| WV | HB4297 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to bring state code into compliance with the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA) provision.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-01
Approved by Governor 3/9/24 - House Journal |
| WV | SB539 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to create the Cold Case database, explaining the types of cases to be included in the Cold Case database, explaining the state agency developing the Cold Case database, delineating the information that must be provided for...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-09
Approved by Governor 3/22/24 - House Journal |
| WV | SB587 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to enable the State Fire Commission to propose legislative rules and promulgate interpretive and procedural rules for legislative approval.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-09
Approved by Governor 3/26/24 - House Journal |
| WV | HB5549 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to prevent a lack of availability of license plates and other signs due to a temporary inability of the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation to manufacture them.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-09
Approved by Governor 3/26/24 - House Journal |
| WV | SB738 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to authorize the State Fire Marshal to promulgate emergency rules relating to increased fees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-08
On 3rd reading, House Calendar |
| WV | HB4976 | Pass | The purpose of this bill is to provide the contact information of the Inspector General on the agencies and boards websites of the executive departments.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-01
Approved by Governor 2/29/2024 - House Journal |
| WV | HB5355 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to allow volunteer fire departments to use fire protection funding for certain purchases associated with the State Auditor's West Virginia Checkbook fiscal reporting system.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB5358 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to create an ombudsman program within the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation to review complaints against a state agency or correctional facility.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-29
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5337 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to establish the legislative oversight committee of the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation; clarify that the legislative oversight committee shall be charged with the immediate and ongoing oversight of the Division...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-27
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB746 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to is to increase the composition of the West Virginia Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority Board to 11 members, add additional county commissioners, and increase meetings to four times a year.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-26
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB853 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require the Fire Commission promulgate standards for the installation of propane tanks at single family homes, and to require the State Fire Marshall to enforce those rules.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-23
Referred to Government Organization on 2nd reading |
| WV | SB724 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to prevent a lack of availability of license plates and other signs due to a temporary inability of the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation to manufacture them.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-21
Referred to Rules on 2nd reading |
| WV | HB5147 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to quantify and ensure fair workers' compensation rates and to develop a more equitable method of tracking and billing for the various classifications within volunteer fire departments and emergency rescue personnel.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | HB5368 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to create Regional Jail Commissions; to set forth the composition of the commissions, the terms of the members, the compensation of the members, the administrative responsibilities, create the powers and duties of the comm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5363 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require the Commissioner of the Division of Corrections to continue the GOALS Program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | SB835 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to describe payment for housing and maintenance of inmates, to modify a per day, per inmate base rate, to modify the reduced rate, and to modify the enhanced rate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-16
To Senate Finance Committee |
| WV | SB629 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to require a builder to follow the provisions of the State Building code in the construction or renovation of a structure, even if a county or municipality does not provide inspection and enforcement services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-15
To House Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SB784 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to authorize the West Virginia Department of Homeland Security to assist with border security in the state of Texas.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-14
To Senate Finance Committee |
| WV | HB4758 | Engross
50% | The purpose of this bill is to create a legislative select committee, require annual reports, create criminal penalties, and clarify the duties and functions of the Fusion Center.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB5655 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to create a mandatory education program for incarcerated individuals.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To House Jails and Prisons Committee |
| WV | HB5654 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to ensure that GED training is offered to inmates on a timely basis and to ensure that it is meaningfully available at the time of parole or release.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
To House Jails and Prisons Committee |
| WV | HB5634 | Intro
25% | Empowering the Homeland Security Inspector General to oversee/investigate all County Metro 911 Agencies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To House Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB5570 | Intro
25% | Relating to Cancer Prevention Programs for Firefighters
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To House Health & Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5640 | Intro
25% | Relating to the composition of the West Virginia Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority Board and shceduled meetings
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To House Jails and Prisons Committee |
| WV | HB5636 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to establish a state-wide work release program for all offenders to facilitate their successful transition back into society; and to require that every eligible offender incarcerated five years participate in work release,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-12
To House Jails and Prisons Committee |
| WV | HB5531 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to increase the salary of correctional officers by 12 percent, when there is no explicit promotion.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-09
To House Jails and Prisons Committee |
| WV | SB633 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to requiring training in brain injury screening for personnel at Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, requiring screening of all incoming and currently incarcerated individuals for brain injuries, requiring that the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-05
To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee |
| WV | HB5400 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to create the Unauthorized Alien Transport Program within the Department of Homeland Security's Division of Administrative Services to facilitate the transport of inspected unauthorized aliens within the United States.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5359 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to recognize the law-enforcement powers of correctional officers employed by the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation; provide that such officers are not subject to certain certification requirements; authorize the c...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-30
To House Jails and Prisons Committee |
| WV | HB5372 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to remove multiple severability clauses in the West Virginia Code.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-30
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB5242 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to provide paid leave for state employees working as volunteer emergency personnel when responding to emergencies.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-26
To House Finance Committee |
| WV | HB5184 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require inmates to be housed based on their biological sex.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To House Jails and Prisons Committee |
| WV | HB5071 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require the state to reimburse a county for inmate costs when a conviction of an inmate results in credit for time served towards any sentence imposed.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To House Jails and Prisons Committee |
| WV | HB5015 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require the State Fire Commission to reconsider current rules for rural area fire departments and volunteer firefighters and to propose new rules with the objective of eliminating unnecessarily burdensome or restrictive...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-23
To House Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services Committee |
| WV | HB4993 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require that the fire commission establish a system of predetermined alarm assignments to assist fire departments with backup assistance based upon distance to an emergency.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-22
To House Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services Committee |
| WV | HB4875 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to eliminate the use of good time credit for certain sexual offenses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-17
To House Judiciary Committee |
| WV | HB4842 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to create the Basic Affordable Supplies for Incarcerated West Virginians Act.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-17
To House Jails and Prisons Committee |
| WV | HB4804 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to authorize retirement of correctional classified employees with full benefits under the West Virginia Deputy Sheriffs Retirement System.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-16
To House Pensions & Retirement Committee |
| WV | HB4790 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require the Commissioner of Division of Corrections to prepare a report on the feasibility of splitting the per diem costs for incarcerating inmates among the municipalities, counties, and the state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-16
To House Jails and Prisons Committee |
| WV | HB4746 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require correctional facilities to assist juvenile and adult offenders to obtain a Social Security number and card, a birth certificate, and a driver's license.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-15
To House Jails and Prisons Committee |
| WV | HB4658 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to provide that offenders of certain criminal offenses are not entitled to the deduction from a sentence of incarceration for good conduct. These offenses include an inmate sentenced to a life sentence, certain offenses re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-12
To House Jails and Prisons Committee |
| WV | SB405 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to create the Jobs for Reentry Program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-12
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | SB202 | Intro
25% | Requiring certain municipalities pay for incarceration of inmates
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-11
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB4203 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to authorize use of inmates to perform work in the upkeep of local cemeteries.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Jails and Prisons Committee |
| WV | SB187 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to provide for recruitment and retention of volunteer and part volunteer fire departments.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To Senate Government Organization Committee |
| WV | HB4539 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to require that free feminine hygiene products be provided to female prisoners in all jails, regional jails or state correctional facilities and female juveniles in juvenile detention.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Jails and Prisons Committee |
| WV | HB4278 | Intro
25% | The purpose of this bill is to establish private prisons in West Virginia. The bill permits the HOPE scholarship to apply to those inmates in private prison who seek to achieve their high school diploma or GED. The bill sets forth the terms of the pr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
To House Jails and Prisons Committee |
