West Virginia 2022 Regular Session All Bills
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB4480
Introduced
2/1/22
Refer
2/1/22
Refer
2/7/22
The purpose of this bill is to help stabilize funding sources for the WVDEP DAQ. Air quality in West Virginia has improved drastically over the years and is a reason to celebrate. The financial reality from decreased industrial air emissions however, results in a decrease in DAQ’s revenues. Since the Clean Air Act was amended in 1990, industrial air emissions in WV have decreased approximately 80%. Fees for large industrial sources are based on their emissions rates; therefore, revenues have also been decreasing. Currently, the DAQ funds are not invested. This proposal would establish authority for WVDEP to invest DAQ funds.
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB4481
Introduced
2/1/22
Refer
2/1/22
The purpose of this bill is to ensure that the Adopt-A-Stream program is able to function in compliance with the intent of this article.
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB4482
Introduced
2/1/22
Refer
2/1/22
The purpose of this bill is to remove the limitation on laboratory certification by the Department of Environmental Protection in order to cover the costs of administration of the program.
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB4483
Introduced
2/1/22
Refer
2/1/22
The purpose of this bill is to balance the interests of current landowners and future landowners to ensure forest land may be developed for future economic gain by limiting use restrictions for forest carbon capture and sequestration to a maximum term of 30 years. The bill defines certain terms. The bill requires parties to current and new carbon offset agreements to register with the State Tax Department for tax years beginning on and after January 1, 2022, and retroactive to such date. The bill requires reports by Division of Forestry. The bill authorizes the disclosure of information by the Tax Commissioner to Division of Forestry. The bill imposes excise tax on receipts derived from carbon offset agreements. The bill sets forth reporting requirements. The bill provides an effective date of January 1, 2022, and with retroactive effect to such date. The bill defines “managed timberland” to exclude timberland that is subject to a carbon offset agreement. The bill specifies application of West Virginia Tax Procedure and Administration Act and West Virginia Tax Crimes and Penalties Act. The bill authorizes promulgation of rules. The bill provides legislative findings and declarations. The bill provides that any covenant, restriction, condition, easement, contract, lease, deed, agreement, option, or other governing document, which is executed or recorded after the effective date, which effectively prohibits or restricts the development of land and the harvesting of timber from forests for the purposes of forest carbon capture, carbon offset, and carbon sequestration is void and unenforceable, unless said covenant, restriction, condition, easement, contract, lease, deed, agreement, option, or other governing document is for a maximum term of 30 years. The bill provides that options to renew or continue such arrangements beyond the maximum term of 30 years shall be valid only if the consideration is required to be renegotiated to exercise the option.
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB4484
Introduced
2/1/22
Refer
2/1/22
Engrossed
2/15/22
Refer
2/16/22
Refer
2/16/22
Report Pass
3/4/22
Enrolled
3/7/22
Passed
3/12/22
Chaptered
4/19/22
The purpose of this bill is to provide payment to certain vendors who provided commodities and/or services to the state, but who were not paid because the agency reached its budget limit.                                              Total from DHHR           $2,450.00                              Total from Tax and Revenue           $1,105.00               Total amount from General Revenue:            $3,555.00
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB4485
Introduced
2/1/22
Refer
2/1/22
The purpose of this bill is to establish insurance provisions required relating to breast cancer screenings.
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB4486
Introduced
2/1/22
Refer
2/1/22
The purpose of this bill is to include muzzleloader hunting of deer in the requirement for daylight fluorescent orange for hunters.
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB4487
Introduced
2/1/22
Refer
2/1/22
The purpose of this bill is to require a written contract between a licensed contractor and owner or lessee of residential property and information to be contained in the written contract.
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB4488
Introduced
2/1/22
Refer
2/1/22
Engrossed
2/21/22
Refer
2/22/22
Refer
2/22/22
Report Pass
3/8/22
Enrolled
3/11/22
Chaptered
4/19/22
The purpose of this bill is to ensure full, adequate funding for the operation of the Department of Environmental Protection’s Division of Mining and Reclamation.
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB4489
Introduced
2/1/22
Refer
2/1/22
Engrossed
2/16/22
Refer
2/17/22
Refer
2/17/22
Report Pass
3/2/22
Enrolled
3/8/22
Passed
3/12/22
Chaptered
4/19/22
The purpose of this bill is to mandate county boards of education to post all available positions on the state-wide job bank.
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB4490
Introduced
2/1/22
Refer
2/1/22
Refer
2/15/22
The purpose of this bill is to extend the expiration date of the freeze of the per diem rate to July 1, 2024.
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB4491
Introduced
2/1/22
Refer
2/1/22
Refer
2/16/22
Engrossed
2/24/22
Enrolled
3/1/22
Passed
3/12/22
Chaptered
4/19/22
The purpose of this bill is to establish a new legal and regulatory framework for drilling of injection wells and operation of facilities for the underground sequestration of injected carbon dioxide and for the state to pursue primacy authorization for oversight and enforcement of laws for underground carbon dioxide sequestration.
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB4492
Introduced
2/2/22
Refer
2/2/22
Engrossed
2/25/22
Refer
2/28/22
Refer
2/28/22
Report Pass
3/8/22
Enrolled
3/12/22
Passed
3/12/22
Chaptered
4/19/22
Creating the Division of Multimodal Transportation
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB4493
Introduced
2/2/22
Refer
2/2/22
Relating to knowingly importing and transporting controlled substances through the State of West Virginia
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West Virginia 2022 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB4494
Introduced
2/2/22
Refer
2/2/22
Providing for additional firefighters and security Guards for the National Guard