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Tag: WV Legislature
Black advocacy groups present $5,500 check in front of Senate Finance office to protest demise of CROWN Act
MORGANTOWN – Following the death of the CROWN Act – SB 496 – on Wednesday, advocacy groups on Thursday presented a check for $5,500 to Black women-led West Virginia organizations […]
House Judiciary advances U.S. motto, indecent exposure, sexual contact with minors, voter registration bills to House floor
MORGANTOWN – The House Judiciary Committee moved four Senate bills to the House floor on Thursday – and all are on first reading on the House floor on Friday. They […]
Senate sends House bill prohibiting ‘non-binary’ on birth certificates to governor
MORGANTOWN – A bill to prohibit non-binary designations on birth certificates is headed to the governor’s office. The state Senate on Thursday passed HB 4233, which adds a single sentence […]
Senate honors Warren McGraw, former state senator and Supreme Court chief justice
MORGANTOWN — The state Senate on Thursday stood to honor the life and work of Warren Randolph McGraw, former state delegate and senator, county prosecutor and judge, and Supreme Court […]
Senate sends to House carbon credit, driving doctors and charitable giving bills on Crossover Day, kills timberland carbon tax bill
MORGANTOWN – The Senate sent a series of bills to the House of Delegates on Wednesday – Crossover Day – on such issues as speeding doctors, carbon credits, charitable giving, […]
Senate Judiciary advances bills to fight ‘swatting’, prohibit primary election sore-loser party switching
MORGANTOWN – The Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday advanced bills to enhance criminal penalties for “swatting,” and to prohibit sore-loser party switching after a primary election. HB 4845 is the […]
House passes education, parenting, lab meat and elections bills on Crossover Day
MORGANTOWN — Parenting, education, lab-grown meat and elections were among the bills the House of Delegates passed and sent to the Senate on Wednesday — Crossover Day, the deadline for […]
W.Va. Senate right to advance campus food insecurity bill
House of Delegates must follow suit “My first year in college, I lost 20 pounds,” said Sen. Mike Azinger as he voted against a “hunger-free” campus bill. “I didn’t eat. […]
Senate, House move bills on sports, smoking and deep-fake porn
MORGANTOWN – The state Senate and House of Delegates plowed through long lists of bills on Tuesday, in preparation for Crossover Day on Wednesday. School sports, smoking and deep fakes […]
