West Virginia Code | Chapter 55 Article 7

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State	Bill	Status	Summary/Title	Last Action
WV	SB583	Pass	The purpose of this bill is to provide a streamlined process for evaluating an employer's liability for personal injury and wrongful death claims involving operators of commercial motor vehicles and to limit noneconomic damages in such actions to $1 ... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-04-23 Chapter 1, Acts, Regular Session, 2024
WV	HB5539	Engross 50%	The purpose of this bill is to provide that causes of action under Chapter 46A of the Code of West Virginia shall survive the death of the party. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-02-29 To Senate Government Organization Committee
WV	HB5621	Engross 50%	Prohibiting the termination of employment of an employee who defends themselves from an attack inside workplace [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-02-26 To Senate Judiciary Committee
WV	SB615	Engross 50%	The purpose of this bill is to limit statutory and common law causes of action against exempt wholesale generators to violations of the material terms and conditions of the siting certificates applicable to such facilities. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-02-19 To House Judiciary Committee
WV	SB811	Intro 25%	The purpose of this bill is to limit medical monitoring damages based on increased risk of disease and setting requirements for plaintiff's seeking such damages. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-02-16 To Senate Judiciary Committee
WV	HB5600	Intro 25%	Creating a private cause of action for the deprivation of a right granted by the state constitution or by state law [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-02-12 To House Political Subdivisions Committee
WV	HB5439	Intro 25%	The purpose of this bill is to provide that using deadly force against an intruder or attacker in a workplace by person not engaged in unlawful activity if the person reasonably believes that he or she or another is in imminent danger of death or ser... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-02-05 To House Judiciary Committee
WV	SB538	Intro 25%	The purpose of this bill is to provide an exception for a public nuisance. [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-02-01 To Senate Judiciary Committee
WV	SB283	Intro 25%	Relating to use of force, including deadly force, in defense of self, real, and personal property [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-01-11 To Senate Judiciary Committee
WV	HB4383	Intro 25%	The purpose of this bill is to provide for damages for medical monitoring. The bill establishes requirements for an order for payment of medical monitoring expenses. The bill provides that an increased risk of disease is not a compensable basis for d... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-01-10 To House Judiciary Committee
WV	HB4400	Intro 25%	The purpose of this bill is to provide immunity from civil or criminal prosecution against persons using force, including deadly force, in defense of self, real and personal property. The bill also includes the use of force in defensive actions prote... [Detail][Text][Discuss]	2024-01-10 To House Judiciary Committee