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HB 4654 does not protect kids

Do you know what bills are currently sitting in the House Judiciary Committee, awaiting lawmakers; attention? Among the 513 bills, there are dozens of authorizations bills for state agencies and licensing boards; multiple bills related to sex crimes, including ones against children; several ...

Feb. 18 letters to the editor

Proposed bills from a W.Va. resident As usual, the West Virginia legislative session started, and I didn’t have my agenda of bills ready. Here’s an early draft for next year. My Bill 1 (MB1) is the “I’m not driving too slow, you’re driving too fast” bill. This bill simply ...

Guest essay: Opposition to West Virginia Senate Bill 714

By Matthew A. Davis This year, a bill (SB 714) introduced in the West Virginia Senate calls for eliminating the West Virginia Board of Osteopathic Medicine, which oversees the medical licensing for osteopathic physicians (DOs) and has existed since 1923. Those licenses would be ...

Only 1 protection for women in ‘Women’s Bill of Rights’

We previously opined on the so-called “Women’s Bill of Rights” — HB 5243 — that has absolutely nothing to do with women’s rights and everything to do with promoting an anti-trans, anti-nonbinary, anti-intersex agenda. Recently, House Democrats tried to amend in some actual ...

A sampling of bills introduced Friday, Feb. 16

MORGANTOWN – Here is a sampling of bills introduced Friday, Feb. 16. Local sponsors and cosponsors are noted. SB 813, to allow student-athletes to participate in non-school competitive events and activities while playing for their school. SB 817, to modify eligibility and ...