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WVHB4527Limiting the liability of apiary owners and operatorsTo Senate Judiciary2010-03-08
WVHB4382The purpose of this bill is to provide for forfeiture of property used in various crimes and the disposition of such property.To Senate Judiciary2010-03-04
WVHB4485The purpose of this bill is to increase the fine for overtaking and passing a school bus stopped for the purpose of receiving or discharging children. The changes in this bill could be referred to as "Haven's Law".To Senate Judiciary2010-03-04
WVHB4496The purpose of this bill is to prohibit bail bonding companies or bail bond enforcers from providing fiduciary bonds for estates; and providing an exception.To Senate Judiciary2010-03-04
WVHB4506The purpose of this bill is to provide for the revocation of death benefits upon the final order of divorce. This section is new; therefore, it has been completely underscored.To Senate Judiciary2010-03-04
WVHB4531The purpose of this bill is to mandate that shackling of pregnant women who are incarcerated is not allowed except in extraordinary circumstances.To Senate Judiciary2010-03-04
WVHB4604Increasing the criminal penalties for persons who obstruct, flee from or make false statements to law-enforcement officersTo Senate Judiciary2010-03-04
WVHB4634The purpose of this bill is to define "caving" or "spelunking" as a recreational purpose and activity for which a landowner's liability for injury is limited.To Senate Judiciary2010-03-04
WVHB4387The purpose of this bill is to establish the Flexible Leave Act allowing for the use of earned leave with pay for an illness in an employee's immediate family. This article is new; therefore, it has been completely underscored.To Senate Judiciary2010-03-03
WVHB4486The purpose of this bill is to requiring the sheriff to send tax tickets and other required notifications concerning property taxes to the occupants of those properties when the mailing address of a taxpayer differs from the mailing address of that p...
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To Senate Judiciary2010-03-03
WVSB697Allowing Fire Commission waive prohibition against certain convicted felons serving as volunteer firefightersTo Senate Judiciary2010-03-03
WVHB4207The purpose of this bill is to make it unlawful to send obscene, anonymous, harassing and threatening communications by computer, mobile phone, personal digital assistant or other mobile device. The bill makes it a misdemeanor for first and second of...
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To Senate Judiciary2010-03-02
WVHB4646Relating to corporate political accountabilityTo Senate Judiciary2010-03-02
WVHB4647This bill modifies the definition of "express advocacy" to make it consistent with recent U.S. Supreme Court holdings. The bill also increases the number of persons who must receive a broadcast or nonbroadcast communication naming a clearly...
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To Senate Judiciary2010-03-02
WVHB4108The purpose of this bill is to authorize the State Board of Examiners for Licensed Practical Nurses to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Policies and Procedures for Development and Maintenance of Educational Programs in Practical Nursing.To Senate Judiciary2010-02-25
WVHB4110The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Division of Natural Resources to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Deer Hunting.To Senate Judiciary2010-02-25
WVHB4292This bill shall require any person who begins serving as a magistrate after the effective date of this legislation, to possess an associate degree from an accredited college, or have two years of experience as a magistrate. All magistrates are requir...
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To Senate Judiciary2010-02-25
WVSB287The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Department of Health and Human Resources to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Fees for Services.To Senate Judiciary2010-02-24
WVHB4354The purpose of this bill is to include any injunctive relief and protective orders issued under §48-5-608 in those sections that allow law-enforcement officers to seize weapons in possession of domestic violence respondents.To Senate Judiciary2010-02-22
WVSB634The purpose of this bill is to permit political action committees to receive contributions from a separate segregated fund of a membership organizations. The bill also establishes a $1,000 per election limit.To Senate Judiciary2010-02-22
WVSB638The purpose of this bill is to prevent government sponsored interference with a West Virginian's guaranteed freedom of religion. This article is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.To Senate Judiciary2010-02-22
WVSB641The purpose of this bill is to provide an excise tax on transfers of utilities. This article is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.To Senate Judiciary2010-02-22
WVSB645The purpose of this bill is to create and provide structures and standards for a New Intermediate Court of Appeals. This article is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.To Senate Judiciary2010-02-22
WVSB646The purpose of this bill is to provide that criminal sentences of imprisonment may run concurrently or consecutively. The bill also provides that sentences are to run concurrently unless a court orders or a statute requires otherwise.To Senate Judiciary2010-02-22
WVSB667The purpose of this bill is to reduce the total number of video lottery terminals which may be placed in restricted access adult-only facilities in this state from 9,000 to 7,500 nine thousand to seven thousand five hundred.To Senate Judiciary2010-02-22
WVSB676The purpose of this bill is to exempt licensed surveyors from liability for defamation or slander of title when performing their professional duties. The bill also provides an exception in the case of malicious intent. This section is new; therefore,...
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To Senate Judiciary2010-02-22
WVSB678The purpose of this bill is to delete language allowing a county commission to reimburse a mental health care facility for security services for the period of time a person is at the hospital prior to the determination of mental competence or incompe...
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To Senate Judiciary2010-02-22
WVSB679The purpose of this bill is to require nonprofit organizations to disclose to employees on the date of hire whether the employment is subject to unemployment compensation coverage. §21A-5-21 is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring ha...
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To Senate Judiciary2010-02-22
WVSB685The purpose of this bill is to bring older contradicting language still remaining in the code into conformity with §3-2- 5(b)(3) and to reestablish a definition for "independent voter" as the presently cited definition is no longer in ...
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To Senate Judiciary2010-02-22
WVSB689The purpose of this bill is to enter West Virginia into an interstate compact known as the Agreement Among the states to Elect the President by National Popular Vote. Under the compact, the state agrees to award its electoral votes to the presidentia...
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To Senate Judiciary2010-02-22
WVSB692Relating to corporate political accountabilityTo Senate Judiciary2010-02-22
WVSB693This bill modifies the definition of "express advocacy" to make it consistent with recent U.S. Supreme Court holdings. The bill also increases the number of persons who must receive a broadcast or nonbroadcast communication naming a clearly...
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To Senate Judiciary2010-02-22
WVSB694The purpose of this bill is to require greater information to be submitted by the Public Service Commission annually regarding the quality of service provided by utilities and persons subject to its jurisdiction, and to require incumbent local exchan...
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To Senate Judiciary2010-02-22
WVSJR13The purpose of this resolution is to amend the State Constitution to clarify that the Constitution does not require the state to pay for an abortion and to provide that nothing in the Constitution secures or protects a right to abortion. This section...
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To Senate Judiciary2010-02-22
WVSJR14The purpose of this resolution is to propose an amendment to the Constitution of the State of West Virginia that only a union between man and woman is valid or recognized as marriage in West Virginia.To Senate Judiciary2010-02-22
WVSB615The purpose of this bill is to regulate the time to sell alcohol in private clubs. The bill exempts race tracks from the private club requirements. The bill also authorizes certain counties and municipalities to designate an earlier time by ordinan...
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To Senate Judiciary2010-02-19
WVSB619The purpose of this bill is to provide for administrative determination of claims for $2,500 or less against the state by the Clerk of the Court of Claims, with the approval of the court.To Senate Judiciary2010-02-19
WVSB622The purpose of this bill is to make comprehensive revision to the state's trust laws by substantially enacting the Uniform Trust Code and integrating it into the existing statutes in West Virginia which deal with trusts. The Uniform Trust Code was ad...
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To Senate Judiciary2010-02-19
WVSB623The purpose of this bill is conforming article three of chapter three of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, to the requirements of the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act of 2009.To Senate Judiciary2010-02-19
WVSB628The purpose of this bill is to phase in increased assessments on property that are twenty percent or more over the assessed values of the previous year. The phase-in period is three years with no more than thirty-five percent of the increased assessm...
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To Senate Judiciary2010-02-19
WVSJR12The purpose of this amendment is to appropriate funds from forfeited bonds in criminal cases to the county commission of the county in which the bonds were forfeited.To Senate Judiciary2010-02-19
WVSB85The purpose of this bill is to repeal the ban on construction of nuclear power plants.To Senate Judiciary2010-02-18
WVHJR101The purpose of this resolution is to submit the proposed "Commercial and Industrial Tangible Personal Property Tax Exemption Amendment" to the Constitution of the State to the people of the state for ratification or rejection at the general...
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To Senate Judiciary2010-02-18
WVSB298The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Board of Medicine to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Fees for Services Rendered by the Board Including Assistance to the Board- designated Physician Health Program for Physicians, Podiatrists and...
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To Senate Judiciary2010-02-18
WVSB300The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Division of Motor Vehicles to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the Collection of Tax on the Sale of a Vehicle.To Senate Judiciary2010-02-18
WVSB311The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Board of Osteopathy to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Fees for Services Rendered by the Board.To Senate Judiciary2010-02-18
WVSB320The purpose of this bill is to authorize the State Tax Department to promulgate a legislative rule relating to combined returns pursuant to the Consumer Sales and Service Tax and Use Tax - Drugs, Durable Medical Goods, Mobility Enhancing Equipment an...
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To Senate Judiciary2010-02-18
WVSB322The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Division of Tourism to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the Direct Advertising Grants Program.To Senate Judiciary2010-02-18
WVSB408Authorizing DHHR promulgate legislative rule relating to out-of-school time child care center licensing requirementsTo Senate Judiciary2010-02-18
WVSB609The purpose of this bill is to increase the page rates a court reporter is to receive for providing typewritten transcripts. The bill provides that those pay rates be increased from $2.85 per page to $3.25 per page for original transcripts and from $...
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To Senate Judiciary2010-02-18
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