West Virginia 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB3026
Introduced
1/25/23
Refer
1/25/23
Refer
2/16/23
The purpose of this bill is to permit volunteer firefighters to participate at fire scenes, and to limit on scene tasks of volunteer fire company cadets.
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB3027
Introduced
1/25/23
Refer
1/25/23
The purpose of this bill is to remove the requirement for emergency medical technicians ("EMTs") to be nationally certified.
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB3028
Introduced
1/25/23
Refer
1/25/23
The purpose of this bill relates to classroom teacher personal leave. The bill allows leave bank days to be used to add service for any retirement system or to extend insurance coverage.
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB3029
Introduced
1/25/23
Refer
1/25/23
The purpose of this bill is to require all County School Superintendents to be elected by the voters of their respective counties for four-year terms.
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB3030
Introduced
1/25/23
Refer
1/25/23
The purpose of this bill is to create a paid parental leave pilot program.
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB3031
Introduced
1/25/23
Refer
1/25/23
The purpose of this bill is to eliminate the West Virginia Greyhound Breeding Development Fund, redirect all moneys from the West Virginia Greyhound Breeding Development Fund to the State Excess Lottery Revenue Fund, and to eliminate requirements that applicants for video lottery and racetrack table game licensees must hold a dog racing license.
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB3032
Introduced
1/25/23
Refer
1/25/23
The purpose of this bill is to extend the validity of the commercial driver's license instruction permit from six months to one year.
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB3033
Introduced
1/25/23
Refer
1/25/23
The purpose of this bill is to establish the Intergenerational Poverty Task Force.
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB3034
Introduced
1/25/23
Refer
1/25/23
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the commissioner to promulgate a legislative rule related to developing a driver's license permit process for parolees under supervision by the West Virginia Division of Corrections and parole services.
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB3035
Introduced
1/25/23
Refer
1/25/23
Refer
2/20/23
Engrossed
2/28/23
Refer
3/1/23
Refer
3/1/23
Report Pass
3/7/23
Report Pass
3/8/23
Enrolled
3/11/23
Passed
3/11/23
Chaptered
5/1/23
The purpose of this bill is to advance overall education programs and operations by creating additional educational requirements to close the reading and mathematics gaps, to increase the functionality of classroom operations, and to create a program that encourages West Virginia students to remain in their communities post-graduation. This bill adds mathematics to existing programs and goals from kindergarten to third grade and incorporates science of reading instruction, which can include phonics, phonemic awareness, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Furthermore, this bill requires Pre-K level teachers and staff to utilize early learning reporting systems and requires benchmark assessments or screeners for kindergarten through third grade in reading and mathematics to determine proficiency. Additionally, third grade students who have nonproficient scores in mathematics or the English language arts on the West Virginia General Summative Assessment must continue with intervention programs until he or she is grade level proficient. The bill emphasizes the importance of the students' support systems both in the classrooms and at home. Thus, this bill maximizes family engagement by requiring open and honest communication between the school, the student, and the students' parents or guardians. By the end of the third grade, if the student is still unable to meet minimums requirements by the end of the third grade, the teachers and the student assistance team may recommend that the student be held back. This bill provides additional classroom social, emotional, and academic support for first, second, and third grade pupils by requiring an early childhood classroom assistant teacher in first, second, and third grade classrooms that have more than 12 pupils. The school aid formula allowance for service personnel is amended to increase the number of state funded positions. This bill requires early childhood classroom assistant teachers to exercise authority and control over students such as required of a teacher, but only in instances enumerated by the principal and excluding suspensions and expulsions and performing instructional duties as a teacher. This bill also creates the Grow Your Own West Virginia Pathway to Teaching Program to improve recruitment, retention, and diversity of educators in West Virginia public schools. The Program establishes a process to be administered by the West Virginia Department of Education. Any West Virginia school district can apply to establish its own unique Grow Your Own Pathway Program. Applicants must provide a detailed explanation of how their proposed Program will be run, including partnerships with institutions of high education and whether the Program anticipates providing last dollar tuition and related educational financial assistance to candidates accepted into their Program who commit to teaching a minimum of 3 years, upon licensure, in the Applicant's school district. In evaluating applications that meet the West Virginia Department of Education's criteria, if funding is limited, the Department will give additional weight to Applicants that prioritize recruiting candidates from high-need schools, placing teacher candidates in high-need schools, develop programs that support teacher professionals, including bilingual candidates and those without bachelor's degrees, and leverage apprenticeship and year-long teacher residency models. The West Virginia Department of Education will annually provide Program data to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Education Accountability including the number of Program applications, the number of programs supported including names of districts, and retention rate for educator candidates hired by the district.
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB3036
Introduced
1/25/23
Refer
1/25/23
Refer
1/27/23
Engrossed
2/9/23
Refer
2/10/23
Refer
2/10/23
Report Pass
3/1/23
Refer
3/1/23
Report Pass
3/6/23
Enrolled
3/9/23
Passed
3/11/23
Chaptered
5/1/23
The purpose of this bill is to increase the number of districts and the limit on approved costs under the BUILD WV Act.
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB3037
Introduced
1/25/23
Refer
1/25/23
The purpose of this bill is to allow partisan elections for county board of education members.
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB3038
Introduced
1/25/23
Refer
1/25/23
The purpose of this bill is to establish the felony offenses of driving a motor vehicle while impaired causing the death of an unborn fetus or causing serious bodily injury to an unborn fetus and prescribes penalties for the offenses; the bill also increases the penalties for the felony offenses of driving impaired causing death or causing serious bodily injury to any person.
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB3039
Introduced
1/25/23
Refer
1/25/23
Engrossed
3/8/23
Enrolled
3/10/23
Passed
3/11/23
Chaptered
5/1/23
The purpose of this supplemental appropriation bill is to supplement, amend and add a new item of appropriation in the aforesaid account for the designated spending unit for expenditure during the fiscal year 2023.
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West Virginia 2023 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB3040
Introduced
1/25/23
Refer
1/25/23
Engrossed
3/6/23
Refer
3/8/23
Refer
3/8/23
Report Pass
3/8/23
Enrolled
3/11/23
Passed
3/11/23
Chaptered
5/1/23
The purpose of this supplemental appropriation bill is to add a new item of appropriation in the aforesaid account for the designated spending unit for expenditure during the fiscal year 2023.