West Virginia

The purpose of this bill is to extend the timeframe for the department to identify relatives and fictive kin of the child.

The purpose of this bill is to provide a $5,000 raise to state road employees.

The purpose of this bill is to limit the price of prescription drugs to older West Virginians to the lowest price that drug is available in the United States.

The purpose of this bill is to eliminate restrictions to voting rights following an individual's release from incarceration through pardon, probation, parole, or completion of sentence.

The purpose of this bill is to eliminate specific statutory restrictions on outdoor advertisement.

The purpose of this bill is to create a special revenue account, the Residential Treatment Capacity Expansion Fund, to support the recruitment, development, and expansion of in-state residential treatment providers for children. The fund may be used for provider incentives, facility development, transition services for children currently placed out of state, and other activities that increase West Virginia's residential treatment capacity.

The purpose of this bill is to enable pharmacists to dispense Ivermectin for human use without a prescription.

The purpose of this bill is to increase circumstances where the Department of Human Services is required to seek termination of parental rights. The bill also increases circumstances where the time limit for a respondent parent's improvement period, or combination or extension of the respondent parent's improvement period, applies.

The purpose of this bill is to increase the percentage amount for the privilege of holding a license to operate sports wagering.

The purpose of this bill relates generally to the qualifications and responsibilities of the State Fire Marshal.

The purpose of this bill is to create a Work/Incarceration Prison pilot program; to establish guidelines for eligibility; creates one prison; authorizes the Division of Corrections to propose rules; provides sentence reduction to an offender sentenced to the work/incarceration prison; provides that an offender who commits a violation of the rules be sent to a correctional facility and have an additional year added on to their original sentence; provides guideline for appropriation; allows offenders from other counties be accepted to the work/incarceration prison; and provides for an annual evaluation of the work/incarceration prison to be submitted to the Legislature.

The purpose of this bill is to creating standards in determining a change of use of existing entrances.

The purpose of this bill is to increase the pay of teachers from 35 years of experience to 45 years of experience.

The purpose of this bill is to permit volunteer firefighters with five or more years of service to be eligible for free vehicle registrations and license plates on their personal vehicle.

The purpose of this bill is to provide tax credits to encourage in-state production of value-added forest products.

The purpose of this bill is to create a homeless education coordinator in counties designated by the state board as an urban county.

The purpose of this bill is to preserve ballot images and cast vote records on the Secretary of State website which will allow a near 100% verification of cast vote tabulation by citizens and election officials and provide voters with the ability to anonymously identify and verify their ballot cast in a statewide election in West Virginia.

The purpose of this bill is to provide for a phased in increase in the homestead exemption; provide that change to exemption contingent on passage of constitutional amendment; remove cap on property tax books, and repeal limitation on levy rates when appraisal results in tax increase.

The purpose of this bill is to increase the pay of substitute teachers to be the same as a full time teacher.

The purpose of this bill is to establish a court fee for all criminal violations to fund grants to equip and train emergency medical service providers and personnel; and to provide that local emergency medical service providers will receive grants on a 70%-30% matching basis, with the local provider providing 30% of the total funds.

The purpose of this bill is to establish certain tenant protections and landlord notice requirements at rental properties for house trailers, mobile homes, manufactured homes, and modular homes.

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 and clarifying reporting obligations.

The purpose of this bill is to limit the number of improvement periods a parent may have per child or actions in abuse and neglect proceedings.

The purpose of this bill is to establish a tax credit for eligible family members providing caregiver services to an eligible family member.

The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the sale, distribution, or advertisement of Kratom products that resemble, are designed as, or are intended for use with vapor or electronic cigarette devices. The bill provides definitions, enforcement mechanisms, penalties, and an effective date.