West Virginia

The purpose of this bill is to require the Director of the Division of Natural Resources to propose rules for hunting antlered deer.

The purpose of this bill is to allow accrued annual or sick leave to be used for retirement service credit in the Teachers Retirement System.

The purpose of this bill is to provide a one-time cost-of-living supplement to retirement benefits of under $75,000 a year.

The purpose of this bill is to allow city attorneys and municipal clerks to file judgment liens.

The purpose of this bill is to create a one-time American Legion Post Support Grant Program administered by the Department of Veterans Assistance. The bill authorizes the department to distribute $10 million in equal amounts to all active American Legion posts in West Virginia without requiring individual applications. The program supports capital needs, operational improvements. and veteran service activities conducted by American Legion posts. The bill further provides for reporting requirements and establishes a sunset provision upon completion of the distribution.

The purpose of this bill is to permit a beneficiary under the State Teachers Retirement System who has been approved for a retirement with a joint life annuity to convert to the maximum life annuity if the spouse dies within the first five years of the beneficiary's retirement.

The purpose of this bill is to fill a gap in existing law by criminalizing intentional, outrageous mistreatment of the dead without tying prosecution to proof of homicide or other underlying criminal activity, while still providing enhanced penalties when the conduct is connected to concealment, obstruction, or felony conduct.

The purpose of this bill relates to pension benefits which are exempt from income taxation. The bill adds Division of Natural Resources police, deputy sheriffs, full-time firefighters, and municipal police officers into the class of law-enforcement officers exempted.

The purpose of this bill is to require the Commissioner of Highways to prepare and present to the Legislature a comprehensive highway paving plan establishing routine repaving of all normally asphalt-surfaced roads.

The purpose of this bill is to prohibit those listed on the state sex offender database, convicted felons of sexual assault, or persons convicted of abuse of juveniles from entering school property or attending public school activities and events. The bill also requires parent teacher conferences for those persons to be conducted off school grounds. Finally, the bill permits the State Board of Education to promulgate rules.

The purpose of this bill relates generally to the use of property taken by eminent domain.

The purpose of this bill is to create the Pro-growth Regulatory Reform Act.

The purpose of this bill is to require that a public elementary or secondary school make the Aitken Bible available to all fourth grade, eighth grade, and 10th grade social studies classrooms; specifying funds that can and cannot be used for this purpose; and clarify that the requirement applies to charter schools.

The purpose of this bill is to provide a process for the collection of delinquent special emergency ambulance fees by the county commission.

The purpose of this bill is to permit women's wrestling in public high schools and public charter schools as a sanctioned sporting event in this state.

The purpose of this bill is to provide for a ten percent pay raise all teachers and school service personnel.

The purpose of this bill is to require that all electricity providers give their customers a choice between the smart meters and manually read meters that are installed on their homes, businesses, or rental units.

The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia Abolishment of Wholesaling Act, providing definitions; abolishing and prohibiting wholesaling; providing exceptions; and providing remedies and civil penalty.

The purpose of this bill is to clarify how those required to register sex offenders, who have no permanent residence, can satisfy their legal obligation.

The purpose of this bill is to provide reciprocity for licensed veterinarians and veterinary technicians who are licensed and in good standing in other states and offer specialized and temporary licensures to foreign graduates through PAVE and ECFVG, and to permit recent graduates to have a temporary license to practice under supervision while awaiting licensure completion.

The purpose of this bill is to change the grant process for counties.

The purpose of this bill is to change the minimum ratio of school cooks to one cook for every 110 meals prepared and served.