Good: HB 4223 — “that the Division of Corrections provide each probationer with physical copies of their birth certificate and Social Security Administration card upon release from a facility.” Both of these documents are essential to securing financial accounts, housing and ...
Like the magic that allowed Cinderella to go the ball, the 2022 regular legislative session ended at midnight (technically Sunday) and took with it a whole host of bills. Most of the bills we covered here in our The Good, the Bad and the Stupid editorials now lie in the legislative graveyard. ...
The West Virginia House of Delegates has passed overwhelmingly a bill that would ban most abortions after 15 weeks. The Republican-led House approved, by 81-18, HB 4004. The bill now goes to the Senate. The bill is copied after a Mississippi law that is under review by the United States ...
Disappointingly, but not surprisingly, the West Virginia Legislature is jumping on the anti-abortion ban bandwagon. Mimicking Mississippi’s law — which awaits judgment from the U.S. Supreme Court — HB 4004 bans abortion after 15 weeks gestational age. This ban only makes exceptions ...