West Virginia

The purpose of this bill is to create the Non-Profit Transparency and Accountability Act, which will require that all nonprofit organizations that receive any part of their total operating funds from public sources, whether state or federal, shall be subject to Freedom of Information Act requests and bear the responsibility to respond to these requests under the same requirements as a public body.

The purpose of this bill is to permit certain brewers, brewpubs, manufacturers, and resident brewers to make private labels for existing nonintoxicating beer and nonintoxicating craft beer brands available for purchase.

The purpose of this bill is to exempt active-duty service members from fees for a license to carry a concealed deadly weapon.

The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia Workplace Security Act; make certain acts unlawful; and prescribe means of enforcement and penalties for violations.

The purpose of this bill is to warrantless entry of private lands; limitations of entry onto private lands; clarifying the process for law enforcement entry onto posted private lands; use of surveillance cameras on or near posted private lands; searches and seizures on private lands; requiring a search warrant or other recognized exception for searches and seizures in open fields; providing a definition; providing for abolishing the common law open fields doctrine; prohibiting surveillance cameras on private property; and providing exceptions.

The purpose of this bill is to provide that the coal severance tax shall go to the respective county that produced the coal.

The purpose of this bill is to require higher education institutions to accept the Classic Learning Test.

The purpose of this bill is to require PEIA, Medicaid, and other health insurance providers to cover for treatment of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections and pediatric acute onset neuropsychiatric syndrome if certain conditions are met.

The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Attorney General to promulgate a legislative rule relating to fair treatment of crime victims and witnesses.This section is new; therefore,

The purpose of this bill is to create the Whistleblower Protection Fund Act.

The purpose of this bill is to provide for a nonrefundable $25,000 tax credit against state personal income taxes and encourage West Virginians to return to West Virginia to pursue employment opportunities.

The purpose of this bill is to require custodians of any public records to maintain a public accessible database; protect the identity of persons with FOIA requests; and requiring updates of public online data bases.

The purpose of this bill is to create a community school support fund; requiring the State Superintendent of Schools to take certain actions to set aside $5 million for the fund; and to clarify the application process for assistance from the fund.

The purpose of this bill is to enhance pay for teachers; provide for market pay enhancement for teacher salaries in certain circumstances; provide for certification to the State Auditor; set out distribution of funds; require reporting; make funds subject to personal income tax; providing funds are in excess of minimum salary schedule; make enhancement not subject to state grievance process; and provide for rulemaking.

The purpose of this bill is to establish the criminal offense of obstructing a highway or other passageway; defining "obstruct"; and establishing penalties for violation of section.

The purpose of this bill is to exempt certain military veterans and their spouses and dependents from tuition and fees at state institutions of higher education.

The purpose of this bill is to change the awards and benefits to dependents of State Police officers who must take disability retirement to better match the awards and benefits of the dependents of State Police retirants who serve twenty years without disability retirement.

The purpose of this bill is to require a political action committee to disclose the names and addresses of its contributors to the Secretary of State.

The purpose of this bill is to remove consumers sales and service tax from prepared food sold through vending and money-operated machines.

The purpose of this bill is to provide for the creation of the Community School Funding Formula Revision Act.

The purpose of this bill is to update the school aid formula by establishing a minimum net enrollment of 1,200 students for each county.

The purpose of this bill is to require a photograph of the user on EBT cards.

The purpose of this bill is to allow municipalities to complete work previously requested to DOH if DOH fails to start the work within six months of the request; DOH will maintain liability of the work by municipality; and municipality may bill DOH for reimbursement.

The purpose of this bill is to rename the West Virginia Advanced Energy and Economic Corridor Authority the King Coal Highway Economic Advisory Board; to modify the legislative findings for the creation of the advisory board; reduce membership of advisory board to 11 members; modify requirements for members of advisory board; and modify powers and duties of the advisory board.