Legislative Browser - Subject Child Welfare
| State | Bill Number | Summary/Title | Action | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WV | SB51 | The purpose of this bill is to require permanent parenting plans to contain a provision concerning a possible deployment or call to duty if either parent is a member of the National Guard or military reserves. | Effective Date | 2010-06-11 |
| WV | HB4164 | The purpose of this bill is to create a pilot program for children ages four through ten who are entering the foster care system and need specialized services and an evaluation upon entry. | Effective Date | 2010-06-11 |
| WV | SB533 | The purpose of this bill is to conform the statutory language of subsection (b) to the title of the state by embodying in subsection (b) that the offense may be committed by "allowing" the described sexual abuse. | Effective Date | 2010-06-11 |
| WV | SB610 | Extending statutory exemption to certain out-of-school time programs | Effective Date | 2010-06-11 |
| WV | HB4531 | The purpose of this bill is to mandate that shackling of pregnant women who are incarcerated is not allowed except in extraordinary circumstances. | Effective Date | 2010-06-11 |
| WV | SB636 | The purpose of this bill is to reconstitute the Commission to Study Residential Placement of Children . | Effective Date | 2010-06-08 |
| WV | SB349 | The purpose of this bill is to require licensed or registered child care centers to have a written plan for evacuation in the event of an emergency and making it a point of investigation before a license is received. | Effective Date | 2010-06-03 |
| WV | SB552 | The purpose of this bill is to create the Office of Child Advocacy. The bill, additionally, authorizes the director of the office to hire staff; to investigate and monitor the Department of Health and Human Resources Division of Child Protective Serv... Read more | Senator Unger requests to be removed as sponsor of bill | 2010-03-13 |
| WV | SB118 | The purpose of this bill is to require parental consent for minors to use a tanning device. | To House Judiciary Committee | 2010-03-04 |
| WV | SB700 | Relating to child pornography | Recommitted to Judiciary on 2nd reading | 2010-03-03 |
| WV | HB4536 | The purpose of this bill is to allow, under limited circumstances, a child under the age of fifteen years to hunt or take antlerless deer without first obtaining a certificate of training. | To House Judiciary Committee | 2010-02-24 |
| WV | SB451 | The purpose of this bill is to provide conformity of state statute with the federal Adoption and Safe Families Act. The bill more clearly defines the circumstances under which adoption or legal guardianship subsidies are available. This section has b... Read more | To Senate Finance Committee | 2010-02-19 |
| WV | SB598 | The purpose of this bill is to add a misdemeanor for child neglect creating a substantial risk of bodily injury. | To Senate Judiciary Committee | 2010-02-17 |
| WV | HB4478 | The purpose of this bill is to require a child to be placed with a relative, where possible, when removed from the home of a parent under the Home-Base Family Preservation Act. º49-2D-4a is new; therefore it has been completely underscored. | To House Judiciary Committee | 2010-02-12 |
| WV | HB4481 | The purpose of this bill is add language to West Virginia Code to provide a child advocate for the protection of children. This article is new; therefore, it has been completely underscored. | To House Judiciary Committee | 2010-02-12 |
| WV | HB4483 | The purpose of this bill is add language to West Virginia Code to provide a bill of rights for foster parents. §49-2-12b is new; therefore it has been completely underscored. | To House Judiciary Committee | 2010-02-12 |
| WV | HB4479 | The purpose of this bill is to establish a bill of rights for children in foster care. §49-2-12a is new; therefore it has been completely underscored. | To House Judiciary Committee | 2010-02-12 |
| WV | HB4454 | Legislative status for West Virginia WV House of Delegates Bill HB4454 | To House Judiciary Committee | 2010-02-11 |
| WV | SB522 | The purpose of this bill is to authorize FBI criminal history record checks for child welfare agencies. | To Senate Health and Human Resources Committee | 2010-02-10 |
| WV | HB2612 | The purpose of this bill is to increase criminal penalties for failing to report child abuse. | To Senate Judiciary Committee | 2010-02-03 |
| WV | HB2297 | The purpose of this bill is to create a secure residential school for juvenile status offenders; and to provide an alternative school for children who are expelled or suspended from regular school by permitting them to attend evening classes or night... Read more | To House Education Committee | 2010-01-13 |
| WV | HB2342 | The purpose of this bill is to allow for juveniles to be tried as adults for instances of child abuse resulting in bodily injury and child abuse which results in death. | To House Judiciary Committee | 2010-01-13 |
| WV | HB2456 | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit parents, guardians or custodians from allowing sexually violent predators and registered child abusers access to children. The bill also defines key terms and makes technical changes for purposes of consistenc... Read more | To House Judiciary Committee | 2010-01-13 |
| WV | HB2583 | The purpose of this bill is to require health care providers to release unemancipated minor's medical records for drug testing to a parent or legal guardian without written consent from minor. | To House Health & Human Resources Committee | 2010-01-13 |
| WV | HB2705 | The purpose of this bill is to require the inclusion of additional information on the sex offender registry. | To House Judiciary Committee | 2010-01-13 |
| WV | HB2761 | The purpose of this bill is to transfer the authority to administer the juvenile justice database from the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety to the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. | To House Judiciary Committee | 2010-01-13 |
| WV | HB2119 | The purpose of this bill is to change the compulsory school attendance age for children in the state from sixteen to eighteen years of age. | To House Education Committee | 2010-01-13 |
| WV | HB2544 | The purpose of this bill is to revise the grandparent visitation statute to include additional factors for consideration including the child's relationship with the parent contesting grandparent visitation; any history of abuse by the parent, any cri... Read more | To House Judiciary Committee | 2010-01-13 |
| WV | HB2989 | The purpose of this bill is to provide a misdemeanor and felony penalty if a person fails to make a reasonable, good faith attempt to return a minor child in a timely manner at the expiration of a lawful custodial time or visitation period. | To House Judiciary Committee | 2010-01-13 |
| WV | HB2059 | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit certain sex offenders from loitering within 1,000 feet of a school or child care facility, school bus stop, or other child safety zone. | To House Judiciary Committee | 2010-01-13 |
| WV | HB2134 | The purpose of this article is to require the use of helmets on skateboards. | To House Judiciary Committee | 2010-01-13 |
| WV | HB2300 | The purpose of this bill is to exclude certain employment-related expenses from the definition of gross income for purposes of determining child support. | To House Judiciary Committee | 2010-01-13 |
| WV | HB2386 | The purpose of this bill is to define gross income for purposes of determining child support and to provide that certain employment-related expenses are excluded from gross income. | To House Judiciary Committee | 2010-01-13 |
| WV | HB2399 | The purpose of this bill is to provide tuition and fee waivers at public institutions of higher education for certain children survivors of domestic violence deaths. | To House Education Committee | 2010-01-13 |
| WV | HB2518 | The purpose of this bill is to qualify children of state employees and any other person employed in this state whose annual income is $25,000.00 a year or less for the West Virginia Children's Health Insurance Program. | To House Health & Human Resources Committee | 2010-01-13 |
| WV | HB2666 | The purpose of this bill is to provide a misdemeanor and felony penalty if a person fails to make a reasonable, good faith attempt to return a minor child in a timely manner at the expiration of a lawful custody or visitation period. | To House Judiciary Committee | 2010-01-13 |
| WV | HB2693 | The purpose of this bill is to expand newborn testing to include testing for illegal drugs in newborns. | To House Judiciary Committee | 2010-01-13 |
| WV | HB2772 | The purpose of this bill is to increase the penalties for exposing children to methamphetamine manufacturing. | To House Judiciary Committee | 2010-01-13 |
| WV | HB2783 | The purpose of this bill is to creating a criminal felony offense of aggravated assault or battery of a child or a person who is mentally incapacitated. | To House Judiciary Committee | 2010-01-13 |
| WV | HB2879 | The purpose of this bill increases the minimum prison sentence from two years to five years without the possibility of parole for a parent, guardian or custodian who abuses a child that results serious bodily injury. | To House Judiciary Committee | 2010-01-13 |
| WV | HB2728 | The purpose of this bill is to ensure the safety of the community by prohibiting sexual offenders from residing in certain areas and to subject persons convicted of sexual offenses against minors who are on parole or probation to global positioning s... Read more | To House Judiciary Committee | 2010-01-13 |
| WV | HB2447 | The purpose of this bill is to establish county and municipal authorities to provide for and maintain facilities to house Child Advocacy Centers. Under the bill, a Child Advocacy Center is a safe place for multidisciplinary members to interview abus... Read more | To House Political Subdivisions Committee | 2010-01-13 |
| WV | HB2707 | The purpose of this bill is to eliminate good time for persons convicted of sex crimes involving minor children. | To House Judiciary Committee | 2010-01-13 |
| WV | HB2111 | The purpose of this bill is to qualify children of state employees, receiving income of $25,000.00 per year or less, for the West Virginia Children's Health Insurance Program. | To House Health & Human Resources Committee | 2010-01-13 |
| WV | SB67 | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit military service from being a factor in a permanent modification to an existing parenting plan. | To Senate Military Committee | 2010-01-13 |
| WV | HB2704 | The purpose of this bill is to subject persons convicted of sexual offenses against minors who are on parole or probation to "GPS" monitoring for the duration of their life. | To House Judiciary Committee | 2010-01-13 |
| WV | HB2114 | The purpose of this bill is to provide for a $100 a day penalty for employers failing to withhold an employee's income for child support obligations. | To Judiciary Committee | 2009-04-02 |
| WV | SB744 | The purpose of this bill is to require permanent parenting plans to contain a provision concerning a possible deployment or call to duty if either parent is a member of the National Guard or military reserves. | On second reading to Judiciary | 2009-03-25 |
| WV | SB746 | The purpose of this bill is to protect service members' custodial rights upon a call to active service. | On second reading to Judiciary | 2009-03-25 |
| WV | SB670 | The purpose of this bill is to expand the definition of court-ordered services for children for which the Department of Health and Human Resources required to pay to include socially necessary services. The bill also addresses the payment for servic... Read more | To Judiciary Committee | 2009-03-23 |