West Virginia 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB2591
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
The purpose of this bill is to require immediate verification of partisan election candidates' party affiliation.
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB2592
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Refer
2/10/23
The purpose of this bill is to establish a nurse staffing and safe harbor peer review process. The bill defines safe harbor. The bill creates protections for nurse licensure under safe harbor. The bill provides for invocation of safe harbor protections. The bill establishes a withdrawal of request for safe harbor nursing review. The bill provides for when to invoke safe harbor and refuse nursing assignments. The bill establishes a Safe Harbor Peer Review committee and designates the makeup of that committee. The bill defines protection from civil or criminal liability under safe harbor. Finally, the bill defines the duties of CNOs/Nurse Administrators.
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB2593
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
The purpose of this bill is to provide the Public Service Commission the authority to require electric utilities to develop and implement plans for the efficient use, conservation and reduction of electricity usage. The bill sets forth goals to achieve electricity savings. The bill also requires electric utilities to submit plans for reaching those goals. The bill also provides for a self-direct option for large electricity customers.
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB2594
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
The purpose of this bill is to provide for a death penalty and procedures and standards applicable thereto, and automatic review of the penalty, for commission of murder in the first degree. Procedures for carrying out the death sentence are established.
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB2595
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
The purpose of this bill is to provide that if a public service board represents more than one community, there shall be one member from each such community on the service district board.
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB2596
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Engrossed
2/1/23
Refer
2/2/23
Refer
2/2/23
Report Pass
2/15/23
Enrolled
2/22/23
Passed
3/6/23
Chaptered
5/1/23
The purpose of this bill is to deny transfers to other schools by students who are suspended or expelled from a school for certain conduct.
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB2597
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Engrossed
1/27/23
Refer
1/30/23
Refer
1/30/23
Report Pass
2/28/23
Enrolled
3/3/23
Passed
3/11/23
Chaptered
5/1/23
The purpose of this bill is to require that employee evaluations must provide data and an explanation in support of any statement or rating in which the employee is assessed to be less than satisfactory.
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB2598
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Refer
1/31/23
The purpose of this bill is to provide a $900 monthly increase to state school service personnel.
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB2599
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Refer
1/27/23
Engrossed
2/9/23
Refer
2/10/23
Refer
2/10/23
Report Pass
3/3/23
Refer
3/3/23
The purpose of this bill is to create the utility pole rights-of-way and easement mapping initiative; to require pole owners to provide information to the Department of Economic Development to map the poles; required the Department of Economic Development to create maps with specific information about the poles; to mandate confidentiality of information about electrical facilities connected to poles; to allow the Department of Economic Development to provide information to parties who demonstrate the need for the information to determine feasibility of projects; to mandate confidentiality agreement of any requestor of reported information; and to provide exception to reporting if pole owner provides information directly to telecommunications entity.
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB2600
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
The purpose of this bill is to provide that the allocation of the hotel occupancy tax is subject to the sole discretion of the municipality or county commission.
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB2601
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
The purpose of this bill is to create a tax exemption for funeral, cremation, and burial services.
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB2602
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Engrossed
1/24/23
Refer
1/25/23
Refer
1/25/23
Report Pass
2/7/23
Enrolled
2/10/23
Passed
2/23/23
Chaptered
5/1/23
The purpose of this bill is to add special teaching assistants Aide V and Aide VI to the class titles of service personnel of the state minimum pay scale and class titles that are set forth in §18A-4-8a of this code. These classifications were inadvertently omitted from 2002 HB4829 that passed in 2022.
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB2603
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
The purpose of this bill is to provide parents the freedom to decide whether to have their children vaccinated, to prohibit vaccine mandates as a condition to admission to schools, and to ensure that prior to vaccination that parents receive information about vaccines, including vaccine risks and how to report vaccine injuries. The bill forbids schools from requiring masks on children. The bill allows students to make their own decisions regarding vaccinations as a condition of entry to colleges and trade schools in West Virginia. The bill forbids colleges and trade schools from requiring masks at their campuses for students. The bill forbids businesses from requiring vaccines or masks as a condition of employment or entry into an establishment. The position of Immunization Officer is eliminated.
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB2604
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
The purpose of this bill is to provide for transparency of the expenditure of dental health care plan premiums, and to require annual reports and rebates to patients if the medical loss ratio exceeds a certain percentage.
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB2605
Introduced
1/17/23
Refer
1/17/23
Engrossed
2/14/23
Refer
2/15/23
Refer
2/15/23
Report Pass
2/28/23
Enrolled
3/6/23
Passed
3/11/23
Chaptered
5/1/23
The purpose of this bill is to enact a Good Samaritan Law. The bill provides that persons who render assistance to a person in an accident, emergency, or disaster, without remuneration, are not liable for civil damages and also that persons trained in a qualified program of emergency response who render assistance to a person in an accident, emergency, or disaster, without remuneration, are not liable for civil damages.