CHARLESTON – The state Senate adjourned until Monday without taking up a proposed senatorial district map during its Friday afternoon floor session. As it stands, the Senate has before it […]
West Virginia Legislature
House approves health board oversight bill, others during Friday session
CHARLESTON — Here is a look at some other House floor action from Friday. — SB 3033, the Congressional district bill. The House passed it Thursday and returned to it […]
House passes governor’s COVID vaccine exemption bill after nearly 2-hour debate
CHARLESTON — The House of Delegates spent an hour and 50 minutes debating the governor’s COVID-19 vaccine exemption bill before passing it with a 68-30 vote. The bill is HB […]
Senate delays vote on Senate district map as new one emerges and debate continues; House OKs Congressional map
CHARLESTON — The House of Delegates on Thursday approved the Congressional map sent over from the Senate. Final action on the other two — the House district map and Senate […]
House Democrats object to governor’s vaccine exemption bill during press conference
CHARLESTON — House of Delegates Democratic leaders gathered Thursday morning to decry the governor’s COVID-19 vaccine exemption bill, HB 335. “I’m concerned about the message our governor is sending,” Minority […]
Senate approves tweaked version of bill clarifying county commission authority over health board rules
CHARLESTON – The state Senate made some more tweaks on Wednesday to its bill clarifying county commission veto power over local health board rules, passed it and sent it to […]
Senate conforms its Congressional map to House version, sends bill to House; delays action on Senate map for a day
CHARLESTON – State Senate redistricting action was relatively limited on Wednesday. Senators approved amending their Congressional district map bill – SB 3003 – to conform to the House map in […]
Governor adds bill to special session allowing for COVID vaccine exemptions, forbidding school COVID vaccine mandates
CHARLESTON – Gov. Jim Justice added a COVID-19 vaccine exemption bill to the special session call Wednesday that has generated opposition from the medical and business communities. The bill – […]
House passes HB 301 creating 100 single-member districts
CHARLESTON — For the first time in state history, the House of Delegates will have 100 single-member districts. The House passed HB 301 on Wednesday, creating the new map, 79-20. […]
Public hearing speakers say House district maps break up communities of interest, small towns
CHARLESTON — The House of Delegates Redistricting Committee opened the third day of the redistricting special session with a public hearing on its proposed maps — and the first speaker […]
