Legislative Browser - Subject Acts
| State | Bill Number | Summary/Title | Action | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WV | SB38 | The purpose of this bill is adopt the Service Members Civil Relief Act into West Virginia law. | On 2nd reading, Special Calendar | 2010-03-10 |
| WV | SB81 | The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia Official Prescription Program to reduce prescription drug fraud | On 3rd reading, Special Calendar | 2010-03-10 |
| WV | SB185 | The purpose of this bill is to allow manufacturers a credit against their business franchise and corporation net income tax liabilities for a percentage of the net profits attributable to a patent used in manufacturing processes and products in this ... Read More... | On 2nd reading, Special Calendar | 2010-03-10 |
| WV | SB183 | The purpose of this bill is to prohibit diesel powered motor vehicles from excessive idling; to define terms; to place restrictions on idling; to provide exceptions to idling restrictions; to establish a misdemeanor offense of excessive idling; to p... Read More... | From House Calendar, 1st reading, placed on Special Calendar | 2010-03-10 |
| WV | HB4312 | The purpose of this bill is to amend and reenact §11-10-18 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the Tax Procedure and Administration Act, adding the word "not" to impose a penalty of five percent of the amount of... Read More... | On 3rd reading | 2010-03-10 |
| WV | SB517 | The purpose of this bill is to adopt the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act. Under the proposed bill, any requirement of state law describing or requiring that a land record document be an original, on paper, or in writing are satisfied b... Read More... | From Special Calendar, 3rd reading, placed on House Calendar | 2010-03-10 |
| WV | SB567 | The purpose of this bill is to enact the Nonprofit Adventure and Recreational Responsibility Act. It sets forth the responsibility and liability of any Congressionally chartered youth organizations with a facility of over six thousand acres in this s... Read More... | With amendment, do pass | 2010-03-09 |
| WV | SB507 | The purpose of this bill The purpose of this article is to allow for a tax credit for coal companies that purchase innovative safety technology that is compiled by the Mine Safety Technology Task Force and approved by the Director of the West Virgi... Read More... | To House Finance | 2010-03-08 |
| WV | HB4374 | The purpose of this bill is to establish the Caregivers Consent Act, allowing a caregiver who is not a parent, legal custodian or guardian of a minor to consent to health care for a minor through an affidavit. The bill provides for the revocation and... Read More... | On 3rd reading | 2010-03-08 |
| WV | SB352 | The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia Community Empowerment Transportation Act. The bill authorizes the Commissioner of Highways to establish procedures relating to the authority and review of transportation projects. The bill makes... Read More... | To House Finance | 2010-03-05 |
| WV | HB2542 | The purpose of this bill is to require annual suicide prevention training for all teachers and principals. | To Finance | 2010-03-05 |
| WV | SB373 | The purpose of this bill is to establish the Caregivers Consent Act, allowing a caregiver who is not a parent, legal custodian or guardian of a minor to consent to health care for a minor through an affidavit. The bill provides for the revocation and... Read More... | To House Health & Human Resources | 2010-03-04 |
| WV | SB657 | The purpose of this bill is to establish a funding source and programs for persons with traumatic brain injury. | To House Finance | 2010-03-04 |
| WV | HB4387 | The 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 Judiciary | 2010-03-03 |
| WV | SB486 | The purpose of this bill is to establish a procedure that requires a claimant that files an asbestos case after the effective date of this bill to provide information to all defendants about all claims filed or anticipated to be filed by that claiman... Read More... | Recommitted to Judiciary on 3rd reading | 2010-03-03 |
| WV | SB493 | The purpose of this bill is to enact the West Virginia Economic Development Act of 2010 consisting of the Twenty-first Century Business Technologies Property Valuation Act and the Twenty- First Century Tax Credit Act, the purpose of which is to encou... Read More... | To House Finance | 2010-03-03 |
| WV | HB4188 | The purpose of this bill is to create the Anti-Criminal Street Gang Act and sets forth prohibited acts and activities. The bill prohibits the participation in a criminal street gang, the recruitment of persons for criminal street gangs, the hazing cr... Read More... | To Senate Judiciary | 2010-02-25 |
| WV | HB4544 | The purpose of the bill is to ensure that the DHHR focuses on the home and community based services as they make plans for the elderly and people with disabilities. This article is new; therefore, it has been completely underscored. | To House Finance | 2010-02-24 |
| WV | SB638 | The 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 Judiciary | 2010-02-22 |
| WV | HB4008 | The purpose of this bill is for the adoption of green building standards for the construction or renovation of public buildings over five thousand square feet in size. | To House Finance | 2010-02-19 |
| WV | SB497 | The purpose of this bill is to create the "West Virginia Small Business Assistance Program Act" to promote improvement of competitiveness of the state's small business community and to encourage entrepreneurial development. This article... Read More... | To Senate Finance | 2010-02-19 |
| WV | SB613 | Creating Facility Design-Build-Finance-Lease- Purchase Act | To Senate Education | 2010-02-19 |
| WV | SB630 | The purpose of this bill is to expand the "West Virginia Facility Lease-Purchase Act. This bill institutes authorization, policies and procedures for the lease-purchase of public schools, as well as other buildings. | To Senate Education | 2010-02-19 |
| WV | HB4545 | Drug Trafficking Registration Act | To House Judiciary | 2010-02-18 |
| WV | SB581 | The purpose of this bill is to designate hospitals as primary stroke centers. This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted. | To Senate Health and Human Resources | 2010-02-15 |
| WV | SB555 | The purpose of this bill is to exempt firearms, a firearm accessory, or ammunition manufactured and retained in West Virginia, from Federal regulation under the Commerce Clause of the Constitution of the United States. This article is new; there... Read More... | To Senate Judiciary | 2010-02-12 |
| WV | SB476 | The purpose of this bill is to establish a West Virginia innovation and development program, to attract and support capital investment in innovation-driven enterprises in West Virginia through a combination of direct annual investment by the state in... Read More... | To Senate Finance | 2010-02-12 |
| WV | SB474 | The purpose of this bill is for the adoption of green building standards for the construction or renovation of public buildings over fifty thousand square feet in size. This article is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitte... Read More... | To Senate Finance | 2010-02-11 |
| WV | SB529 | The purpose of this bill is to create the "Surface Owners' Rights Recognition Act." The bill protects the rights of surface owners of property where oil or gas wells are to be located. The bill makes legislative findings. The bill also requ... Read More... | To Senate Energy, Industry and Mining | 2010-02-10 |
| WV | SB16 | The purpose of this bill is to provide a phased-in credit against corporation net income tax and personal income tax for ad valorem property taxes paid in this state with respect to industrial tangible personal property consisting of machinery and eq... Read More... | To Senate Finance | 2010-02-08 |
| WV | SB330 | This bill was recommended for introduction and passage by the Joint Standing Committee on the Judiciary. The purpose of this bill is to codify the West Virginia Partnership to Promote Community Well-Being established by Executive Order No. 8-04. | To Senate Finance | 2010-02-05 |
| WV | SB482 | The purpose of this bill is to require the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Resources to propose legislative rules regarding the safety of long-term care facilities. This article is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have... Read More... | To Senate Health and Human Resources | 2010-02-05 |
| WV | HB4343 | The purpose of this bill is to increase awareness and understanding of labor history and the contributions of workers to the state, nation and world by designating the annual observance of the week following the Labor Day Holiday as Labor History Wee... Read More... | To House Education | 2010-02-04 |
| WV | HB4307 | The purpose of this bill is to impose an excise tax on grocery stores, drug stores and convenience stores equal to five cents for each plastic shopping bag given to customer s . The tax may not be passed on to customers. This article is new; theref... Read More... | To House Finance | 2010-02-03 |
| WV | HB4302 | The purpose of this bill is to ensure patient safety by establishing minimum direct-care registered nurse to patient ratios. It provides for creating an "acuity-based patient classification system" and exempts critical access hospitals from... Read More... | To House Health & Human Resources | 2010-02-02 |
| WV | HB4262 | The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia Renewable Energy Act. The bill makes legislative findings and defines terms. The bill provides a maximum $2,000 investment cost recovery incentive for customer-generated electricity from renewab... Read More... | To House House Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business | 2010-02-01 |
| WV | HB4150 | This bill was recommended for introduction and passage by the Joint Standing Committee on the Judiciary. The purpose of this bill is to codify the West Virginia Partnership to Promote Community Well-Being established by Executive Order No. 8-04. | To House Finance | 2010-01-29 |
| WV | SB375 | The purpose of this bill is to establish the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act. This article is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted. | To Senate Judiciary | 2010-01-28 |
| WV | SB384 | The purpose of this bill is to create the Uniform Power of Attorney Act and to repeal the Uniform Durable Power of Attorney Act. This article is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted. | To Senate Judiciary | 2010-01-28 |
| WV | SB360 | The purpose of this bill is to enact the Smoke Free West Virginia Act, prohibiting smoking in public places, places of employment and government vehicles. This article is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted. | To Senate Health and Human Resources | 2010-01-27 |
| WV | HB4200 | The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia Community Empowerment Transportation Act. The bill authorizes the Commissioner of Highways to establish procedures relating to the authority and review of transportation projects. The bill makes... Read More... | To House Roads & Transportation | 2010-01-27 |
| WV | SB340 | This bill was recommended for introduction and passage by the Joint Standing Committee on the Judiciary. The bill is modeled on the Uniform Collateral Consequences of Conviction Act approved July 15, 2009, by the Uniform Law Commission (ULC). The p... Read More... | To Senate Judiciary | 2010-01-25 |
| WV | HB4016 | The purpose of this bill is to strengthen the Ethics Act financial disclosure filing requirements. | To Senate Judiciary | 2010-01-21 |
| WV | HB2899 | The purpose of this bill is to add Tramadol to Schedule IV of the West Virginia Uniform Controlled Substances Act. | To House Judiciary | 2010-01-19 |
| WV | SB227 | The purpose of this bill is to establish the "Protect Children from Dangerous Lighters Act." The bill prohibits the sale of novelty lighters and provides for exceptions. The bill also makes legislative findings and provides a definition. ... Read More... | To Senate Health and Human Resources | 2010-01-15 |
| WV | HB4028 | The purpose of this bill is to update the meaning of "federal taxable income" and certain other terms used but not defined in the West Virginia Corporation Net Income Tax Act by bringing them into conformity with their meaning for federal i... Read More... | To House Finance | 2010-01-14 |
| WV | HB4030 | The purpose of this bill is to update the meaning of "federal adjusted gross income" and certain other terms used but not defined in the West Virginia Personal Income Act by bringing them into conformity with their meanings for federal tax ... Read More... | To House Finance | 2010-01-14 |
| WV | SB69 | The purpose of this bill is to authorize the creation of a new tax credit for eligible expenditures incurred in placing in service residential or nonresidential energy efficient building property. The bill's incentive will encourage the construction... Read More... | To Senate Transportation and Infrastructure | 2010-01-13 |
| WV | HB2477 | The purpose of this bill is to prevent government sponsored interference with a West Virginian's guaranteed freedom of religion. | To House Judiciary | 2010-01-13 |
| WV | HB2524 | The purpose of this bill is to establish the West Virginia Religious Freedom Restoration Act. | To House Judiciary | 2010-01-13 |