Bill Status - 2016 Regular Session
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There are 46 bill(s) regarding Courts
| Bill | Title | Status | Committee | Step | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 9 | Creating Intermediate Court of Appeals | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/13/16 |
| SB 30 | Correcting code reference regarding carry concealed requirements | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/13/16 |
| SB 40 | Changing definition of facilities eligible for funding assistance from Courthouse Facilities Improvement Authority | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/05/16 |
| SB 52 | Modifying requirements for child witness to testify by closed circuit television | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/13/16 |
| SB 53 | Changing number of juror strikes in felony cases | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/13/16 |
| SB 107 | Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2016) | ||
| SB 119 | Relating generally to criminal conviction expungements | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/13/16 |
| SB 257 | Requiring Bureau of Child Support Enforcement to appear in every case involving an issue of setting child support | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/13/16 |
| SB 274 | Relating to increasing civil jurisdictional amount in magistrate courts | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 5, 2016) | ||
| SB 339 | Establishing Judicial Compensation Commission | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2016) | ||
| SB 510 | Establishing Adult Drug Court Participation Fund | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/17/16 |
| SB 511 | Establishing Court Advanced Technology Subscription Fund | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/17/16 |
| SB 531 | Providing for court-appointed special advocate in each judicial circuit | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/22/16 |
| SB 546 | Relating generally to Public Defender Services | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/11/16 |
| SB 552 | Eliminating requirement sheriff pay jury costs to State Treasury | Tabled | 3rd Reading | 03/08/16 | |
| SB 581 | Eliminating sunset provision terminating pilot domestic violence court program | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 6, 2016) | ||
| SB 591 | Relating to voter registration list maintenance and combined voter registration and driver licensing fund | Signed | Effective from passage - (March 11, 2016) | ||
| SB 608 | WV Court Reporter Act of 2016 | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 02/16/16 |
| HB 2369 | Creating an additional magistrate court deputy clerk position for Marion County | Pending | House Political Subdivisions | Committee | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2380 | Requiring the issuance of a search warrant before a driver of a motor vehicle can be made to submit to a secondary blood test | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2494 | Creating a provisional plea process in criminal cases | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2016) | ||
| HB 2584 | Allowing a judge to excuse a potential juror from jury duty until a later date based on seasonal employment | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 01/27/16 |
| HB 2600 | Fair Trial Act | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2683 | Adding an additional magistrate court deputy clerk position for Lewis County | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2703 | Permitting in absentia parole hearings in certain instances | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2721 | Specifying who receives notice of parole hearings via regular or certified mail | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2781 | Allowing a medical power of attorney representative or surrogate to waive the incapacitated person's right to a trial by jury | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2795 | Providing that when a party's health condition is at issue in a civil action, medical records and releases for medical information may be requested and required without court order | Pending | Concurrence | 03/12/16 | |
| HB 2862 | Adding additional magistrate court deputy clerks | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2938 | Requiring the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals to maintain a searchable, criminal database containing copies of all arrests and convictions by all the courts in the state | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2955 | Increasing the hourly rate for attorneys providing Public Defender Services for in court and out of court work | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2989 | Requiring each judicial circuit to have a court-appointed special advocate program and each county to have a special advocate for children in abuse and neglect proceedings | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/13/16 |
| HB 2994 | Prohibiting courts from using, implementing, referring to or incorporating a tenet of any body of religious sectarian law into any decision | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/13/16 |
| HB 4042 | Granting judges the discretionary authority to depart from otherwise minimum sentencing requirements | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/18/16 |
| HB 4173 | Permitting judges to defer jury service for an individual for no more than twelve months after the date for which the person is summonsed | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/20/16 |
| HB 4206 | Relating to grand juries | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/21/16 |
| HB 4272 | Relating to Public Defender Services | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/26/16 |
| HB 4361 | Requiring that senior status circuit judges only fill vacancies in districts or counties in which they were not previously elected | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/02/16 |
| HB 4368 | Allowing the use of bailiffs who are not law-enforcement officers | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/03/16 |
| HB 4450 | West Virginia Court Reporter Act of 2016 | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 02/09/16 |
| HB 4533 | The Mental Health and Military Service Members Court Act | Pending | House Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security | Committee | 02/15/16 |
| HB 4579 | Relating to voter registration list maintenance and the combined voter registration and driver licensing fund | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/17/16 |
| HB 4632 | Providing a six month term for the four new circuit judges | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/20/16 |
| HB 4644 | Relating to jury fees | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 5, 2016) | ||
| HB 4711 | Allowing a mother breastfeeding a child to be excused from jury duty | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/23/16 |
| HB 4716 | Requiring community corrections performance measurement standards for agencies responsible for supervising individuals placed on probation | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/23/16 |