Bill Status - 2010 Regular Session
Actions by the Governor
206 Bills Signed by the Governor
| Bill | Title | Status | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SB 38 | Creating WV Servicemembers Civil Relief Act | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 41 | Relating to community enhancement districts | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 51 | Relating to child custody plans for National Guard or military reserve parents | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 70 | Relating to municipalities and counties issuing bonds | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 81 | Creating WV Official Prescription Program Act | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 89 | Relating to reinstating former police chiefs or deputy chiefs to previously held positions | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 183 | Creating Diesel-Powered Motor Vehicle Idling Act | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 185 | Creating WV Commercial Patent Incentives Tax Act | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 186 | Creating DOT administrative law judge office | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 213 | Budget Bill | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 214 | Updating certain terms in Corporation Net Income Tax Act | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 215 | Creating offense of assaulting volunteer firefighters and emergency service employees | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 216 | Updating terms in Personal Income Tax Act | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 218 | Providing for early parole eligibility for certain inmates | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 219 | Relating to managing state motor vehicle and aircraft fleet | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 229 | Authorizing School Building Authority issue certain outstanding bonds | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 230 | Relating to Board of Optometry | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 232 | Transferring certain requirements for redeeming delinquent land sales from county clerks to State Auditor | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 236 | Creating Aquaculture Development Act | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 237 | Authorizing issuance of revenue bonds for public projects | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 238 | Relating to mineral rights' benefits | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 240 | Authorizing Department of Administration promulgate legislative rules | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 273 | Authorizing DEP promulgate legislative rules | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 286 | Authorizing DHHR promulgate legislative rules | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 291 | Authorizing Department of Transportation promulgate legislative rules | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 336 | Authorizing Division of Wildlife Resources recover possession or restitution value of certain animals | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 337 | Requiring Racetrack Video Lottery Fund be used for certain payments | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 339 | Correcting invalid code reference related to voter registration list | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 345 | Requiring telecommunications tax study | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 349 | Requiring child care centers have written evacuation plan | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 350 | Recategorizing recycled energy as renewable energy resource | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 352 | Creating WV Community Empowerment Transportation Act | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 354 | Updating terms and reporting procedures for traffic crashes | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 362 | Prohibiting providing false information to obtain controlled substances prescription | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 365 | Requiring pharmacies provide personnel online access to controlled substances database | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 372 | Updating language in WV Medical Practice Act | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 376 | Relating to residential mortgage foreclosure data | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 381 | Regulating ability of Division of Banking employees to obtain certain loans | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 382 | Relating to certain oil and gas drilling geologic reports | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 385 | Requiring banks provide bond to secure certain county deposits | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 387 | Providing certain mortgage loan originators be licensed or registered | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 388 | Specifying number of members on municipal planning commissions and zoning boards | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 390 | Clarifying court assesses private investigative and security services regulations violation penalties | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 391 | Relating to county board of education members' eligibility | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 394 | Authorizing DMV use certain program to identify uninsured vehicles | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 396 | Updating commercial driver's license requirements | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 397 | Creating single dwelling residential housing index and multiplier | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 398 | Prohibiting landfill disposal of certain electronic devices | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 401 | Relating to ad valorem property taxes | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 407 | Authorizing Department of Revenue promulgate legislative rules | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 422 | Limiting liability for nonhealth care provider defibrillator users | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 427 | Renaming and reorganizing Parkways, Economic Development and Tourism Authority | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 435 | Relating to speed-detecting device use law | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 436 | Updating language relating to process of incorporation | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 442 | Clarifying PEIA Finance Board may offset certain annual retiree premium increases | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 445 | Extending time Fairmont City Council can meet | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 446 | Clarifying deceased public employees' survivors participate in comprehensive group health insurance plans only | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 449 | Relating to PEIA preexisting conditions limitations | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 453 | Providing State Register subscribers electronic format option | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 457 | Repealing certain outdated code sections and eliminating penalties for displaying certain flags | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 461 | Relating to administration of sales and use tax | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 462 | Limiting State Police applicants' age | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 464 | Clarifying Division of Personnel functions | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 465 | Relating to utility service disconnection | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 471 | Increasing circuit clerks' copying charge | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 477 | Creating centralized filing system for legislative reports | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 483 | Authorizing HMOs offer point of service option | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 490 | Relating to domestic violence | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 494 | Providing fiduciary commissioner oversight | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 496 | Allowing Environmental Protection Council certain rule-making authority | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 498 | Updating language relating to adult social services | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 499 | Changing names of certain community and technical colleges | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 510 | Extending DNR license and stamp fees sunset provision | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 511 | Relating to tagging and checking beaver pelts | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 512 | Increasing game trap markings | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 514 | Clarifying certain language in Controlled Substances Monitoring Act | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 518 | Relating to Division of Energy's duties | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 519 | Extending Social Security benefits to Municipal Police Officers and Firefighters Retirement System members | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 526 | Finding and declaring certain claims against state | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 527 | Requiring State Rail Authority establish transportation and local rail service plan | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 533 | Revising statutory language regarding child abuse | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 543 | Authorizing Energy and Water Savings Revolving Loan Fund Program and PROMISE rules for Higher Education Policy Commission | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 547 | Correcting inconsistency in school board levies' code | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 548 | Extending time Boone County Board of Education can meet as levying body | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 553 | Extending time to purchase full service credit in Teachers' Defined Contribution Retirement System | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 557 | Clarifying legislative vacancy procedures | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 567 | Creating Nonprofit Adventure and Recreational Responsibility Act | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 573 | Allowing audits published electronically with notice to proper authorities | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 574 | Declaring December 7 special memorial day | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 577 | Clarifying definition of "raffle" | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 583 | Updating references to Information Services and Communications Division | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 584 | Relating to Center for Nursing's data collection policy | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 595 | Extending vesting period for subdivision and land development plans | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 596 | Exempting Adjutant General and National Guard from certain leasing and accounting requirements | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 597 | Requiring women seeking abortion opportunity to see fetus ultrasound image | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 604 | Extending mental hygiene procedures' sunset provision | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 610 | Extending statutory exemption to certain out-of-school time programs | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 611 | Removing location requirement for certain higher education offices | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 612 | Authorizing Governor certify certain capital improvement projects' lists | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 614 | Relating to PSC approval of high voltage transmission line construction | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 618 | Relating to osteopathic physician assistants | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 624 | Relating to Secretary of State annual reports' filing deadlines | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 627 | Increasing civil and criminal penalties for littering | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 631 | Updating process for adopting textbooks and other instructional material | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 633 | Depositing public funds into certain federally insured accounts | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 635 | Requiring State Fire Commission approve certain county and municipal fire ordinances and regulations | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 636 | Reconstituting Commission to Study Residential Placement of Children | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 648 | Repealing outdated and obsolete sections of education code | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 649 | Establishing motor vehicle search criteria | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 656 | Relating to special rates for energy-intensive industrial electric power consumers | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 664 | Relating to duties of protected person's guardian | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 665 | Transferring certain Health Care Authority's duties to Insurance Commissioner | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 669 | Allowing municipalities to operate teen courts | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 696 | Relating to limited liability partnerships | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| SB 698 | Relating to mini-trucks' registration and certificate of title requirements | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 2485 | Allowing pharmacy interns to vend pseudoephedrine and other chemical precursors of methamphetamine | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 2503 | Requiring licensed tattoo artist to inform patrons, prior to performing the tattoo procedure, of the potential problems that a tattoo may cause in relation to the reading of magnetic resonance imaging | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 2663 | Expanding the power of municipal parking authority officers | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 2773 | Increasing the monetary penalties for selling tobacco products to minors | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 3152 | Athletic Trainers Registration Act | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 3301 | Authorizing Division of Labor to verify employers records relating to employees legal employment status | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4018 | Establishing that possession of a mixture or preparation intended for human consumption containing salvia divinorum is unlawful | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4026 | Relating to higher education capital facilities generally | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4031 | Providing flexibility in the West Virginia public school support plan for funding regional education service agencies | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4034 | Authorizing any municipality to enact by ordinance a vacant property registration program | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4035 | Relating to electronic filing of tax returns and electronic funds transfers in payment of taxes | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4036 | Establishing the Judicial Vacancy Advisory Commission | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4037 | Relating generally to federal subsidy bonds and bond financing | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4038 | Imposing a statutory lien on fire insurance proceeds in the event of a total loss to real property | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4039 | Increasing the number of persons that may be appointed to the Marshall County Park and Recreation Board | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4040 | Requiring county boards to adopt contingency plans designed to guarantee one hundred eighty separate days of instruction for students | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4081 | Authorizing the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety to promulgate legislative rules | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4108 | Authorizing miscellaneous agencies and boards to promulgate legislative rules | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4110 | Authorizing the Department of Commerce to promulgate legislative rules | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4128 | Relating to insurance companies deemed to be in hazardous financial condition | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4130 | Creating the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals Public Campaign Financing Pilot Program | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4133 | Clarifying the requirements to practice marriage and family therapy | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4134 | Removing non-utilized code sections | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4138 | Relating to the practice of medical imaging and radiation therapy | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4140 | Relating to the board of physical therapy | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4142 | Relating to the board of sanitarians | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4143 | Relating to emergency medical services | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4144 | Relating to the board of veterinary medicine | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4145 | Providing services and facilities to assist student veterans at state institutions of higher education | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4155 | Expanding permitted uses for revenues allocated to volunteer and part time fire departments | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4164 | Creating of a pilot program for the placement of children four to ten years of age in foster care which shall be known as Jacob's Law | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4166 | Expanding the age for firefighters over thirty-five years of age for persons already employed by another paid fire department | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4167 | Creating a special revenue fund, known as the Department of Health and Human Resources Safety and Treatment Fund | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4171 | Relating to criminogenic risk and needs assessments | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4172 | Authorizing the Division of Motor Vehicles to issue special license plates for members of certain organizations upon approval of the commissioner | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4176 | Relating to credentialing of health care practitioners | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4182 | Relating to the emergency medical services retirement system act | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4186 | Relating to the practice of nursing home administration | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4187 | Continuing the current hazardous waste management fee until 2015 | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4188 | Anti-Criminal Street Gang Act | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4194 | Codifying the Division of Criminal Justice Services being incorporated into the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4201 | Creating the Livestock Care Standards Board | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4211 | Providing supplemental funding for providing alternative programs for limited English proficient students | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4223 | Increasing the safety of school children that use school buses | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4247 | Providing counties the discretion to accompany an electronic poll book with a printed poll book | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4248 | Relating to the solicitation of charitable funds | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4260 | Relating to insurance adjusters | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4273 | Relating to professional employer organizations | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4277 | Authorizing the Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection to issue National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4285 | Relating to the licensing of residential mortgage brokers, lenders and loan originators by the Division of Banking | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4291 | Eliminating duplicitous criminal background investigations with both the West Virginia State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4299 | Providing that nonstate retired employees who have worked for their last nonstate employer for less than five years are responsible for their entire premium cost | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4309 | Authorizing the Town of Moorefield, the Hardy County Commission, and Hardy County's largest corporate user of public wastewater facilities to construct and maintain a state of the art regional wastewater treatment plant | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4312 | Relating to the Tax Procedure and Administration Act | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4335 | Relating to the business registration tax | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4339 | Relating to collecting debts through the United States Treasury Offset Program | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4352 | Authorizing the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals to create a Business Court Division within certain circuit court districts | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4354 | Relating to conditions and arrests in domestic violence matters | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4359 | Requiring local labor for public construction projects | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4361 | Removing provisions prohibiting sharing domestic violence information with other governments | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4373 | Eliminating the twelve-month look-back period for certain children who have had employer sponsored insurance | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4374 | Caregivers Consent Act | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4407 | Updating the law regarding the rabies vaccinations of dogs and cats | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4416 | Declaring certain claims against the state and its agencies to be moral obligations of the state and directing payments thereof | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4425 | Developing a pilot program for unlicensed personnel to administer medication in a nursing home | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4436 | Providing discretion to schools that make AYP to use assessments and adopting instructional strategies and programs that promote student learning | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4450 | Relating to land surveyors | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4457 | Relating to the access to and protection of cemeteries | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4459 | Increasing the time in which a dependent may apply for Workers Compensation death benefits where occupational pneumoconiosis is determined to be a cause of death | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4486 | Relating to tax tickets and other required notifications concerning property taxes | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4504 | Adopting the Uniform State Military Code of Justice into West Virginia law | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4512 | Relating to school bus operators | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4524 | Revising the definition of "all-terrain vehicle" and including a definition for utility terrain vehicle | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4525 | Changing the composition, powers and responsibilities of the board of Coal Mine Health and Safety | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4527 | Limiting the liability of apiary owners and operators | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4531 | Mandating that shackling of pregnant women who are incarcerated is not allowed except in extraordinary circumstances | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4534 | Increasing the criminal penalty for failing to stop and render aid after a motor vehicle accident; Erin's Law | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4541 | Authorizing circuit court judges and magistrates to utilize county or municipal jails to detain persons charged with a crime up to ninety-six hours, or, to confine persons convicted of a crime for not more than fourteen days | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4559 | Relating to the requirements to be certified as a registered forester | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4577 | Relating to elevator inspections and classifications of licensure | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4582 | Creating reciprocity for West Virginia small, women and minority-owned businesses who receive such preferences in other states | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4589 | Conforming article three of chapter three of the Code of West Virginia, to the requirements of the Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act of 2009 | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4593 | Relating to high school graduation improvement | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4604 | Increasing the criminal penalties for persons who obstruct, flee from or make false statements to law-enforcement officers | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4615 | Authorizing political subdivisions to establish risk pools to insure their workers' compensation risks | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4623 | Adding six additional members to the Equal Pay Commission, three from the House of Delegates and three from the Senate | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4630 | Relating to refunding of appraisal fees | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4647 | Relating to the regulation and control of elections | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4668 | Making a supplementary appropriation to the Crime Victims Compensation Fund, the Department of Education and the Arts - Division of Culture and History, and to the Department of Environmental Protection | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4669 | Granting exceptions to certain statutes to innovation zone plans approved by state board | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |
| HB 4670 | Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Agriculture, to the Department of Health and Human Resources, to the Department of Revenue - Racing Commission, to the Bureau of Senior Services and to the Higher Education Policy Commission | SIGNED | 04/22/2010 |