West Virginia 2024 Regular Session All Bills
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
West Virginia Senate Bill SB810
Introduced
2/15/24
Refer
2/15/24
The purpose of this bill is to increase the penalty for voluntary manslaughter.
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
West Virginia Senate Bill SB811
Introduced
2/16/24
Refer
2/16/24
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.
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
West Virginia Senate Bill SB812
Introduced
2/16/24
Refer
2/16/24
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the distribution of pornographic materials to persons under 18.
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
West Virginia Senate Bill SB813
Introduced
2/16/24
Refer
2/16/24
Report Pass
2/23/24
Engrossed
2/27/24
Refer
2/29/24
The purpose of this bill is to allow student-athletes to participate in competitive events and activities while playing for their school.
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
West Virginia Senate Bill SB814
Introduced
2/16/24
Refer
2/16/24
The purpose of this bill is to streamline and simplify the processes within the classified service system; maintaining a merit system while creating efficiencies and flexibility. The bill empowers appointing authorities to make decisions regarding human capital management based on ethical and professional standards that inspire excellence with the Division of Personnel as a strategic business partner in developing policy and practices that make the State of West Virginia a model employer. The bill changes the quorum required for State Personnel Board meetings and defines the roles of the board and the Director of the Division of Personnel. The bill allows the director to establish pilot programs within state agencies to address specific recruitment and retention issues within a particular agency. The bill authorizes the director to approve classification and pay plans established by the division and those proposed by appointing authorities to address the specific needs of their agencies. The bill changes the number of days a job posting must be posted and clarifies the leave donation program. The bill establishes the Division of Personnel as a central clearinghouse pertaining to employment eligibility for positions in state service.
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
West Virginia Senate Bill SB815
Introduced
2/16/24
Refer
2/16/24
Report Pass
2/21/24
Engrossed
2/23/24
Refer
2/26/24
The purpose of this bill is to require the Department of Human Services and the Bureau for Social Services to make a rate study, analysis of workforce capacity, and the impact on children of the current reimbursement levels for child placement agencies and to report the performance of the child placing agency to the Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability and to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance by December 31, annually.
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
West Virginia Senate Bill SB816
Introduced
2/16/24
Refer
2/16/24
Engrossed
2/28/24
Refer
2/29/24
The purpose of this bill is to inform the public about who receives the proceeds from the sale of donated consumer goods.
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
West Virginia Senate Bill SB817
Introduced
2/16/24
Refer
2/16/24
The purpose of this bill is to modify eligibility and qualifications to serve as an appointed member of the state board of education, by prohibiting certain political and other activities and specifically permitting certain political activities
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
West Virginia Senate Bill SB818
Introduced
2/16/24
Refer
2/16/24
The purpose of this bill is to provide a $5,000 raise to state road employees.
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
West Virginia Senate Bill SB819
Introduced
2/16/24
Refer
2/16/24
Engrossed
2/26/24
Refer
2/27/24
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the Secretary of the Department of Health from promulgating rules that require public water systems or businesses to have backflow preventers.
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
West Virginia Senate Bill SB82
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
The purpose of this bill is to authorize the West Virginia Board of Licensed Dietitians to promulgate a legislative rule relating to telehealth practice, requirements, and definitions.This section is new; therefore,
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
West Virginia Senate Bill SB820
Introduced
2/16/24
Refer
2/16/24
Report Pass
2/27/24
Engrossed
2/28/24
Refer
2/29/24
Enrolled
3/8/24
Passed
3/27/24
Chaptered
4/23/24
The purpose of this bill is to require the Department of Human Services to create a program to improve quality of care rendered to the substance use disorder population by applying automatic enrollment.
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
West Virginia Senate Bill SB821
Introduced
2/16/24
Refer
2/16/24
The purpose of this bill is to establish the same criminal elements and criminal penalties for abuse or neglect of incapacitated adults as are applicable to abuse or neglect of children.
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
West Virginia Senate Bill SB822
Introduced
2/16/24
Refer
2/16/24
The purpose of this bill is to balance the interests of current landowners and future landowners to ensure surface, minerals, and forest land may be developed for future economic gain by limiting use restrictions for forest carbon capture and sequestration to a maximum term of 20 years. The bill defines certain terms. The bill requires parties to current and new carbon offset agreements to register with the State Tax Department. The bill requires reports by Division of Forestry and the State Tax Department. The bill authorizes the disclosure of information between the Tax Commissioner and 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. 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, minerals, and the harvesting of timber 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 20 years. The bill provides that options to renew or continue such arrangements beyond the initial maximum term of 20 years shall be valid only if the consideration is required to be renegotiated to exercise the option.
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
West Virginia Senate Bill SB823
Introduced
2/16/24
Refer
2/16/24
The purpose of this bill is to create prohibitions on the illegal entry into or illegal presence in this state by a person who is an alien. The bill provides for the enforcement of those prohibitions and certain related orders, including immunity from liability and indemnification for enforcement actions. Finally, the bill authorizes and requires under certain circumstances the removal of persons who violate those prohibitions; and creating criminal offenses.