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Wood County delegates sponsor 80 bills in first week of West Virginia legislative session

PARKERSBURG — The Wood County delegation to the West Virginia Legislature has sponsored at least 80 bills going into the first full week of the session.

Among the proposed House and state Senate bills are income tax cuts, protection against the demolition or removal of statues or plaques denoting history, permitting religious exemptions to compulsory immunizations and requiring cameras in every classroom and room where children are present.

The 60-day session commenced on Jan. 11.

Bills and sponsors are:

Delegate Bill Anderson, 10th District

* HB 2001: Reduce personal income tax rates by 10% for all

* HB 2119: Local Energy Efficiency Partnership Act

* HB 2120: Relating to the financing of environmental pollution control equipment for coal-fired power plants

* HB 2121: Relating to the Adopt-A-Stream Program

* HB 2154: Relating to admissibility of certain evidence in a civil action for damages

* HB 2299: To require that any municipality or county commission who intends to approve a location for a limited video lottery retailer must first announce their intention to do so and hold a public hearing before approval.

* HB 2412: Declaring November 14 every year, a special Memorial Day in remembrance of the Marshall University airplane crash

* HB 2510: To establish the Rare Earth Element and Critical Mineral Investment Tax Credit Act

* HB 2529: Relating to when vacancies in the office of magistrate shall be filled by election or appointment

* HB 2532: Creating a liaison program with the federal Department of Veterans Affairs Transition Assistance Program

Delegate Bob Fehrenbacher, 11th District

* HB 2005: Establishing the dual enrollment pilot program to be administered by the Higher Education Policy Commission and the Council for Community and Technical College Education in conjunction with the State Board of Education.

* HB 2506: Creating a title clearinghouse for non-resident businesses

* HB 2578: To create the Rural Area Department Volunteer Incentive Act of 2023

* HB 2588: Relating to indexing unemployment benefits based on the state average unemployment rate

* HB 2589: Requiring work search activities to qualify for unemployment benefits

* HB 2002: Relating to providing support for families

Delegate Vernon Criss, 12th District

* HB 2001: Reduce personal income tax rates by 10% for all

* HB 2169: Provide valuation limitations to the Tax Commissioner for coal properties and to clarify the penalty for non-filers

* HB 2170: Providing valuation limitations for coal property taxation and clarifying the penalties for non-filers

* HB 2171: Removing obsolete provisions regarding DOH standards for studded tires and chains

* HB 2505: Creating the Supported Decision-Making Act

* HB 2506: Creating a title clearinghouse for non-resident businesses

* HB 2521: Creating the Public/Private Small Business Enhancement Program

* HB 2529: Relating to when vacancies in the office of magistrate shall be filled by election or appointment

* HB 2541: Add licensure requirement on substance use disorder inpatient provider facilities

* HB 2543: Develop a licensure process for recovery residences or other residential settings that present as a location where substance use disorder recovery can be facilitated

* HB 2544: Make investigation and enforcement of the Patient Brokering Act the responsibility of OHFLAC

* HB 2545: Require a study on homelessness be conducted by the Bureau for Behavioral Health

* HB 2546: Require Substance Use Disorder inpatient providers to offer patients transportation to certain places upon discharge

* HB 2569: Establishing the Motorsport Responsibility Act

* HB 2577: Revoke spending authority for money used by an agency in support of a challenge to law

Delegate Scot Heckert, 13th District

* HB 2532: Creating a liaison program with the federal Department of Veterans Affairs Transition Assistance Program

* HB 2536: Permitting physicians to provide exemption certificates relating to required immunizations

* HB 2537: Prohibiting covenant not to compete

* HB 2538: Relating to foster care

* HB 2548: Relating to temporary identification cards for released inmates

* HB 2558: Permitting religious exemptions for compulsory immunizations

* HB 2559: Prohibiting mask mandates by the State of West Virginia

* HB 2560: To require cameras in every classroom and room where children are present

* HB 2578: To create the Rural Area Department Volunteer Incentive Act of 2023

* HB 2579: Relating to the nonpartisan election of county superintendents of schools

* HB 2583: Veterans’ Welcome Home Grant

Delegate Dave Foggin, 14th District

* HB 2003: Providing early childhood assistant teachers and systems of support to help students achieve grade level literacy and numeracy by end of third grade.

* HB 2002: Relating to providing support for families

* HB 2532: Creating a liaison program with the federal Department of Veterans Affairs Transition Assistance Program

* HB 2536: Permitting physicians to provide exemption certificates relating to required immunizations

* HB 2537: Prohibiting covenant not to compete

* HB 2538: Relating to foster care

* HB 2548: Relating to temporary identification cards for released inmates

* HB 2558: Permitting religious exemptions for compulsory immunizations

* HB 2559: Prohibiting mask mandates by the State of West Virginia

* HB 2560: To require cameras in every classroom and room where children are present

* HB 2578: To create the Rural Area Department Volunteer Incentive Act of 2023

* HB 2579: Relating to the nonpartisan election of county superintendents of schools

* HB 2583: Veterans’ Welcome Home Grant

State Sen. Mike Azinger, 3rd District

* SB 9: Monument and Memorial Protection Act of 2023

* SB 10: Campus Self-Defense Act

* SB 93: Prohibiting teaching of divisive acts and critical race theory in public schools

* SB 96: Timber Co-tenancy Modernization and Majority Protection Act and Unknown and Unlocatable Timber Interest Owners Act

* SB 120: Requiring registered sex offenders pay annual fee

* SB 121: Creating Student Journalist Press Freedom Protection Act

* SB 125: Safeguarding concealed carry permit holder’s information

* SB 126: Reorganizing DHHR

* SB 127: Relating to reimbursement of hospital inpatient rates by PEIA

* SB 128: Clarifying authority of Governor and Legislature to proclaim and declare state of emergency and preparedness

* SB 130: Anti-Racism Act of 2023

* SB 132: Clarifying criminal offense of harassment

* SB 133: Adding definition of “ammunition” for purposes of obtaining state license to carry concealed deadly weapon

* SB 134: Protecting consumers against businesses using automatic renewals without consent

* SB 138: Clarifying secondary sources are not law and public policy of in certain instances

* SB 139: Requiring each county BOE to ensure all its meetings are open to public through in-person attendance and broadcast live on its website

* SB 140: Updating offenses of extortion and attempted extortion

* SB 145: Allowing county BOE participating in operation of multicounty vocational center to withdraw

* SB 146: Modifying regulations of peer-to-peer car sharing program

* SB 147: Creating pilot program for recovery residences in Cabell County

* SB 149: Exempting certain organizations from property taxation

* SB 153: Chemical Abortion Prohibition Act

* SB 155: Requiring medical professionals to report injuries and side effects from vaccines to Bureau for Public Health

* SB 161: Authorizing DNR to manage and dispose of property

* SB 162: Authorizing director of DNR to lease state-owned pore spaces in certain areas for carbon sequestration

* SB 230: Allowing voluntary immunization of students in private schools

* SB 239: Requiring Commissioner of Human Services to engage certain providers and leaders to study homeless demographic

* SB 241: Relating to Patient Brokering Act

* SB 242: Relating to residential substance use disorder service programs

* SB 243: Requiring substance use disorder inpatient providers to provide transportation to patients

State Sen. Donna Boley, 3rd District

* SB 126: Reorganizing DHHR

* SB 127: Relating to reimbursement of hospital inpatient rates by PEIA

* SB 128: Clarifying authority of Governor and Legislature to proclaim and declare state of emergency and preparedness

* SB 132: Clarifying criminal offense of harassment

* SB 139: Requiring each county BOE to ensure all its meetings are open to public through in-person attendance and broadcast live on its website

* SB 161: Authorizing DNR to manage and dispose of property

* SB 162: Authorizing director of DNR to lease state-owned pore spaces in certain areas for carbon sequestration

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