Bill Status - 2016 Regular Session

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Bill	Title	Status	Committee	Step	Last Action
HB 2129	Providing for the redistricting office of the Joint Committee on Government and Finance to propose redistricting plans during census years	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/13/16
HB 2178	Clarifying circumstances under which a person may possess certain firearms while afield hunting	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/13/16
HB 2206	Repealing the requirement of paying prevailing hourly rate of wages for construction of public improvements	Pending	House Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business	Committee	01/13/16
HB 2270	Protecting academic freedom in higher education	Pending	House EDU	Committee	01/13/16
HB 2384	Removing prohibition of municipalities that are participating in the Municipal Home Rule Pilot Program to pass ordinances, acts, rules or regulations pertaining to municipal pension plans	Pending	House Pensions and Retirement	Committee	01/13/16
HB 2422	Removing the requirement that home schooled students have to acquire a general equivalency degree (GED) in order to qualify for the promise scholarship	Pending	House EDU	Committee	01/13/16
HB 2424	Providing a procedure for West Virginia to select delegates to an Article V convention for proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States of America	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/13/16
HB 2448	Permitting the sale of raw milk	Pending	House ANRS	Committee	01/13/16
HB 2449	Permitting co-owners of cows to receive raw milk from those cows	Pending	House HHR	Committee	02/03/16
HB 2456	Changing the way that the cost of incarcerating inmates in regional jails is collected	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/13/16
HB 2479	Relating to the powers and authority of state and local law enforcement to enforce underage drinking laws at private clubs	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/13/16
HB 2555	Forfeiture Reporting Act	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/13/16
HB 2573	Establishing the English language to be the official language of the state	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/13/16
HB 2643	Establishing the West Virginia Right to Work Law	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/13/16
HB 2653	Prohibiting the use of unmanned aircraft	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/13/16
HB 2665	Relating to participation in Motor Vehicle Alcohol Test and Lock Program	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2016)
HB 2749	Relating to the secondary schools athletic commission	Pending	House EDU	Committee	01/13/16
HB 2808	Providing that members of the House of Delegates in districts having more than one delegate be elected from numbered divisions	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	01/13/16
HB 2855	Relating to the death penalty for first degree murder	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/13/16
HB 2870	Granting tax credits for parents and legal guardians whose children are in a home schooling program or private school	Pending	House EDU	Committee	01/13/16
HB 2873	Budget and Spending Transparency Act	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	01/13/16
HB 2972	Requiring the accumulation of one and one-half years of instruction in the study of the Declaration of Independence and other founding American historical documents	Pending	House EDU	Committee	01/13/16
HB 3001	Requiring private clubs to be closed from two o'clock a.m. to seven o'clock a.m. on weekdays	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/13/16
HB 3019	Requiring official business and records of the state and its political subdivisions be conducted in English	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 25, 2016)
HB 4005	Repealing prevailing hourly rate of wages requirements	PASS	Completed Legislation		05/13/16
HB 4006	West Virginia Workplace Freedom Act	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/13/16
HB 4011	Providing for the authorization and oversight of public charter schools	Pending	House EDU	Committee	01/20/16
HB 4031	Requiring agencies to respond to public comments received during the rule-making process	Pending	Senate Government Organization	Committee	01/26/16
HB 4145	Relating to carry or use of a handgun or deadly weapon	PASS	Completed Legislation		05/13/16
HB 4169	Firearm Protection Act	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/20/16
HB 4201	Increasing the criminal penalties for participating in an animal fighting venture	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2016)
HB 4205	Relating to disclaimers and exclusions of warranties in consumer transactions for goods	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/21/16
HB 4219	Relating to vehicle inspection stations	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	01/21/16
HB 4225	Relating to patriotic displays at public buildings	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 6, 2016)
HB 4242	Creating income tax credits against personal income tax for educational expenses incurred by parents for a child	Pending	House EDU	Committee	01/22/16
HB 4246	Changing the Martinsburg Public Library to the Martinsburg-Berkeley County Public Library	Vetoed	Vetoed
HB 4260	Providing private educational facilities authority to determine whether, and under what circumstances, to permit deadly weapons on school premises through written policies	Pending	House EDU	Committee	01/25/16
HB 4261	Prohibiting the sale or transfer of student data to vendors and other profit making entities	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2016)
HB 4264	Adding motor fuel to the list of products exempted from unfair trade practices	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	01/25/16
HB 4274	Relating to gasoline and fuel excise tax	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	01/26/16
HB 4306	Prohibiting persons who have committed crimes against the elderly from performing any court ordered public service involving the elderly	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	01/29/16
HB 4307	Clarifying that a firearm may be carried for self defense in state parks, state forests and state recreational areas	Vetoed	Vetoed
HB 4308	Barring persons who are convicted of certain criminal offenses from acquiring property from their victims	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	03/03/16
HB 4309	Increasing criminal penalties for conviction of certain offenses of financial exploitation of an elderly person	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2016)
HB 4362	Establishing a felony offense of strangulation	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 3, 2016)
HB 4476	West Virginia Contractor Licensing Act	Pending	House Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business	Committee	02/10/16
HB 4483	City Financial Transparency Act	Pending	House Political Subdivisions	Committee	02/10/16
HB 4484	County Financial Transparency Act	Pending	House Political Subdivisions	Committee	02/10/16
HB 4499	Relating to certain persons who have been disqualified or excused from jury service	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	02/20/16
HB 4555	Establishing a cause of action against a person who commits an act of financial exploitation against an elderly person	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/19/16
HB 4559	Requiring the Commissioner of Highways to develop a statewide communications plan known as the Comprehensive Public Involvement Plan	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	02/16/16
HB 4560	Requiring the Commissioner of Highways to develop a formula for allocating road funds among districts	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	02/16/16
HB 4561	Creating a special hiring process for West Virginia Division of Highways employees	Vetoed	Vetoed
HB 4562	Relating to performance metrics for the West Virginia Division of Highways	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	02/16/16
HB 4577	Creating an additional penalty for use of a firearm in furtherance of a drug offense	Pending	Senate Judiciary	Committee	03/02/16
HB 4613	Declaring rights-of-way held by the Division of Highways that are no longer publically travelled, or maintained, for five or more years, null and void	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	02/18/16
HB 4625	Redirecting certain racing and gaming revenues from greyhound development funds to the State Road Fund	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	03/02/16
HB 4724	Relating to adding a requirement for the likelihood of imminent lawless action to the prerequisites for the crime of intimidation and retaliation	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2016)
HB 4738	Relating to the offense of driving in an impaired state	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2016)