Bill Status - 2008 Regular Session
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There are 53 bill(s) regarding Courts (And Related Subheadings)
| Bill | Title | Status | Committee | Step | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 2 | Relating to judges' sentencing discretion for certain youthful offenders | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/09/08 |
| SB 103 | Granting municipal courts jurisdiction over juveniles violating tobacco use laws | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/09/08 |
| SB 110 | Providing automatic court-ordered transfer of marital property upon divorce decree | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/09/08 |
| SB 163 | Establishing Criminal Justice Policy Council | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/10/08 |
| SB 200 | Modifying certain civil actions | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/10/08 |
| SB 204 | Creating Indigent Defense Commission | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/10/08 |
| SB 220 | Creating Asbestos Claims Transparency Act | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/16/08 |
| SB 276 | Modifying time frame for public defenders' submitted reimbursement claims | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/21/08 |
| SB 303 | Prohibiting employer-mandated political or religious meetings | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/23/08 |
| SB 311 | Allowing judges to order jurors from other counties in certain situations | Signed | Governor | 04/08/08 | |
| SB 336 | Matching witness' pay rate to jurors' pay rate | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 01/25/08 |
| SB 338 | Reducing number of written status reports on civil actions brought against state agency | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/24/08 |
| SB 464 | Enhancing protection to beneficiaries of structured settlements | Pending | Senate Banking and Insurance | Committee | 01/28/08 |
| SB 481 | Authorizing physician assistants to conduct mental health hygiene process examinations | Signed | Governor | 04/08/08 | |
| SB 504 | Relating to child support enforcement | Signed | Governor | 04/08/08 | |
| SB 525 | Relating to jury selection | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/31/08 |
| SB 526 | Clarifying basis for prospective juror disqualification | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/31/08 |
| SB 671 | Increasing compensation of Court of Claims' judges | Signed | Governor | 04/08/08 | |
| SB 694 | Relating to crime victim's rights | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/18/08 |
| SB 724 | Prohibiting certain bail forfeiture | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/18/08 |
| HB 2060 | Relating to deferral of court costs and fees when collecting delinquent emergency ambulance bills | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2093 | Allowing family court judges to carry concealed deadly weapons without obtaining a license | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2174 | Creating the joint commission on technology and advanced communications | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2201 | Providing a statutory good faith exception to the exclusionary rule when evidence has been obtained during an execution of a search warrant, arrest warrant or capias | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2218 | Providing that accident report forms are conclusive as to the issue of the accident's cause, unless a court rules otherwise | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2283 | Notifying persons from out-of-state who issue worthless checks in this state and who, fail to pay the check and applicable fine or fail to appear in court, that a notice of their failure will be sent to the Division of Motor Vehicles | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2370 | Requiring that a criminal defendant's right to a jury trial in misdemeanor cases is forever waived unless requested within twenty days of initial appearance | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2396 | Providing that a judge becoming eligible for retirement is not required to contribute to the retirement system | Pending | House Pensions and Retirement | Committee | 01/09/08 |
| HB 2950 | Relating to nonpartisan election of justices of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals and circuit court judges | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/09/08 |
| HB 3159 | Relating to election of Supreme Court of Appeals justices, circuit judges, county and district officers and magistrates | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/09/08 |
| HB 4002 | Providing a method in which males may contest allegations or presumptions of biological parentage under certain circumstances | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/09/08 |
| HB 4019 | Relating to civil actions filed in the courts of the state | Signed | Governor | 04/08/08 | |
| HB 4022 | Relating to compensation and expenses of panel attorneys providing public defender services | Signed | Governor | 04/08/08 | |
| HB 4046 | Relating to limitations for certain asbestos claims | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/14/08 |
| HB 4049 | Asbestos Claims Transparency Act | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/15/08 |
| HB 4120 | Prohibiting inclusion of specific dollar amounts or figures related to damages in complaints for personal injury or wrongful death actions | Signed | Governor | 04/08/08 | |
| HB 4160 | Eliminating being charged court costs for each individual charge from one single incident in traffic violations or Department of Natural Resources violations | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/24/08 |
| HB 4285 | Requiring prosecutors or assistant prosecutors that desire to carry a concealed weapon to undergo annual training | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/25/08 |
| 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 4340 | Clarifying West Virginia's consumer protection law | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/30/08 |
| HB 4361 | Prohibiting magistrates from imposing multiple court cost fees for the same matter | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/22/08 |
| HB 4374 | Making it a misdemeanor to file a frivolous lawsuit | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/01/08 |
| HB 4380 | Increasing protections to beneficiaries of structured settlements as they relate to settlement transfers | Pending | House Banking and Insurance | Committee | 02/01/08 |
| HB 4391 | Allowing magistrates and family court judges to carry concealed weapons on courthouse property | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/04/08 |
| HB 4429 | Allowing for juveniles to be tried as adults for instances of child abuse resulting in bodily injury and child abuse which results in death | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/05/08 |
| HB 4490 | Finding and declaring certain claims against the state and its agencies to be moral obligations of the state | Signed | Governor | 04/08/08 | |
| HB 4535 | Relating to limitations the court may impose to the allocation of responsibility under a parenting plan if a parent has made two or more unsubstantiated or false reports of domestic violence or child abuse | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/14/08 |
| HB 4543 | Appointing an additional circuit court judge to the ninth judicial circuit | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/14/08 |
| HB 4582 | Capping the amount paid into the Berkeley County Library Fund by the Berkeley County Court | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/15/08 |
| HB 4617 | Allowing e-notification by using e-certified cards for verification of certified mail acceptance to the court of origin for service of process | Signed | Governor | 04/08/08 | |
| HB 4650 | Electing all justices to the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals and all circuit court judges on a nonpartisan basis | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/18/08 |
| HB 4660 | Relating to procedures for municipal police officers and firemen investigations and hearings | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/18/08 |
| HB 4675 | Abolishing joint liability and establishing comparative fault | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/18/08 |