West Virginia 2025 Regular Session All Bills
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB2346
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Refer
2/14/25
The purpose of this bill is to pawnbrokers, definitions; requiring a photograph; increasing amount of fines for violations; reporting requirements to local law-enforcement officials; and requiring pawnbrokers to retain the property in its original condition as delivered to the pawnbroker by the seller or pledgor for a minimum period of five business days before altering, disassembling, reselling, destroying, reducing, smelting, or otherwise disposing of the property.
WV
West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB2347
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Engrossed
3/12/25
Refer
3/13/25
Refer
3/13/25
Report Pass
4/10/25
Enrolled
4/12/25
The purpose of this bill is to require that mental hygiene regions be created by the Supreme Court of Appeals; clarify that mental hygiene evaluations and proceedings may be conducted by video technology; grant civil immunity for mental health service providers who do involuntary commitment proceedings and setting out exceptions; create a temporary observation release for mental hygiene respondents; clarify that chief medical officer releases requiring approval of circuit court only apply to forensic patients; require hearings for any commitment period of longer than 90 days and prohibiting any person from being civilly committed to longer than 120 days without a hearing to determine whether the individual continues to meet commitment criteria; remove obsolete language regarding transcripts of proceedings to circuit court of county of residence; restructure the mental hygiene commissioner system by authorizing new mental hygiene regions and full-time mental hygiene commissioners employed by the Supreme Court of Appeals; authorize mental hygiene proceedings and evaluations by video and requiring facilities to provide technology that meets Supreme Court of Appeals specifications; authorize statewide coverage for mental hygiene evaluations and permitting a mental hygiene commissioner to exclude evaluator testimony based on the West Virginia Rules of Evidence; and require each Certified Community Mental Health Center to ensure that at least one examiner is available to provide uniform and continuous coverage in each region, including afterhours, weekends, and holidays.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB2348
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
The purpose of this bill is to provide that 10 percent of salary enhancement funds be allocated to the first responder mental health overseen by the Director of the West Virginia Office of Emergency Medical Services. The Director is required to propose legislative rules to effect this salary enhancement.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB2349
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Refer
2/14/25
Refer
3/13/25
Engrossed
3/21/25
Refer
3/24/25
Refer
3/24/25
Report Pass
4/7/25
Refer
4/7/25
Report Pass
4/9/25
The purpose of this bill is to require licensed programs, under the Medication-Assisted Treatment Program Licensing Act, to offer long-acting reversible contraception to patients recovering from addiction to new and current patients.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB2350
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
The purpose of this bill is to enhance nutrition in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB2351
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Refer
3/5/25
Refer
3/11/25
Engrossed
3/31/25
Refer
4/1/25
Refer
4/1/25
Report Pass
4/7/25
Refer
4/7/25
Report Pass
4/9/25
Enrolled
4/12/25
Vetoed
4/12/25
The purpose of this bill is to increase compensation for panel attorneys of the Public Defender Services; and requiring Public Defender Services to annually provide a report to certain state agencies summarizing legal services that are being provided by the submission of a voucher by panel attorneys serving as guardians ad litem in state courts.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB2352
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
The purpose of this bill is to have patients provide voluntary and informed consent; clarify what is needed for voluntary and informed consent; and provide certain information be included in advertising and certain printed materials.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB2353
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Refer
2/14/25
The purpose of this bill is to create the public awareness campaign on mold threat in indoor environments with definitions, rules, and mold remediation standard of care.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB2354
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Refer
2/21/25
Engrossed
2/28/25
Enrolled
3/14/25
Passed
3/24/25
The purpose of this bill is to ban from foods sold in this state the dyes Red 3, Red 40, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Blue 1, Blue 2 and Green 3.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB2355
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
The purpose of this bill is to forbid the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission from taking any adverse action against middle or high school student athletes who participate in travel sports.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB2356
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Refer
2/18/25
The purpose of this bill is to establish the Telephone Consumer Protection Act; defining terms; establishing exclusions; establishing conduct that is prohibited under the article; and setting forth violations.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB2357
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
The purpose of this bill is to modify the sentence and parole eligibility for murder in the second degree.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB2358
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Refer
2/14/25
Refer
3/6/25
Engrossed
3/17/25
Refer
3/18/25
Refer
3/18/25
Report Pass
4/9/25
Enrolled
4/12/25
Passed
4/25/25
The purpose of this bill is to impose deadlines for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to perform an autopsy and provide a copy of the autopsy report.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB2359
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
The purpose of bill is to modify parole eligibility for inmates serving life sentences and those who have been convicted of first degree murder.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
West Virginia House Bill HB2360
Introduced
2/13/25
Refer
2/13/25
Engrossed
3/5/25
Refer
3/6/25
Refer
3/6/25
Report Pass
4/3/25
Enrolled
4/8/25
Passed
4/25/25
The purpose of this bill is to clarify the victims of crimes against law-enforcement officers.