West Virginia

The purpose of this bill is to provide for a $15,000 commission to sheriffs.

The purpose of this bill is to require the Bureau of Medical Services to file its policy manual as a legislative rule.

The purpose of this bill is to extend benefits and recognition applicable to emergency responders to mine rescue personnel.

The purpose of this bill is to authorize county boards of education to employ or accepting as volunteers certified chaplains. The bill also provides for limitation of liability.

The purpose of this bill is to limit the intentional concealment of a law-enforcement officer's identity or authority, including the use of masks or face coverings, during warrantless, non-custodial investigatory stops that are not supported by probable cause. This provision is intended to promote transparency, reduce the risk of intimidation or misidentification, and protect civil liberties during investigative encounters.

The purpose of this bill relates to the West Virginia Commission on Holocaust Education. The bill establishes legislative findings. The bill modernizes commission membership in light of the passing of Holocaust survivors and second-generation witnesses. The bill strengthens safeguards for historical accuracy and mission integrity. The bill authorizes limited commission-appointed voting members. The bill authorizes non-voting advisory members, including students. The bill clarifies governance, transparency, and duties. Finally, the bill ensures Holocaust education remains the central and primary purpose of the commission.

The purpose of this bill is to change the time in which to pay charges levied for services by a county fire prevention unit from 75 days to 180 days.

The purpose of this bill is to restrict the use of certain pesticides.

The purpose of this bill is to raise the cost-of-living increase from the first $15,000 to the first $45,000 for supplemental pension benefits for municipal police, firefighters, employees of waterworks systems, sewage systems, or combined waterworks/sewage systems.

The purpose of this bill is to increase compensation of all panel attorneys and guardians ad litem. The bill also creates an assistant guardian ad litem position and specifies required language in certain juvenile abuse and neglect case orders.

The purpose of this bill is to require absentee ballots mailed in to be received by 8:00 p.m. on the day of the election to be counted.

The purpose of this bill is to authorize the West Virginia Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management to run background checks on persons applying to be a Statewide Interoperable Radio Network ("SIRN") Radio Programmer and on persons seeking approval to work in SIRN network facilities.

The purpose of this bill is to modify the language in the statute to make it consistent with W.Va. Code §5H-1-2(b) for survivor's benefit payment for first responders for purposes of payment for funeral expenses of law enforcement, safety, and emergency workers; amend the internal effective date; and make technical corrections to the section.

The purpose of this bill is to make a first-degree murder of a minor conviction with a firearm punishable by life imprisonment without mercy.

The purpose of this bill is to remove the unintended limitation on excused absences for students participating in approved extracurricular and educational activities and to restore local decision-making authority to parents, teachers, and school administrators.

The purpose of this bill is to create the First-time Drive to Work Pilot Program in the Division of Economic Development which provides certain vehicle purchase assistance to eligible participants.

The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Board of Risk and Insurance Management to promulgate a legislative rule relating to mine subsidence insurance.

The purpose of this bill is to revise the statute to allow for the purposes of committee and board meetings any member of the state emergency response commission to delegate authority for an employee to serve as a designee in his or her stead as it is not always feasible to honor all requirements to attend and participate in such meetings.

The purpose of this bill is to add "any other livestock" as it pertains to penalties for dogs wounding livestock.

The purpose of this bill is to require the Governor to establish crisis preparedness plans.

The purpose of this bill is to develop a continuum of services and supports for youth who are preparing to exit foster care or who have aged out of that care.

The purpose of this bill is to create a credit against the severance tax to encourage private companies to assist with repair and recovery efforts following disasters in this state. The bill limits the total amount of repair and recovery effort credits which can be certified by the Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection. The bill requires the Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection and the Tax Commissioner to propose legislative rules and emergency legislative rules for promulgation to implement the provisions of the bill The bill will increase economic opportunity in this state. The bill authorizes the claiming of the credits. Finally, the bill provides for an effective date.

The purpose of this bill is to amend and reenact §15A-10-3 and §15A-10-5, as amended, to extend State Fire Marshal inspections, generally, to include municipalities with certified fire code officials, certified fire code inspectors and certified fire code plans examiners to perform duties in occupancies under the jurisdiction of the State Fire Marshal; to clarify the difference between certified and uncertified fire officials, fire inspectors, and fire plans examiners; to explain how training and examination for Fire Code Disciplines and Categories are completed; and to delineate the approved categories of examinations.

The purpose of this bill is to create the Pollinator Protection Act; and provide program criteria.