West Virginia

The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a legislative rule relating to ambient air quality standards.This section is new; therefore,

The purpose of this bill is to establish a criminal offense for knowingly, willfully, and forcibly obstructing or hindering home incarceration supervisors and social service workers while they are lawfully acting in their official capacity and the obstructing or hindering causes their death; establishing criminal penalty therefor of imprisonment in a state correctional facility for 15 years to life.

The purpose of this bill is to provide a cap on the amount of family income eligible for the Hope Scholarship.

The purpose of this bill is to mandate coverage for breastfeeding and lactation consultant services.

The purpose of this bill is to clarify that insurance policies covering commercial or industrial real property may be underwritten for any amount agreed-upon by the parties, even if that amount is less than the replacement cost value.

The purpose of this bill is to require that a three-second pause be added to all traffic-control lights and devices on divided highways.

The purpose of this bill is to provide fairness in the application of the special emergency ambulance service fee by ensuring that small lodging businesses such as cabin and campsite owners are treated equitably with hotels and motels and not charged disproportionately high fees relative to their capacity and economic scale.

The purpose of this bill is to require the Treasurer to transfer 50 percent of the unencumbered balance of each reappropriated revenue account in the State Treasury to the General Fund, under certain circumstances

The purpose of this bill is to create the Right to Race Act. The bill defines terms. The bill sets forth actions brought upon racetracks. The bill sets forth relevant claims. The bill sets forth political subdivision restrictions. Finally, the bill provides for an effective date.

The purpose of this bill is to match the salaries of Aide I, II, III, IV, V (Special Education Aides) with that of Early Childhood Classroom Assistant Teachers and then increasing that amount by 5% for the Aide V position; increase the pay of self-contained, special education teachers by 10%; define a critical vacancy; and to require board staff who are certified in the subject area of a critical vacancy to go to the classroom and fill that position until someone is hired to do so.

The purpose of this bill is to eliminate the practice of civil asset forfeiture.

The purpose of this bill is to create the Protection of Firearm Owner Privacy and Prohibition of Registries Act.

The purpose of this bill is to abolish personal income tax.

The purpose of this bill is to require county boards of education to train at least one professional staff member at each school in grant writing procedures.

The purpose of this bill is to consolidate county school boards into 11 regional districts.

The purpose of this bill is to provide that the number of days a retired teacher may accept employment may extend beyond 140 days under specific conditions; and to prohibit reduction of benefits or requiring additional contributions for retirement benefits.

The purpose of this bill is to require mandatory drug testing for all classes of employees of county commissions, the state of West Virginia, State Board of Education, and in K through 12 schools.

The purpose of this bill is to lower rent for tenants.

The purpose of this bill is to remove all fees charged by the West Virginia State Department of Education associated with teacher licensure, certification, and registering the completion of continuing credit hours.

The purpose of this bill is to establish a mandated monthly half day for students to allow for school staff planning time.

The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Division of Water and Waste Management to promulgate a legislative rule relating to hazardous waste management system.

The purpose of this bill is to require public school students to learn how to properly handle, fold, treat, honor, display, and retire the American flag and pass an examination on this subject as a prerequisite for graduation.

The purpose of this bill is to establish comprehensive protections against telephone solicitation fraud, spoofing, and abuse; to require modern safeguards by telecommunications providers; to impose strong penalties on violators; and to direct enforcement proceeds to local fire and emergency medical.