Bill Status - 2013 Regular Session
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There are 58 bill(s) regarding Courts (And Related Subheadings)
| Bill | Title | Status | Committee | Step | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 46 | Decreasing number of jurors on municipal jury | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/13/13 |
| SB 53 | Clarifying appointment of attorney from public defender office as counsel for eligible clients | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/13/13 |
| SB 60 | Relating to name-change notice publication requirements | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 10, 2013) | ||
| SB 74 | Relating to jury service qualification | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 12, 2013) | ||
| SB 87 | Relating to number of juror strikes in felony cases | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/13/13 |
| SB 113 | Creating Civil Justice Reform Act of 2013 | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/13/13 |
| SB 165 | Requiring presentence reports consider financial costs | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/15/13 |
| SB 198 | Exempting magistrates and municipal court judges from concealed weapon license requirement | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/18/13 |
| SB 215 | Limiting punitive damages awarded in personal injury or wrongful death cases | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/19/13 |
| SB 375 | Granting courts broad discretion in placing neglected or abused children | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/26/13 |
| SB 381 | Increasing number of family court judges | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/27/13 |
| SB 383 | Authorizing family court judges appoint counsel in certain contempt cases | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 7, 2013) | ||
| SB 384 | Increasing certified legal education credits required for court-appointed attorneys in juvenile cases | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 03/28/13 |
| SB 385 | Allowing family court judge order child to be taken into custody in certain emergency situations | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/27/13 |
| SB 387 | Relating to family court judge supervision of criminal background investigations | Signed | Effect from passage | ||
| SB 398 | Relating to funding assistance from Courthouse Facilities Improvement Authority | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/28/13 |
| SB 522 | Relating to collection and processing of certain court fees | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 03/20/13 |
| SB 554 | Creating Intermediate Court of Appeals | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 03/18/13 |
| SB 555 | Creating loser-pays civil justice system | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 03/18/13 |
| SB 589 | Establishing ethical standards for court reporters | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 03/21/13 |
| SB 641 | Increasing compensation caps for family court secretary-clerks and case coordinators | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 03/25/13 |
| HB 2071 | Relating to procedures for writs of execution, suggestions and suggestee executions relating to child support and spousal support, and increasing the statute of limitations | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/13/13 |
| HB 2080 | Requiring community corrections performance measurement standards for agencies responsible for supervising individuals placed on probation, serving a period of parole | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/13/13 |
| HB 2084 | Providing forensic evaluators with civil immunity for acts committed by the subject of the evaluation | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/13/13 |
| HB 2100 | Adding one family court judge to the twenty-third family court circuit | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/13/13 |
| HB 2270 | Increasing the effective period for domestic violence protective orders | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/13/13 |
| HB 2278 | Protecting nonfamily or nonhousehold members from sexual offenses, stalking and harassment | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/13/13 |
| HB 2314 | Authorizing a family court judge to order a child to be taken into custody in emergency situations | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 9, 2013) | ||
| HB 2318 | Relating to competency and criminal responsibility of persons charged or convicted of a crime | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/13/13 |
| HB 2489 | Relating to official misconduct by a public officer or employee | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/15/13 |
| HB 2498 | Making it a crime for a person sitting on a grand jury to disclose the identity of an individual who will be indicted | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 12, 2013) | ||
| HB 2568 | Authorizing the Legislature to add a nonbinding advisory referendum ballot issue | Pending | House Constitutional Revision | Committee | 02/20/13 |
| HB 2585 | Increasing the time to file a petition in response to notice of an increased assessment | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 12, 2013) | ||
| HB 2758 | Relating to eyewitness identification | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/27/13 |
| HB 2777 | Relating to Public Defender Services | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 03/01/13 |
| HB 2780 | Relating generally to multidisciplinary team meetings for juveniles committed to the custody of the West Virginia Division of Juvenile Services | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 12, 2013) | ||
| HB 2781 | Relating to juvenile proceedings | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 03/01/13 |
| HB 2783 | Relating generally to the powers of family court judges | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 03/01/13 |
| HB 2787 | Permitting family court judges and magistrates to carry concealed handguns without a permit | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 04/04/13 |
| HB 2815 | Clarifying and modifying the process of appointing and terminating guardians for minors | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 10, 2013) | ||
| HB 2824 | Relating to procedures and protections for child witnesses in domestic relations | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 03/05/13 |
| HB 2833 | Relating to the judicial retirement system | Pending | House Pensions and Retirement | Committee | 03/05/13 |
| HB 2842 | Clarifying that time-sharing plans, accommodations and facilities are subject to regulation by the Division of Land Sales and Condominiums | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (July 12, 2013) | ||
| HB 2853 | Increasing the amount of certain exemptions of property in bankruptcy proceedings | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 03/06/13 |
| HB 2869 | Providing for judges and magistrates of West Virginia Courts to carry concealed firearms | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 03/08/13 |
| HB 2889 | Recognizing the right of judges and magistrates of West Virginia Courts who are licensed to carry a concealed weapon to carry a concealed firearm in court buildings | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 03/11/13 |
| HB 2892 | Changing the number of strikes in jury selection in felony cases | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 03/11/13 |
| HB 2894 | Allowing the Division of Corrections and Regional Jail Authority employees who are authorized to carry a weapon to carry concealed weapons | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 03/11/13 |
| HB 2938 | Establishing fair trade practices for court reporters | Pending | 3rd Reading | 04/13/13 | |
| HB 2988 | Providing the West Virginia Courthouse Facilities Improvement Authority with the ability to issue bonds | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 03/19/13 |
| HB 2989 | Creating a system for the bifurcation for trial of claims for compensatory and exemplary damages | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 03/20/13 |
| HB 3079 | Relating generally to arbitration | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 03/25/13 |
| HB 3096 | Increasing the compensation caps for secretary-clerks and case coordinators in the family court system | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 03/25/13 |
| HB 3118 | Requiring a change of venue in all criminal matters for which the sentence could be life without mercy and to allow for appeals by current inmates | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 03/25/13 |
| HB 3123 | Enhancing protections of the principal under a medical power of attorney and power of attorney | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 03/25/13 |
| HB 3130 | Authorizing a new court to be known as the Intermediate Court of Appeals | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 03/25/13 |
| HB 3141 | Providing consistency for the location of the Alcohol Beverage Control Administration's appeal hearings | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 03/25/13 |
| HB 3154 | Relating to the expungement of certain felony convictions | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 03/25/13 |