Bill Status - 2012 Regular Session

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Bill	Title	Status	Committee	Step	Last Action
HB 2146	Relating to the definition of "eligible veteran" for certain state training and employment preference benefits	Pending	House Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security	Committee	01/11/12
HB 2173	Requiring applicants for, and holders of, licenses under the West Virginia Real Estate License Act to successfully pass criminal history record checks	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	01/11/12
HB 2339	Including enforcement officers employed by the Alcohol and Beverage Control Commission in the classified service under the Civil Service System	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	01/11/12
HB 2341	Relating to meeting and conference rights for members of police or fire departments employed by political subdivisions	Pending	House Political Subdivisions	Committee	01/11/12
HB 2342	Providing that municipal employees may receive up to two years of retirement service credit for military service	Pending	House Pensions and Retirement	Committee	01/11/12
HB 2344	Removing the receipt of an annuity, pension or other retirement pay as a disqualification for unemployment compensation benefits	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/11/12
HB 2354	Giving local authorities the authority to decrease the speed limit on streets and highways where school buses travel in its jurisdiction	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	01/11/12
HB 2355	Allowing state employees to take paid leave to attend parent-teacher conference for their children	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	01/11/12
HB 2356	Requiring county boards of education to employ a certified library media specialist in each county school	Pending	House EDU	Committee	01/11/12
HB 2360	Allowing quarterly payment of real and personal property taxes	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/11/12
HB 2374	Providing standards for hospitals' charity care programs and bad debt collection programs	Pending	House HHR	Committee	01/11/12
HB 2385	Creating a board and fund to be used to maintain abandoned cemeteries	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	01/11/12
HB 2392	Prohibiting gender discrimination in health care insurance plans	Pending	House BNK	Committee	01/11/12
HB 2393	Providing that parties advocating passage or defeat of a public question by referendum vote are subject to reporting requirements	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/11/12
HB 2395	Clarifying an exception that allow sheriffs to collect property taxes in more than two installments	Pending	House Finance	Committee	01/11/12
HB 2396	Requiring review and approval of final settlements of Workers' Compensation awards	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/11/12
HB 2406	Relating to the designation of a primary guardian for a minor child	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/11/12
HB 2409	Making English the official language of West Virginia	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/11/12
HB 2415	Relating to discounts at state parks for elderly and disabled persons	Pending	House NRS	Committee	01/11/12
HB 2443	Prohibiting wagering at animal fighting ventures and providing a felony criminal penalty	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/11/12
HB 2467	Prohibiting inquiries reflected on a credit report from adversely affecting an application for insurance	Pending	House BNK	Committee	01/11/12
HB 2471	Exempting certain recipients of military medals of valor from special registration plate fees	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	01/11/12
HB 2490	Prohibiting the use of a mobile communication device to engage in text messaging or additional technologies while operating a motor vehicle	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	01/11/12
HB 2494	Allowing certain vehicles for emergency response by West Virginia police reserves to use red flashing lights	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/11/12
HB 2534	Establishing a program to promote veteran friendly communities	Pending	House Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security	Committee	01/11/12
HB 2541	Relating to the criminal offense of robbery and attempted robbery	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/11/12
HB 2543	Relating to unemployment benefits for certain spouses of military personnel	Pending	House Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security	Committee	01/11/12
HB 2544	Relating to disposition of the remains of a deceased military service member who dies while serving	Pending	House Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security	Committee	01/11/12
HB 2558	Establishing the Office of Child Advocacy	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/11/12
HB 2674	Allowing a disabled veteran one additional license plate	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	01/11/12
HB 2688	Authorizing the Governor to appoint an additional member to the Surface Mine Board that represents the interest of labor	Pending	House Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business	Committee	01/11/12
HB 2689	Requiring the Commissioner of Corrections to keep track of repeat offenses committed by persons convicted of sexual offenses against children	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	01/11/12
HB 2707	Expanding the definition of "imminent danger to the physical well-being of the child" with regard to child abuse and neglect	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/11/12
HB 2713	Relating to civil and criminal forfeiture actions related to criminal activity	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/11/12
HB 2753	Relating to the requirements for and scope of practice for registered veterinary technicians	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	01/11/12
HB 2808	Reducing from six months to three months the period of delinquency for failure to meet an obligation to pay support to a minor	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/11/12
HB 2817	Prohibiting healthcare providers from discriminating against or refusing treatment of a patient	Pending	House HHR	Committee	01/11/12
HB 2819	Requiring all state boards, commissions, committees or councils to be gender balanced and to have proportionate representation of minorities	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/11/12
HB 2834	Relating to water pollution control	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	01/11/12
HB 2858	Requiring persons arrested for a felony to submit to a DNA sample	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/11/12
HB 2923	Relating to expungement of certain criminal convictions	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/11/12
HB 2982	Limiting the liability of military personnel who respond to local emergencies and calls for assistance	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/11/12
HB 3005	Ensuring Patient Safety Act	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/11/12
HB 3015	The Healthy and Safe Workplace Act	Pending	House Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business	Committee	02/02/12
HB 3041	Protecting nonfamily or nonhousehold members from sexual offenses, stalking and harassment	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/11/12
HB 3048	Requiring public schools to institute mandatory recycling programs	Pending	House EDU	Committee	01/11/12
HB 3057	Providing for career development and establishing a pay scale for Alcohol Beverage Commission inspectors, enforcement agents and supervisors	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	01/11/12
HB 3097	Removing the armed conflict requirement before state employees may receive credit for time served in the Armed Forces	Pending	House Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security	Committee	01/11/12
HB 3107	Implementing an agreement among the states to elect the President and Vice President by national popular vote	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/11/12
HB 3142	Increasing the allowable number of magistrate court deputy clerks by five	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	03/05/12
HB 3168	Requiring that State Police officers be compensated for time when they are required to be on standby and providing a stipend for housing cost for certain officers	Pending	House Finance	Committee	01/11/12
HB 3227	Providing a definition of sex for unlawful discriminatory practices	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/11/12
HB 3254	Adding oil and gas facilities, wells, pipelines and tanks to the coordinated statewide program of air pollution prevention	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/11/12
HB 4007	Relating to unemployment benefits for certain spouses of military personnel	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 7, 2012)
HB 4014	Creating the "Jason Flatt Act of 2012"	Pending	House EDU	Committee	01/12/12
HB 4037	Relating to the professional and occupational licensure and registration of former and current members of the Armed Forces of the United States	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 30, 2012)
HB 4038	Relating to death certificates of military veterans	Pending	House Finance	Committee	01/19/12
HB 4048	Relating to conduct and circumstances of child abuse	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/13/12
HB 4068	Providing that antique motor vehicles be valued at their salvage value for personal property tax purposes	Vetoed	Vetoed
HB 4074	Giving bicycle, pedestrian and transit ways full consideration in the planning and development and redevelopment of state roads, railways and waterways	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/16/12
HB 4075	Establishing the reckless driving offense of unlawful use of a wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	01/13/12
HB 4082	Permitting a military veteran to be identified as a veteran on a driver's license or identification card	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	01/16/12
HB 4127	Declaring August 7 as a special memorial day to be known as Purple Heart Recognition Day	Pending	Senate Military	Committee	02/10/12
HB 4133	Extending the expiration of driver's licenses for active military members' spouses	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	01/19/12
HB 4242	Establishing criminal penalties for failure to report a missing child by the child's custodian	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/20/12
HB 4246	West Virginia Companion Animal Protection Act	Pending	House Agriculture	Committee	01/20/12
HB 4260	Relating to insurance coverage for autism spectrum disorders	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 8, 2012)
HB 4279	Permitting municipalities to stagger the terms of elected officers	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 14, 2012)
HB 4290	Keep Jobs in West Virginia Act	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/02/12
HB 4291	Relating to county law libraries established by the Supreme Court of Appeals	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 15, 2012)
HB 4292	Authorizing the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals to establish a reasonable fee of compensation for mental hygiene services	Pending	House Finance	Committee	01/27/12
HB 4293	Increasing the compensation caps for secretary-clerks and case coordinators in the family court	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	03/01/12
HB 4294	Repealing the municipality motor vehicle operator's tax	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/09/12
HB 4304	Changing the composition of the Public Employee Insurance Agency Finance Board	Pending	House Political Subdivisions	Committee	01/26/12
HB 4307	Clarifying that the practice and procedure for domestic violence civil proceedings are governed by court rule	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 6, 2012)
HB 4308	Exempting supreme court justices and retired justices from the prohibitions against carrying concealed weapons	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/26/12
HB 4309	Clarifying that a child who is physically healthy and presumed safe is a neglected child if the child is habitually absent from school	Pending	House EDU	Committee	01/26/12
HB 4312	Removing the requirement that a municipality must pass an ordinance to adopt a contract with another jurisdiction	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/09/12
HB 4313	Requiring that the building code be the state building code	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/09/12
HB 4314	Relating to the appointment of magistrates	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 8, 2012)
HB 4315	Permitting a new class IV town or village to select a form of government	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 8, 2012)
HB 4316	Prohibiting underground injection of coal slurry in new permits or modifications and renewals	Pending	House Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business	Committee	01/26/12
HB 4321	Amending the code relating to the ability of certain individuals to petition a court to regain the right to possess firearms, and authorizing parents or guardians to commit children age twelve or older to mental health hospitalization	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/26/12
HB 4329	Relating to hunting or taking of unprotected species of wild animals	Pending	House NRS	Committee	01/27/12
HB 4330	Providing that drivers licenses may contain information designating the licensee as a person who is an honorably discharged veteran	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 4, 2012)
HB 4334	West Virginia Civil and Criminal Forfeiture Act	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/27/12
HB 4337	Creating misdemeanor offense of depriving rightful heir to possession of Civil War medals	Pending	House Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security	Committee	01/30/12
HB 4343	Relating to the judicial retirement system	Pending	House Pensions and Retirement	Committee	01/30/12
HB 4346	Exempting disabled veterans who have suffered a hundred percent total and permanent service-connected disability from state income tax	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/09/12
HB 4355	Requiring operators of natural gas wells and surface owners to enter into surface use agreements	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/31/12
HB 4362	Requiring the center of all new gas wells to be more than one thousand feet from water wells or six hundred twenty-five feet from the edge of the well pad	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/31/12
HB 4377	Creating "Nitro's Law" to honor fallen law-enforcement canines	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/16/12
HB 4389	Relating to child welfare	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/01/12
HB 4391	Exempting certain unmarked law-enforcement vehicles from sun screening restrictions	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/10/12
HB 4397	Making it a crime for preventing an individual from calling emergency service personnel	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/02/12
HB 4453	Limiting the liability of landowners who make land available for military, law enforcement or homeland defense training	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/09/12
HB 4455	Requiring that handicap restroom facilities and stalls in all colleges and universities be constructed with automatic doors	Pending	House EDU	Committee	02/08/12
HB 4456	Requiring a photograph on the removable handicap windshield placard	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	02/08/12
HB 4483	Relating to sexting by minors	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/10/12
HB 4551	Authorizing the Adjutant General to establish an entity to operate morale, welfare and recreation facilities	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/22/12
HB 4555	Exempting the first $20,000 of state pensions and social security benefits from West Virginia personal income tax	Pending	House Pensions and Retirement	Committee	02/16/12
HB 4557	Reducing state income tax liability for certain retired public employees	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/16/12
HB 4598	Prohibiting the use of single-use plastic bags by stores	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/17/12
HB 4601	Authorizing the West Virginia National Guard to participate in a federal asset forfeiture or sharing program	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 8, 2012)
HB 4644	Limiting the exemption from the hotel occupancy tax	Pending	House Political Subdivisions	Committee	02/20/12
HB 4645	Changing the membership requirements for a board of governors	Pending	Senate EDU	Committee	02/29/12
HB 4646	Requiring electric utilities to implement integrated resource plans	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	02/20/12