MORGANTOWN — The House Political Subdivisions Committee is once again trying to line up local elections with statewide election dates. The committee also advanced a bill to prevent the state from requiring hotels and motels to house homeless people. The elections bill is HB 4436. In ...
MORGANTOWN – Senate and House committees took up and approved bills on Monday creating the Health Care Sharing Ministries Freedom to Share Act. The Senate's version is SB 375, handled by Banking and Insurance. A Health Care Sharing Ministry is not health insurance and the bills exempt ...
MORGANTOWN – The Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday advanced three voting-related bills to the full Senate. Two deal with purging inactive voters or voters who've moved away from the voter rolls. SB 622 trims the time period for removing inactive voters from eight years to six ...
MORGANTOWN — Here is a sampling of bills introduced Monday, Feb. 12. Local sponsors and co-sponsors are noted. SB 744, to prohibit civil rights violations based on disability, gender identity, or sexual orientation. SB 745, to limit the price of prescription drugs to West Virginians ...
MORGANTOWN — The Senate advanced a bill on Monday to discourage adults from smoking in their vehicles when kids are present. SB 378 says: “No person who is 18 years of age or older may smoke or possess a lit tobacco product in a motor vehicle if an individual 16 years of age or less is ...
Lawmakers can do more to protect women I fail to understand how our Legislature continues to get it so wrong! The women of West Virginia should be protected from sexual assault in their marriages, not have sane nurses removed from our hospitals. We need you to help us feed our ...