West Virginia

This bill shall be known as the West Virginia Safe Outdoor Dogs Act. The purpose of this bill is to provide added protection for animals exposed to extreme weather.

The purpose of this bill is to reinstate jury service rights to citizens with felony convictions if the felony convictions have been expunged.

The purpose of this bill is to amend and reenact the budget act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, by adding a new appropriation for the West Virginia Special Olympics Program; and to appropriate funds for statewide Special Olympics activities, county-level programming, and headquarters support

The purpose of this bill is to authorize family members to install monitors at long-term care facilities to check on elderly or disabled family members who in many cases cannot speak for themselves; establishes requirements to assure privacy of other residents; establishes conditions for use of the monitors; and establishes misdemeanor penalties for interfering with the monitoring.

The purpose of this bill is to provide for the deduction for contributions to Trump Accounts.

The purpose of this bill is to provide a statutory mechanism allowing property owners of undeveloped or unimproved land located within municipal boundaries to petition for annexation of their property into the county.

The purpose of this bill is to provide the Secretary of the Department of Human Services with the authority to enter into contracts and partnerships with child welfare providers, including faith-based organizations, to carry out the statutory responsibilities imposed upon the Department of Human Services under Chapter 49.

The purpose of this bill to clarify the management of data centers in growth counties with majority karst hydrogeology.

The purpose of this bill is to clarify that the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney is not a custodian of records and is exempt from the Freedom of Information Act.

The purpose of this bill is to establish the "West Virginia Constitutional Authority Clarification Act."

The purpose of this bill is to move the Critical Incident Review Team from the Department of Human Services to the Office of Inspector General. The bill also modifies the composition of the Critical Incident Review Team.

The purpose of this bill is to adopt the Therapeutic Psilocybin Act.

The purpose of this bill is to protect children from conversion therapy, also known as sexual orientation change efforts or reparative therapy.

The purpose of this bill is to allow the sale, distribution or possession of ivermectin without a prescription.

The purpose of this bill is to ensure financial or product assistance are available for a prescription drug.

The purpose of this bill is to promote the efficient and effective use of state funds allocated to the Department of Human Services by requiring there be a reasonable nexus between the actual work of the Department and the legal proceedings at issue before the Department can be court-ordered to pay for services.

The purpose of this bill is to expand the deadlines for permitting to ensure the petitioners have adequate time for review and approval by local administrators and eliminate conflicts with other legal notice requirements for the type of approvals required under chapter 8A.

The purpose of this bill is to recognize bullion as legal tender.

The purpose of this bill is to create the State Election Poll Clerk Reimbursement Fund Account for county poll clerks to receive a stipend of $100 per day for each day they work during early voting and/or election day for general elections.

The purpose of this bill is to allow for Class IV towns and villages to have fewer council members.

The purpose of this bill is to require medical professionals to report to the Bureau for Public Health all injuries and side effects from vaccines. The bill provides for the Commissioner to acquire and hold certain land. The bill requires the Commissioner of the Bureau for Public Health to produce an annual report for the Legislature. The bill also requires medical professionals to receive periodic training relating to side effects from vaccines, and that the Commissioner make reports available to individuals and parents concerning adverse impact from vaccines.

The purpose of this bill is to require that a minimum of half the members of county and municipal development authorities are West Virginia residents with at least six months of continuous West Virginia residency immediately preceding the appointment and residents of the county or municipality in which the development authority is situated.

The purpose of this bill is to create the Rural Medical Residency Program and to require the Rural Health Initiative to focus on certain medical care deserts such as obstetric and gynecological care.

The purpose of this bill is to enhance transparency and accountability of the Public Service Commission, and to shift the duties of the commission towards a greater focus of assuring affordable utility rates; and to assure that it is held to the highest ethical standard in its decision-making process, including assuring impartiality by applying the State Code of Judicial Ethics to the Commission. The bill redefines what is deemed in the public interest by providing greater weight be given to affordability of electrical utility rates; requiring commissioners annual financial statements be published on the internet and to post bond upon appointment; and deleting and repealing outdated code provisions.

The purpose of this bill is to require costs for misdemeanor and felony convictions to be deposited into the West Virginia State Police Forensic Laboratory Fund.