Bill Status - 2013 Regular Session
Actions by the Governor
212 Bills Signed by the Governor
| Bill | Title | Status | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SB 22 | Requiring maternity services coverage for all health insurance plan dependents in certain circumstances | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 60 | Relating to name-change notice publication requirements | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 71 | Requiring descriptions of easements and rights-of-way include width in addition to centerline; exception | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 74 | Relating to jury service qualification | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 80 | Including substitute teaching in job duties of certain professional educators employed by county boards | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 82 | Relating to public service district board membership | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 101 | Clarifying Medical Professional Liability Act applies to nursing homes and their health care providers | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 103 | Creating WV Commuter Rail Access Act | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 108 | Creating Fatality and Mortality Review Team | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 145 | Amending election complaint procedures | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 146 | Collecting unpaid magistrate court charges through income tax refund withholding | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 158 | Creating Complete Streets Act | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 172 | Relating to nonintoxicating beer distributor licensees | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 183 | Updating terms in Corporation Net Income Tax Act | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 185 | Relating to alternative-fuel motor vehicles and qualified refueling infrastructure tax credits | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 190 | Relating to public-private transportation projects funding | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 194 | Relating to DHHR contract procedures | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 195 | Modifying tax rate expiration date on eligible acute care hospitals | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 197 | Expiring funds from State Fund, General Revenue, and making supplementary appropriations to various accounts | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 200 | Relating to Eyewitness Identification Act | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 202 | Creating WV Spay Neuter Assistance Program and Fund | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 208 | Making supplementary appropriation from State Fund, General Revenue, to Department of Commerce, Division of Labor, and DHHR, Division of Human Services | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 214 | Eliminating interview requirement for certain medical licensee applicants | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 243 | Authorizing DEP promulgate legislative rules | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 250 | Authorizing Department of Commerce promulgate legislative rules | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 265 | Authorizing DHHR promulgate legislative rules | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 270 | Authorizing Department of Revenue promulgate legislative rules | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 281 | Authorizing Department of Transportation promulgate legislative rules | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 335 | Permitting certain hospitals exemption from certificate of need | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 336 | Relating to interscholastic athletics concussions and head injuries | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 355 | Relating to final wage payment to discharged employees | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 358 | Relating to municipal policemen and firemen pensions | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 359 | Relating generally to reforming public education | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 369 | Relating to concealed handgun license reciprocity | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 371 | Relating to prison overcrowding | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 383 | Authorizing family court judges appoint counsel in certain contempt cases | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 386 | Relating to personal safety orders | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 387 | Relating to family court judge supervision of criminal background investigations | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 394 | Relating to scholarships for dependent children of law-enforcement officers who die in performance of duty | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 401 | Relating to Board of Registration for Professional Engineers | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 403 | Relating to judicial retirement system contribution rates | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 407 | Relating generally to child support orders | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 412 | Relating to county conservation district supervisors | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 414 | Clarifying hunting and fishing license-issuing authorities | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 421 | Exempting certain school mascot from prohibition of firearms possession on school grounds | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 423 | Providing certain convicted persons reduction in sentence | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 426 | Amending Uniform Commercial Code | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 430 | Defining "employment term" in Teachers' Defined Contribution Retirement System | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 431 | Relating to public employer liability for delinquent retirement contributions | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 435 | Continuing Municipal Home Rule Pilot Program | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 437 | Regulating commercial dog-breeding operations | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 438 | Authorizing reorganization of certain community and technical colleges | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 440 | Relating to disclosure of specified tax information for enforcement of Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 441 | Relating to withdrawal of erroneous state tax liens | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 444 | Relating to higher education generally | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 445 | Allowing Tax Commissioner divert lottery prizes to offset tax liabilities of lottery winners | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 446 | Conforming motor fuel taxes with International Fuel Tax Agreement | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 448 | Increasing number of demonstration dealer plates issued to large commercial vehicle dealers | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 454 | Relating to taxation of alternative motor fuels | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 458 | Permitting PEIA operate Medicare retiree health plan on calendar-year basis | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 460 | Exempting certain residents' active duty military pay from state income tax | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 461 | Relating to procedures and protections for child witnesses in domestic relations proceedings | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 462 | Extending time for informal conferences on surface mining permit applications | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 463 | Increasing special license fee paid by pipeline companies to PSC | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 464 | Regulating tanning facilities | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 469 | Clarifying service credit for certain PERS members | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 470 | Permitting wine sale on Sunday mornings at fairs and festivals | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 477 | Relating to electronic registration of voters | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 478 | Redefining "video lottery games"; permitting wagering by historic resort hotel employees | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 481 | Relating to juvenile mental health treatment | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 482 | Relating to sale of voter registration lists | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 489 | Permitting community enhancement districts to decrease annual property assessments | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 491 | Relating to rental car license cost recovery fee | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 496 | Finding and declaring certain claims against state | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 498 | Relating to hearing location for Alcohol Beverage Control Administration's appeal hearings | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 504 | Relating to cooperative associations | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 515 | Relating to use of television receivers and other devices in vehicles | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 523 | Making supplementary appropriation of unappropriated moneys to various accounts | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 524 | Supplementing, amending, decreasing and increasing appropriations from State Road Fund to DOT | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 525 | Making supplementary appropriation of federal funds to various accounts | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 526 | Making supplementary appropriation of federal funds to DHHR, Division of Human Services-Temporary Assistance for Needy Families | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 527 | Relating to process of filling vacancies in certain elected offices | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 534 | Correcting internal code reference regarding insurance information disclosure | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 535 | Relating to process for maintaining voter registration lists | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 538 | Relating generally to disposition of domestic violence orders | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 542 | Relating to restricted races at pari-mutuel thoroughbred horse racetracks | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 544 | Scheduling departmental performance reviews | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 553 | Relating to Highway Design-Build Program | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 557 | Continuing Preventive Care Pilot Program | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 561 | Establishing Tucker County Cultural District Authority | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 564 | Increasing minimum construction cost of municipal public works project before competitive bidding is required | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 571 | Extending time Oceana City Council can meet as levying body | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 580 | Relating generally to practice of dentistry | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 586 | Relating to licensure of barbers and cosmetologists | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 596 | Determining grant awards for Chesapeake Bay and Greenbrier River watershed compliance projects | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 601 | Relating generally to juvenile offenders | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 604 | Expanding definition of "electioneering communication" | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 630 | Relating to Chief Technology Officer's duties with regard to security of government information | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 638 | Terminating certain severance tax exemption for production of natural gas or oil | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 652 | Requiring criminal background checks for home inspector applicants | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 658 | Extending time for Madison City Council to meet as levying body | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 663 | Creating WV Feed to Achieve Act | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| SB 664 | Decreasing appropriations of public moneys in State Fund, General Revenue | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2014 | Budget Bill, making appropriations of public money out of the treasury in accordance with section fifty-one, article six of the Constitution | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2046 | Requiring wireless telecommunications companies to release location information of a missing person's cell phone in a timely manner; the "Kelsey Smith Act" | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2108 | Making the offense of failure to wear safety belts a primary offense | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2158 | Relating to the provision of financially-related services by banks and bank holding companies | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2314 | Authorizing a family court judge to order a child to be taken into custody in emergency situations | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2351 | Authorizing law enforcement to issue a charge by citation when making an arrest for driving with a suspended or revoked license | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2352 | Clarifying that the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection does not assume a mine operator's obligations or liabilities under the Water Pollution Control Act | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2357 | Relating to sexting by minors | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2361 | Relating to the definition of "eligible veteran" for certain state training and employment preference benefits | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2395 | Relating to senior services | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2399 | Protecting livestock in dire or extreme condition | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2431 | Modifying the application process for obtaining a state license to carry a concealed deadly weapon | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2453 | Expanding the Amber Alert Plan; "SKYLAR'S LAW" | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2463 | Repealing the article that permits the sterilization of persons deemed to be mentally incompetent | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2469 | Increasing the cap on earnings during temporary reemployment after retirement | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2470 | Relating to sign support specialist or an educational sign language interpreter in the education of exceptional children | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2471 | Prohibiting the restriction or otherwise lawful possession, use, carrying, transfer, transportation, storage or display of a firearm or ammunition during a declared state of emergency | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2487 | Prohibiting the use of laetrile | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2490 | Providing for the appointment of veterans advocates at state institutions of higher education | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2491 | Establishing a uniform course completion policy for veteran students called up for active duty | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2497 | Requiring applicants for real estate licensure to undergo criminal history record checks | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2498 | Making it a crime for a person sitting on a grand jury to disclose the identity of an individual who will be indicted | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2505 | Increasing civil penalties imposed by the Public Service Commission for pipeline safety violations | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2508 | Changing the capital investment threshold amount | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2512 | Reforming the state Medicaid subrogation statute | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2513 | Improving enforcement of drugged driving offenses | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2514 | Lowering the total amount of tax credits available under the Film Industry Investment Act | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2516 | Updating the meaning of federal adjusted gross income and certain other terms used in the West Virginia Personal Income Tax Act | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2519 | Relating to reallocation and repatriation of certain funds to the General Revenue Fund | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2521 | Relating to the West Virginia Contraband Forfeiture Act | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2531 | Relating to the practice of speech-language pathology and audiology | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2534 | Relating to the regulation of pawn brokers | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2538 | Expiring, supplementing, amending, increasing, and adding items of appropriation in various accounts | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2541 | Making a supplementary appropriation from the State Fund, State Excess Lottery Revenue Fund, to the Department of Health and Human Resources, Division of Human Services | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2542 | Relating to publication of the State Register | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2548 | Increasing the criminal penalties for assaults and batteries against athletic officials | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2553 | Authorizing the Secretary of State to administratively dissolve certain business entities | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2554 | Providing a procedure for the Secretary of State to reinstate certificates of authority for foreign corporations | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2567 | Relating to limited partnerships | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2571 | Relating to who may serve as members of the environmental quality board | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2577 | Relating to the practice of pharmacist care | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2579 | Revising state water quality standard for Selenium | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2585 | Increasing the time to file a petition in response to notice of an increased assessment | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2586 | Relating to qualifications for a license to practice embalming | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2590 | Creating a public nonprofit corporation and governmental instrumentality to collectively address several environmental and economic development programs | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2600 | Creating resort area districts | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2603 | Relating to the Family Protection Services Board | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2608 | Requiring appraisal management companies to be registered | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2626 | Authorizing the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety to promulgate Legislative Rules | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2652 | Authorizing the Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2689 | Authorizing miscellaneous Boards and Agencies to promulgate legislative rules | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2716 | Relating to the West Virginia Fairness in Competitive Bidding Act | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2717 | Requiring that deputy sheriffs be issued ballistic vests upon law-enforcement certification | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2727 | Relating to the school aid formula | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2729 | Allowing schools to voluntarily maintain and use epinephrine auto-injectors | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2730 | Relating to the Real Estate Appraisal Board | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2731 | Regulating the performance of health maintenance tasks by unlicensed personnel | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2733 | Relating to hearings before the Office of Administrative Hearings | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2747 | Relating to Open Governmental Proceedings | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2754 | Relating to further defining a retailer engaging in business in this state for purposes of sales and use taxes | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2762 | Creating an exemption from licensure as an adjuster for certain individuals who conduct data entry into an automated claims adjudication system | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2764 | Relating to compulsory school attendance | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2770 | Permitting dealers who sell fewer than eighteen new or used motor vehicles during a year to have their dealer licenses renewed | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2780 | Relating generally to multidisciplinary team meetings for juveniles committed to the custody of the West Virginia Division of Juvenile Services | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2784 | Relating to the Deputy Sheriff Retirement System Act | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2800 | Relating to the Teachers' Retirement System | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2802 | Relating to the Emergency Medical Services Retirement System | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2805 | Making the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals Public Campaign Financing Pilot Program a permanent program | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2806 | Relating to administrative remedies for prisoners generally | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2814 | Relating to human trafficking | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2815 | Clarifying and modifying the process of appointing and terminating guardians for minors | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2819 | Relating to the financial oversight of entities regulated by the Insurance Commissioner | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2825 | Relating to certain appointive state officers salaries | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2836 | Allowing certain Commission on Special Investigations personnel the right to carry firearms | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2837 | Amending various provisions of the Code affecting the Treasurer's Office | SIGNED | 06/05/2013 |
| HB 2842 | Clarifying that time-sharing plans, accommodations and facilities are subject to regulation by the Division of Land Sales and Condominiums | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2847 | Relating to the collection of delinquent real property and personal property taxes | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2848 | Providing the process for requesting a refund after forfeiture of rights to a tax deed | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2851 | Establishing a one time audit cost amnesty program for local governments with delinquent audit costs | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2858 | Relating generally to consumer rate relief bonds | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2861 | Relating to continued enrollment of at-risk student in public school | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2866 | Providing an exception to allow a resident of a dwelling house to discharge a firearm in a lawful manner within five hundred feet | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2888 | Allowing members of a policemen's civil service commission to serve on other local boards and commissions | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2897 | Declaring certain claims against the state and its agencies to be moral obligations of the state | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2913 | Specifying procedures for adjusting payments to correct for an erroneous distribution of moneys dedicated, distributed or directed to a state or local governmental subdivision | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2923 | Relating to directors of state-chartered banking institutions | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2933 | Providing notification to a prosecuting attorney of an offender's parole hearing and release | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2940 | Relating to regional meetings among certain officials of county boards of education | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2956 | Relating to resident brewers and brewpubs | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2960 | Providing for internal and external review of adverse health coverage determinations | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2964 | Authorizing the mayor to appoint chiefs of police and deputy chiefs of police | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2968 | Authorizing the use of an additional medium for use in archiving the records | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2979 | Relating to broadband deployment projects | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 2992 | Eliminating duplicative reporting requirements imposed on distributors of imported cigarettes | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 3003 | Facilitating compliance with the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 3013 | Authorizing the establishment of job creation work groups | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 3020 | Improving boat dock and marina safety | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 3028 | Expanding the number of hours temporary state personnel may work in a calendar year | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 3043 | Including methane monitoring equipment as eligible safety equipment for tax credit purposes | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 3069 | Relating to access to justice | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 3086 | Relating to juvenile services and criminal justice institutions | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 3104 | Authorizing certain legislative rules regarding higher education | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 3135 | Relating generally to voting system certification and procedures at the central counting center | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 3139 | Authorizing qualified investigators employed by the Secretary of State to carry a firearm and concealed weapon | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 3145 | Removing the existing maximum quantities of beer that retailers can sell for off premises | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 3157 | Restoring the authority, flexibility, and capacity of schools and school systems to improve student learning | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 3159 | Granting exceptions from certain compulsory attendance statutes to the Monroe and Nicholas County school systems | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 3160 | Providing for a pilot initiative on governance of schools jointly established by adjoining counties | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |
| HB 3161 | Repealing section relating to additional fee to be collected for each marriage license issued | SIGNED | 05/15/2013 |