West Virginia 2024 Regular Session All Bills
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB4526
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
The purpose of this bill is to establish a memorial at the Capitol for the unborn whose lives were lost.
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB4527
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
The purpose of this bill is to allow an exemption from payment of a school excess levy to an owner of a residence whose annual household income is at or below the latest federal poverty guidelines.
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB4528
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
The purpose of this bill is to require urban renewal authorities to submit active, amended and proposed urban renewal projects and plans to the affected local county boards of health for review and comment. The bill requires urban renewal authorities to meet with municipalities and communities regrading those projects and plans. The bill requires urban renewal authorities to make reports and make them available to the affected local county boards of health and local residents.
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB4529
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
The purpose of this bill is to place upon the manufacturers of manufactured homes the duty to meet their obligations and responsibilities under the terms of the express warranties extended to the consumers in this state. The bill provides consumers additional remedies to enforce the warranties.
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB4530
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
The purpose of this bill is to create a domestic violence registry. The bill provides a purpose. The bill directs the criminal identification bureau of the West Virginia State Police to establish and maintain the registry. The bill provides for confidential inquiry of persons on the registry. The bill establishes criteria for placement on and releasing information from the registry. The bill requires prosecuting attorneys to provide certain information. The bill defines terms.
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB4531
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
The purpose of this bill concerns forfeiture of contraband. The bill establishes criminal forfeiture and the items and property subject to forfeiture. The bill sets forth additional procedures for forfeiture. The bill establishes dates. The bill permits a court to waive a conviction requirement. The bill protects innocent owners. The bill permits seizure of personal property with and without process. The bill provides that there are no additional remedies and no joint and severable liability. The bill establishes title. The bill sets forth the disposition of forfeited property and proceeds. The bill establishes prohibition on retaining property. The bill establishes sales restrictions, return of property, damages, and costs. The bill permits the transfer of forfeited property to the federal government. The bill provides for preemption. The bill defines terms.The bill repeals §60A-7-704, §60A-7-705a, §60A-7-706, §60A-7-707, and §60A-7-708.
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB4532
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the denial, cancellation, or other discrimination in policies of life insurance, sickness, disability, or long-term care insurance due to the status of the insured as a living organ donor.
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB4533
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
The purpose of this bill is to provide a simple proceeding in family court to name a kinship legal guardianship where a person is unmarried and at least 16 years of age or older, and receives effectively no substantial care and support from his or her legal parents, but does receive such care and support from another person who petitions to be named a kinship legal guardian. The bill would clarify who provides substantial care and support for the supported person in the absence of such care and support by the parents. This clarification of support would not affect rights of the legal parents or the rights of the supported person.
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB4534
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
The purpose of this bill is to increase the minimum wage requirements in West Virginia to $15 per hour over a six year period.
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB4535
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
Refer
2/8/24
The purpose of this bill is to require assessments made on or after July 1, 2025 to provide that the arithmetic means for annual production and average coal price to value coal properties shall be based upon the full calendar year immediately preceding the July 1st assessment date; to provide that the Tax Commissioner shall utilize an average coal density of 1800 tons per acre foot, unless clear and convincing evidence is submitted by a taxpayer establishing a lower density value; to provide that density information reported on returns, due on or before May 1 of each year, shall be used to determine values for the immediately following July 1 assessments; to provide that the Tax Commissioner shall take into consideration economic viability and engineering considerations when establishing values for coal properties; to provide that coal beds which are of a thickness of less than 35 inches shall not be classified as mineable coal for valuation for property tax purposes unless there is clear and convincing evidence to the contrary; to provide that no permitted coal seam may be classified for taxation as active until actual depletion of coal commences under a permit; to provide that for any owner, operator, or producer which fails to make a return within the time required, any and all penalties imposed shall be equally and uniformly applied across all forms of industrial property and natural resources property; and to specify an effective date.
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB4536
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
The purpose of this bill is to abolish spousal support.
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB4537
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
The purpose of this bill is to include three types of cancer for which rebuttable presumption of injury from employment exists for firefighters and provides that the presumption for the three types of cancer expires July 1, 2028, unless extended by the Legislature.
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB4538
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
The purpose of this bill is to require extended supervision for certain drug offenders.
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB4539
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
The purpose of this bill is to require that free feminine hygiene products be provided to female prisoners in all jails, regional jails or state correctional facilities and female juveniles in juvenile detention.
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West Virginia 2024 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB4540
Introduced
1/10/24
Refer
1/10/24
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit public utilities from terminating or disconnecting services during a state of emergency declared by executive order; to create a duty to restore service; to require public utility to enter into deferred payment agreement with residential customer during state of emergency; to prohibit public utility from disconnecting service for 180 days providing notice to residential customer; and to establish right of public utilities to recover funds owed in normal course following the state of emergency.