CHARLESTON — A House bill introduced last week proposes to divert the $15 million “pop tax” devoted annually to WVU Health Sciences for medical education from WVU to the Public […]
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A sampling of bills introduced Jan. 18
CHARLESTON – Here is a sampling of bills introduced Jan. 18. The governor’s bill to allow certain misdemeanor offenders to petition for expungement of their records is among them. Monongalia-Preston-Marion-area […]
House sends jail overcrowding bill to Senate
CHARLESTON – The House of Delegates took a step Friday to make West Virginia a better place for pets. It passed HB 2185 96-0 on Friday, Jan. 18, and sent […]
House Judiciary OKs Broadband Expansion Act, SNAP benefits for drug felons bill
CHARLESTON – House Judiciary sent down to the House floor on Friday, Jan. 18, a tweaked Broadband Expansion Act and a bill to end the lifetime ban on SNAP – food […]
A sampling of bills introduced Jan. 17
CHARLESTON – Here is a sampling of bills introduced Jan. 17. The governor’s bill to exempt Social Security income from taxation is among them. Monongalia-Preston-Marion-area lead sponsors and co-sponsors, if […]
House Health moves bill to repurpose, possibly replace, Hopemont Hospital
CHARLESTON – A bill to repurpose and possibly privatize Hopemont Hospital in Terra Alta is once again working its way through the Legislature. Its lead sponsor and another Preston delegate […]
Senate Health Committee approves ban on e-cigarettes in schools
CHARLESTON – The Senate Health Committee approved on Jan. 17 a bill banning the use of e-cigarettes in schools. SB 136 gives a 12-line definition of what e-cigarettes are and […]
House OKs bill to protect people driving drunk on own property from DUI charge
CHARLESTON – The House of Delegates approved and sent to the Senate on Thursday a bill protecting people who drive drunk on their own property from facing a DUI charge. […]
A sampling of bills introduced Jan. 16
CHARLESTON – Here is a sampling of bills introduced Jan. 16. The governor’s bills to reorganize state emergency and disaster planning and to provide incentive pay for math teachers are […]
House passes bill declaring appeals to state Supreme Court a matter of right
CHARLESTON — A House of Delegates bill declaring that appeals to the State Supreme Court are a matter of right is on its way to the Senate. HB 2164 passed 100-0 […]
