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WVSB530PassThe purpose of this bill is to remove the requirement for a county to draft and adopt comprehensive zoning ordinances.
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2024-04-23
Chapter 65, Acts, Regular Session, 2024
WVSB690PassThe purpose of this bill is to create a commission on West Virginia Agritourism to review and investigate means of preserving our farmland and growing our agricultural tourism and agricultural economic development and recommend to the Legislature tha...
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2024-04-23
Chapter 4, Acts, Regular Session, 2024
WVSB802PassThe purpose of this bill is to include in the definition of "motor vehicle" a self-propelled vehicle designed primarily for, and used in, the occupation or business of farming, with a horsepower unit of 20 or greater; and the right to bring and actio...
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2024-04-23
Chapter 55, Acts, Regular Session, 2024
WVSB571Engross
50%
The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia Advanced Energy and Economic Corridor Authority Commission comprised of the economic development agencies of Lewis, Upshur, Barbour, Randolph, Tucker, Grant, and Hardy, counties.
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2024-03-09
On 3rd reading, House Calendar
WVSB352Engross
50%
The purpose of this bill is to modify the Unborn Child Protection act. The bill provides for definitions. The bill creates a process of informed consent. The bill provides for printed information. The bill provides for the creation of an Internet web...
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2024-03-08
On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
WVSB601Engross
50%
The purpose of this bill is to establish the West Virginia Women's Bill of Rights.
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2024-03-08
On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
WVSB740Engross
50%
The purpose of this bill is to create a new criminal offense of manipulating a photograph, image, video clip, movie, or similar recording containing sexually explicit conduct by the insertion thereof of a visual image of an actual minor so as to crea...
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2024-03-08
Communicated to Senate
WVSB741Engross
50%
The purpose of this bill is to create the criminal offenses of creating, producing, distributing, receiving, or possessing with intent to distribute visual depictions artificial intelligence created child pornography when no actual minor is depicted.
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2024-03-08
On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
WVSB819Engross
50%
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the Secretary of the Department of Health from promulgating rules that require public water systems or businesses to have backflow preventers.
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2024-03-08
On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
WVSB468Engross
50%
The purpose of this bill is to amend required courses of education to include human growth and development related to pregnancy and human development inside the womb; required methods of presenting this instruction and adding a human growth and devel...
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2024-02-29
To House Health & Human Resources Committee
WVSB562Engross
50%
The purpose of this bill is to expand the employment and training requirements necessary to receive SNAP benefits. The bill defines and expands exemptions. The bill clarifies the Secretary's duties when there is a lack of funding or inability to prov...
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2024-02-26
To House Finance Committee
WVSB870Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to establish the Anti-Woke Act; prohibit a school district, a public charter school, the West Virginia Board of Education, the West Virginia Department of Education, or any employee of the aforementioned entities from prov...
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2024-02-26
Referred to Judiciary on 2nd reading
WVSB375Engross
50%
The purpose of this bill is to create the "Health Care Sharing Ministries Freedom to Share Act". The bill exempts a health care sharing ministry form the state's insurance laws.
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2024-02-19
To House Judiciary Committee
WVSB821Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to establish the same criminal elements and criminal penalties for abuse or neglect of incapacitated adults as are applicable to abuse or neglect of children.
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2024-02-16
To Senate Judiciary Committee
WVSB577Engross
50%
The purpose of this bill is to encourage landowners to make land available for recreational purposes by limiting landowner liability.
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2024-02-14
To House Judiciary Committee
WVSB515Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit a public school student from being required to participate in instruction related to sexual orientation and gender identity if a parent, custodian, or guardian of the student objects in writing; require each pu...
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2024-02-14
To Senate Judiciary Committee
WVSB749Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to recognize gold and silver bullion and specie as legal tender in West Virginia, to authorize the West Virginia Bullion Depository, and to authorize the depository to issue transactional currency backed by gold and silver...
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2024-02-12
To Senate Banking and Insurance Committee
WVSB748Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to generally provide for certified professional midwives.
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2024-02-12
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee
WVSB759Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to require a taxi company or network transportation company to provide annual training regarding human trafficking awareness to employees, and to provide for enforcement and rulemaking.
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2024-02-12
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee
WVSB735Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the use or sale of abortifacients and to enact criminal penalties and permit private causes of action for supplying abortifacients.
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2024-02-09
To Senate Judiciary Committee
WVSB737Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to eliminate the exemption from taxation of state-owned real property within the counties.
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2024-02-09
To Senate Finance Committee
WVSB719Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to clarify that neither a parent nor legal guardian of a minor child shall be denied access to the minor child's medical records without requiring a child to sign a document permitting his or her parents to see the records...
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2024-02-08
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee
WVSB598Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is generally relates to the Hope Scholarship Program. The bill provides that microschools and learning pods have the authority to issue secondary school diplomas. The bill provides that the annual Hope Scholarship Program app...
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2024-02-01
To Senate Finance Committee
WVSB397Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to fully exempt both high tunnels and greenhouses from personal property taxes, whether the high tunnels or greenhouses are heated or unheated.
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2024-01-30
To Senate Finance Committee
WVSB553Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to provide a religious exemption to school attendance vaccines requirements.
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2024-01-25
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee
WVSB332Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to allow and regulate the operation of roadable aircraft on West Virginia highways.
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2024-01-23
To Senate Finance Committee
WVSB523Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to require public schools to notify parents when dispensing contraceptives to minors. The bill provides a definition.
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2024-01-23
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee
WVSB527Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to require physicians to notify parents when prescribing contraceptives to minors. The bill provides definitions.
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2024-01-23
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee
WVSB524Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the relocation, removal, alteration, or renaming, of any statue, monument, memorial, nameplate, or plaque which is located on public property and has been erected for, or named, or dedicated in honor of certain...
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2024-01-23
To Senate Government Organization Committee
WVSB517Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to require the biological sex to be limited to male or female and to require that nonbinary birth certificates not be issued. The bill also provides circumstances when an amended birth certificate may be issued to change g...
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2024-01-23
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee
WVSB519Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to permit cadets the Mountaineer Challenge Academy; to enroll in accredited virtual instructional courses online or to attend accredited courses, in person, in order to obtain a West Virginia Education Information System N...
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2024-01-23
To Senate Education Committee
WVSB520Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to enact an informed consent for vaccinations law.
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2024-01-23
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee
WVSB505Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to codify a Parents' Bill of Rights.
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2024-01-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee
WVSB499Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to permit the care of a patient by telemedicine across state lines.
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2024-01-22
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee
WVSB506Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to eliminate the restriction to carry a firearm on the state capitol complex grounds.
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2024-01-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee
WVSB450Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to require a photograph of the user on EBT cards.
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2024-01-22
Referred to Finance
WVSB488Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to provide non-exclusive prosecutorial authority over public integrity cases to the Attorney General of West Virginia.
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2024-01-18
To Senate Judiciary Committee
WVSB489Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to clarify that it is legal to carry a deadly weapon, firearm, or pepper spray specifically on the sidewalks and streets that directly border and surround the State Capitol Complex grounds.
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2024-01-18
To Senate Judiciary Committee
WVSB476Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to establish a "pop-up" window that directs users to optional firearms safety classes offered by the NRA and the USCCA.
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2024-01-17
To Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
WVSB467Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to license the sale of charitable raffles and boards to benefit Volunteer Fire Departments in this state. The bill sets forth the licensure requirement. The bill provides for the agency to issue licenses. The bill provides...
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2024-01-16
To Senate Government Organization Committee
WVSB379Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to establish protocols for collecting and preserving DNA evidence from rape and incest victims who receive surgical or chemical abortions; and notifying those persons that this evidence is being collected.
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2024-01-12
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee
WVSB380Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to repeal the article creating mandatory state inspections of motor vehicles.
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2024-01-12
To Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
WVSB364Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to lower rent for tenants.
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2024-01-12
To Senate Government Organization Committee
WVSB358Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to protect employees of the State of West Virginia and its political subdivisions from being commandeered by a federal agency or other agent to enforce federal regulations and other actions related to extractive resources ...
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2024-01-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee
WVSB423Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to provide for voluntary private school immunization.
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2024-01-12
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee
WVSB350Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to create and define the civil offense of unlawful discriminatory practices by a financial institution or government entity against manufacturers, retailers, distributors, shooting ranges, or trade associations that suppor...
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2024-01-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee
WVSB404Intro
25%
The purpose of this bill is to require education and safety protocols for students in grades 6 through twelve in this state and to protect the safety and security of students when using e-mail, chat rooms, web applications, and other forms of electro...
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2024-01-12
To Senate Education Committee
WVSB347Intro
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The purpose of this bill is to fully eliminate state income tax for Social Security benefits received by taxpayers for taxable years beginning in 2024.
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2024-01-12
To Senate Finance Committee
WVSB273Intro
25%
Prohibiting certain divisive acts or concepts from schools, state agencies and any groups receiving state funding
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2024-01-11
To Senate Judiciary Committee
WVSB271Intro
25%
Increasing limit on value of agricultural products under Farm-To-Food Bank Tax Credit
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2024-01-11
To Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
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