Bill Status - 2016 Regular Session

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Bill	Title	Status	Committee	Step	Last Action
HB 2147	Requiring the circuit court, when appointing counsel for alleged protected persons, to make appointments from a listing of all interested attorneys in the circuit	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	01/27/16
HB 2380	Requiring the issuance of a search warrant before a driver of a motor vehicle can be made to submit to a secondary blood test	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/13/16
HB 2407	Reallocating and dedicating three percent of oil and gas severance tax revenues up to $20 million annually to the oil and gas producing counties of origin	Pending	House ENG	Committee	01/13/16
HB 2466	Exempting valid nonprofit organizations from licensing requirements of the West Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority during certain events	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/13/16
HB 2494	Creating a provisional plea process in criminal cases	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2016)
HB 2619	Clarifying when a chief law-enforcement officer is required to certify the transfer or making of certain firearms	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/13/16
HB 2694	Requiring all local special elections to be held on the days and hours of general or primary elections	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/13/16
HB 2836	Requiring the clerk of a county commission to maintain a county ordinance book	Pending	House Political Subdivisions	Committee	01/13/16
HB 2897	Young Entrepreneur Reinvestment Act	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2016)
HB 2903	Providing a tax credit for first time home buyers	Pending	House Finance	Committee	01/13/16
HB 2963	Expanding the definition of kidnapping	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	03/02/16
HB 2975	Relating to the assessment of oil and gas mineral interests	Pending	House ENG	Committee	01/13/16
HB 4001	Relating to candidates or candidate committees for legislative office disclosing contributions	Pending		RECD	03/12/16
HB 4007	Relating generally to appointment of attorneys to assist the Attorney General	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 9, 2016)
HB 4009	Letting Our Counties Act Locally Act	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2016)
HB 4035	Permitting pharmacists to furnish naloxone hydrochloride	Pending	Senate Rules	Committee	03/12/16
HB 4044	Ryan Brown Addiction Prevention and Recovery Fund Act	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/20/16
HB 4169	Firearm Protection Act	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/20/16
HB 4174	Exempting activity at indoor shooting ranges from the prohibition of shooting or discharging a firearm within five hundred feet of any church or dwelling house	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2016)
HB 4176	Permitting the Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority to participate in the addiction treatment pilot program	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2016)
HB 4180	Authorizing a family court judge to order substance abuse counseling of a child in emergency situations	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/26/16
HB 4183	Relating generally to reporting opioid overdoses	Pending	Senate HHR	Committee	03/02/16
HB 4187	Creating a special fund named “the Public Employee Health Insurance Fund"	Pending	House BNK	Committee	01/20/16
HB 4190	Prohibiting state agencies and departments from acting outside their statutory scopes of authority	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/21/16
HB 4197	Allowing required HIV and hepatitis testing for the protection of law- enforcement officers who may have been exposed	Pending	Senate HHR	Committee	02/23/16
HB 4201	Increasing the criminal penalties for participating in an animal fighting venture	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2016)
HB 4203	Providing a hunting license exemption for certain nonresident landowners	Pending	House ANRS	Committee	01/21/16
HB 4215	Removing the requirement that a home schooled student must acquire a general equivalency degree (GED) in order to qualify for a PROMISE scholarship	Pending	House EDU	Committee	01/21/16
HB 4221	Relating to the administration of an opioid antagonist	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/20/16
HB 4285	Making it a misdemeanor for a person to impersonate a veteran	Pending	House Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security	Committee	01/26/16
HB 4319	Including in the definition of “veteran” active members of the Guard and Reserve in order to exempt them from fees charged by the Secretary of State	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	03/05/16
HB 4327	Authorizing a special registration plate for elk	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	01/29/16
HB 4330	Relating to make unlawful to take a fish, water animal or other aquatic organism from state waters to stock a commercial pond or lake	Signed	Effective from passage - (March 7, 2016)
HB 4350	Creating a domestic violence registry	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/02/16
HB 4360	Increasing the criminal penalty for the unlawful practice of law	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 9, 2016)
HB 4362	Establishing a felony offense of strangulation	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 3, 2016)
HB 4376	Requiring automobile liability insurance providers must give a policyholder a ten day notice of an intent to cancel for nonpayment of premium	Pending	House BNK	Committee	02/03/16
HB 4377	Eliminating exemption from hotel occupancy taxes on rental of hotel and motel rooms for thirty or more consecutive days	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 6, 2016)
HB 4383	Making individuals responsible for the costs relating to the filing of excessive false complaints	Pending		Concurrence	03/12/16
HB 4424	Eliminating the need for law enforcement to obtain a court order prior to having access to inmate mail and phone recordings	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/05/16
HB 4432	Clarifying procedures for removal of office of any person holding any county, school district or municipal office	Pending	House Political Subdivisions	Committee	02/08/16
HB 4433	Allowing an adjustment to gross income for calculating the personal income tax liability of certain retirees	Vetoed	Vetoed
HB 4450	West Virginia Court Reporter Act of 2016	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	02/09/16
HB 4474	Continuing personal income tax adjustment to gross income of certain retirees receiving pensions from defined pension plans	Pending	House Pensions and Retirement	Committee	02/10/16
HB 4491	Relating to unattended motor vehicles	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	02/11/16
HB 4522	Relating to basic state aid to public education	Pending	House EDU	Committee	02/12/16
HB 4533	The Mental Health and Military Service Members Court Act	Pending	House Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security	Committee	02/15/16
HB 4576	Increasing the penalties for transporting controlled substances into the state	Tabled		3rd Reading	03/01/16
HB 4578	Creating a criminal offense of conspiracy to violate the drug laws	Pending		Concurrence	03/11/16
HB 4583	Relating to fantasy games	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/17/16
HB 4657	Prohibiting state agencies, boards and commissions from hiring lobbyists	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/22/16
HB 4737	Relating to increased penalties for manufacturing or transportation of a controlled substance in the presence of a minor	Pending		3rd Reading	03/12/16
HB 4738	Relating to the offense of driving in an impaired state	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2016)
HB 4740	Permitting that current members of the National Guard or Reserves may be excused from jury duty	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2016)