Bill Status - 2008 Regular Session

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Bill	Title	Status	Committee	Step	Last Action
HB 2170	Providing that alleged victims of domestic violence or abuse have the right to have a person of their choosing present when they are interviewed by law-enforcement officers or the prosecuting attorney	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/09/08
HB 2193	Increasing the penalties for child abuse	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/09/08
HB 2214	Providing that a legally unlicensed personal care home may house up to four unrelated residents if there is at least one full-time employee working at the home	Pending	House HHR	Committee	01/09/08
HB 2222	Authorizing the Governor to appoint an additional member to the Surface Mine Board that represents the interest of labor	Pending	House Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business	Committee	01/09/08
HB 2252	Giving local authorities the authority to decrease the speed limit on streets and highways where school buses travel in its jurisdiction	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	01/09/08
HB 2299	Allowing state employees to take paid leave to attend parent-teacher conference for their children	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	01/09/08
HB 2336	Allowing school service personnel the opportunity to vote on giving transfer preference to employees from a merged school	Pending	House EDU	Committee	01/09/08
HB 2418	Increasing certain county boards of education personnel salaries	Pending	House EDU	Committee	01/09/08
HB 2489	Allowing the State Superintendent of Schools to designate certain geographical areas as a "School Choice Zone"	Pending	House EDU	Committee	01/09/08
HB 2502	Relating to the Public Employees Retirement System and the Teachers Retirement System; and providing a one-time supplement for annuitants and survivor beneficiaries after being retired five consecutive years	Pending	House Pensions and Retirement	Committee	01/09/08
HB 2711	Providing that fire officers may use adjacent property to prevent fire from spreading	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/05/08
HB 2730	Reducing the ratio of school nurses to school children	Pending	House EDU	Committee	01/09/08
HB 2739	Providing veterans' death certificates to families and funeral directors at no cost	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	02/26/08
HB 2812	Tax credit for employees who provide child day care services for their employees	Pending	House Finance	Committee	01/09/08
HB 2869	Protecting consumers against the sale or adoption of sick or underage pets	Pending	House A&N	Committee	01/09/08
HB 2880	Prohibiting inquiries reflected on a credit report from adversely affecting an application for insurance	Pending	House BNK	Committee	01/09/08
HB 2919	Requiring person incarcerated for sex offenses to register as such at the time they are incarcerated	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/09/08
HB 2928	Increasing the penalty for driving under the influence causing death	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/09/08
HB 2951	Exempting certain recipients of military medals of valor from special registration plate fees	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	01/09/08
HB 2957	Changing the date for primary elections and filing date for candidates	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/09/08
HB 2965	Faculty Excellence Act	Pending	House EDU	Committee	01/09/08
HB 2994	Establishing criminal penalties for interfering with medical treatment of a railroad employee	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/09/08
HB 3035	Relating to prohibiting the establishment of new methadone treatment programs	Pending	House HHR	Committee	01/09/08
HB 3040	Requiring the reporting and publication of all compensation, including contingent compensation, paid to lobbyists	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/09/08
HB 3050	Subtracting social security benefits from federal adjusted gross income to determine West Virginia adjusted gross income for purposes of personal income tax	Pending	House Finance	Committee	01/09/08
HB 3055	Requiring pediatric dentists that administer general anesthesia to pediatric patients to comply with certain requirements for personnel, operating facilities, equipment, monitoring procedures, recovery and discharge	Pending	House HHR	Committee	01/09/08
HB 3063	The West Virginia Counter-Terrorism Act of 2007	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/09/08
HB 3122	Relating to the definition of "eligible veteran" for certain state training and employment preference benefits	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	03/03/08
HB 3124	Prohibiting any law enforcement or other official from interfering in the service of a warrant in child abuse investigations	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/09/08
HB 3127	Relating to discounts at state parks for elderly and disabled persons	Pending	House A&N	Committee	01/09/08
HB 3144	Relating to primary elections and nominating procedures of third-party candidates	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/09/08
HB 3156	Relating to issuing a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth	Pending	House HHR	Committee	01/09/08
HB 3216	Allowing a disabled veteran one additional license plate	Pending	House Finance	Committee	01/09/08
HB 3222	Establishing the position of prisoner transportation officer	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/09/08
HB 3262	Requiring the Commissioner of Corrections to keep track of repeat offenses committed by persons convicted of sexual offenses	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/09/08
HB 4004	Providing funds for the maintenance, repair and preservation of statues on the State Capitol grounds from lottery proceeds	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/08/08
HB 4005	Extending the alternative-fuel motor vehicle tax credit for ten years and making the credit retroactive from the expiration date of the initial credit	Pending	House Finance	Committee	01/09/08
HB 4013	Requiring the Director of the Division of Veterans' Affairs to establish a healthcare database	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/14/08
HB 4025	Strengthening the protections for whistleblowers of unsafe working conditions in mines	Pending	House Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business	Committee	01/10/08
HB 4040	Nontraditional Career Development Centers Act	Pending	House Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business	Committee	01/14/08
HB 4053	Protecting computer owners and users from computer spyware	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/01/08
HB 4060	Extending the deadline for submission of the written plan for participation in the pilot program for increased powers for municipal self government	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/17/08
HB 4084	Protection of consumers from toxins in toys	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/17/08
HB 4095	Creating a commission to study the impact of global warming on the State of West Virginia	Pending	House A&N	Committee	01/21/08
HB 4103	Increasing criminal penalty to commit malicious assault, unlawful assault, battery or assault upon a child protective caseworker or a local adult protective services caseworker employee	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/21/08
HB 4104	Providing immunity from civil liability for adult protective services workers and child protective services workers	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/21/08
HB 4109	Exempting social security benefits from West Virginia personal income	Pending	House Finance	Committee	01/21/08
HB 4115	Increasing the West Virginia retirement income exemption from taxation on persons age sixty-five years of age or older or surviving spouse of such persons	Pending	House Pensions and Retirement	Committee	01/21/08
HB 4118	Authorizing the Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner to enter into cooperative agreements for assistance with law enforcement to investigate and enforce the laws relative to the sale of alcoholic beverages	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	01/21/08
HB 4133	Strengthening of vehicle emission standards	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	01/23/08
HB 4161	Increasing the Public Service Commission appointees and requiring that there be one appointee from each congressional district and two at-large appointments	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	01/24/08
HB 4297	Enabling creditors to collect upon their judgements from debtors who often attempt to defeat such judgments	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/28/08
HB 4314	Paying for veterans' grave markers where the U. S. government has denied the application of the veteran	Pending	Senate Military	Committee	02/26/08
HB 4317	Relating to using alternate medical facilities under West Virginia's emergency response plan	Pending	House HHR	Committee	01/29/08
HB 4350	Requiring that all decisions regarding certain reductions in full-time classified personnel workforce at state institutions of higher education be made on the basis of seniority	Pending	House EDU	Committee	01/31/08
HB 4560	Changing the name of the Division of Veterans Affairs to the Department of Veterans Assistance	Pending	House Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security	Committee	02/14/08
HB 4561	Enabling veterans killed in action after the twentieth century to have their names inscribed on the Veterans Memorial on the State Capitol Complex	Pending	House Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security	Committee	02/14/08
HB 4576	Creating the Traumatic Brain Injury Services Commission	Pending	House Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security	Committee	02/15/08
HB 4577	Removing certain exceptions in the definitions of employer and employee covered by the West Virginia minimum wage law	Pending	House Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business	Committee	02/15/08
HB 4578	Authorizing a salary increase for civil service employees at state hospitals that did not receive a salary increase in 2007	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/15/08
HB 4580	Designating the seventh day of December, "Pearl Harbor Day," as a legal state holiday	Pending	House Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security	Committee	02/15/08
HB 4583	Reducing the term of suspension to no more than six months, except for serious traffic offenses	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	02/15/08
HB 4585	Exempting all military income from personal income taxes	Pending	House Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security	Committee	02/15/08
HB 4700	Providing standards for hospitals' charity care programs and bad debt collection programs	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/18/08
HB 4390	Relating to the commissioner's rule-making authority for workers' compensation	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/04/08
HB 4436	Creating a course in solar hot water heating at each community and technical college in the state	Pending	House EDU	Committee	02/06/08
HB 4447	Healthy Families Act	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/06/08
HB 4528	Requiring mandatory community service upon conviction of a misdemeanor offense of driving under the influence and creating a central registry	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	02/14/08
HB 4532	Authorizing the county sheriff to charge a fee for conducting drug screens for the Department of Health and Human Resources	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/20/08
HB 4464	Adding more exemptions to the requirement that a foreign corporation obtain a certificate of authority before conducting affairs in the state	Signed		Governor	04/08/08
HB 4465	Relating to fees charged by the Secretary of State	Signed		Governor	04/08/08
HB 4513	Relating to the reimbursement of costs for newborn screenings	Signed		Governor	04/08/08
HB 4527	Allowing county commissions to regulate subdivisions and land development without adopting a plan	Signed		Governor	04/08/08
HB 4389	Removing requirement that resident violators of traffic laws be required to sign citations	Signed		Governor	04/08/08
HB 4026	Restricting public access to concealed weapons permit records	Tabled		3rd Reading	02/29/08
HB 4554	Testing school bus operators every other year	Vetoed		Governor	03/28/08