596 - Exempting capital gains from personal and corporate taxation
SB 613 - Establishing reliable funding for DEP Office of Oil and Gas
SB 635 - Relating to Tobacco Products Excise Tax Act
SB 656 - Providing tax credit for certain corporations with child-care facilities for employees
SB 673 - Relating to Farm-to-Food Bank Tax Credit
SB 677 - Relating to funding for supplementing PEIA reimbursements up to Medicare rate
SB 678 - Establishing tax credit for road infrastructure improvement projects and coal production processing facilities

Unemployment Compensation (16 Bills)
SB 2 - Relating to unemployment benefits program
SB 3 - Requiring work search activities to qualify for unemployment benefits
SB 251 - Relating to unemployment compensation records
SB 543 - Creating Unemployment Compensation Insurance Fraud Unit within Workforce WV
SB 548 - Authorizing Workforce WV employers to obtain employment classifications and work locations
SB 576 - Relating to unemployment insurance and COVID-19 vaccination requirement

Uniform Laws (6 Bills)
SB 439 - Adopting Revised Uniform Athlete Agents Act of 2015
SB 440 - Establishing Uniform Commercial Real Estate Receivership Act
SB 453 - Establishing uniform requirements for restrictive employment agreements
SB 484 - Clarifying American Law Institute restatement of law when inconsistent with WV law in civil cases

Utilities (7 Bills)
SB 114 - Relating generally to Electronic Telecommunication Open Infrastructure Act
SB 708 - Relating to cost of relocating public utility facilities for highway construction projects

Workers Compensation (50 Bills)
SB 70 - Relating to time limitation for filing occupational pneumoconiosis claims
SB 83 - Relating generally to occupational pneumoconiosis
SB 133 - Including certain types of cancers for which rebuttable presumption of injury exists for firefighters
SB 177 - Adding certain cancers as rebuttable presumption for certain injuries and diseases for professional firefighters
SB 252 - Relating generally to workers’ compensation

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