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There are 100 bill(s) regarding Public Safety

Bill Title Status Committee Step Last Action
SB 15 Removing municipalities' authority to restrict firearm possession without carry concealed permit during brief temporary events Pending  Senate Government Organization Committee  01/08/20 
SB 33 Relating to age requirements for appointment as deputy sheriff Pending  Senate Government Organization Committee  01/08/20 
SB 50 Creating emergency text number systems for children Pending  Senate Government Organization Committee  01/08/20 
SB 130 Relating to procedure for driver's license suspension and revocation for DUI Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 4, 2020)
SB 134 Transferring child welfare enforcement responsibilities to State Police Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  01/08/20 
SB 153 Allowing certain motorcycle operators to ride without helmet Pending  Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee  01/09/20 
SB 234 Acknowledging transfer of Federal Protection Service to US Department of Homeland Security by enactment of Homeland Security Act of 2002 Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/09/20 
SB 235 Increasing criminal penalties for battery of police officer Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/09/20 
SB 236 Relating to online privacy protection of children Pending  Senate Select Committee on Children and Families Committee  01/09/20 
SB 240 Requiring hotels and restaurants secure manhole covers of certain grease traps Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 3, 2020)
SB 249 Authorizing law enforcement to make safety inspections of commercial vehicles Pending  Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee  01/10/20 
SB 258 Relating to when child passenger safety devices are required Pending  Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee  01/10/20 
SB 305 Exempting certain nonpaid volunteers from workers' comp benefits Pending  Senate Banking and Insurance Committee  01/10/20 
SB 485 Relating to Board of Parole Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/15/20 
SB 492 Enacting Recognition of Emergency Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact Pending  Senate Interstate Cooperation Committee  01/15/20 
SB 504 Providing for timely and efficient handling of forensic evidence in sexual assault cases Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/15/20 
SB 507 Requiring certain persons who commit criminal offense while in juvenile custody not be held within sight or sound of adult inmates Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/16/20 
SB 519 Prohibiting bodily intrusion by inmate upon person at correctional facility Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/16/20 
SB 579 Changing and adding fees to wireless enhanced 911 fee Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 4, 2020)
SB 593 Relating to required equipment for State Police and Natural Resources police officers Pending  Senate Government Organization Committee  01/22/20 
SB 607 Reporting motor vehicle crashes to owners Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/12/20 
SB 609 Relating to Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management Pending  Senate Government Organization Committee  01/24/20 
SB 613 Establishing State Resiliency Office and Officer Pending  Senate Government Organization Committee  01/24/20 
SB 617 Amending procedures for refusing certain offenders for commitment to jail Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/24/20 
SB 640 Creating Division of Biological Evidence Services Pending  Senate Government Organization Committee  01/28/20 
SB 649 Permitting county emergency phone system directors negotiate contracts for mobile phones Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 31, 2020)
SB 658 Establishing Office of Administrative Hearings within DMAPS Pending  Senate Government Organization Committee  01/30/20 
SB 665 Requiring persons convicted of certain crimes on or after March 8, 1995, provide DNA samples Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/11/20 
SB 676 Permitting fees from Central Abuse Registry be used for information technology support costs Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 13, 2020)
SB 683 Separating Fire Marshal and Fire Commission Pending  Senate Government Organization Committee  01/31/20 
SB 697 Requiring State Police be compensated for time spent on standby Pending  Senate Government Organization Committee  02/04/20 
SB 706 Clarifying duties of law-enforcement training and certification subcommittee Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 29, 2020)
SB 729 Relating to awards and disability under Deputy Sheriff Retirement Act Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 3, 2020)
SB 764 Facilitating Business Rapid Response to State Declared Disasters Act of 2020 Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/13/20 
SB 771 Preserving and protecting right to keep and bear arms Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/13/20 
SB 791 Allowing state and federal criminal history record check of each adult living in residence when minor child is placed there due to emergency Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  02/14/20 
SB 797 Authorizing governing boards of public and private hospitals employ hospital police officers Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 5, 2020)
SB 822 Increasing annual longevity-based salary increase for civil service deputy sheriffs Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/17/20 
SB 823 Increasing salaries for WV State Police Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/17/20 
SB 838 Directing State Police establish referral program for substance abuse treatment Signed  Effective from passage - (March 7, 2020)
HB 2031 Permitting persons who have been issued state licenses to carry concealed deadly weapons to carry those weapons on the grounds of the State Capitol Complex Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/08/20 
HB 2032 Permitting the carrying of concealed weapons on the campus of a state institution of higher education Pending  House Education Committee  01/08/20 
HB 2070 Permitting persons who are twenty-one years of age or older to operate or be a passenger on a motorcycle without a helmet Pending  House Technology and Infrastructure Committee  01/08/20 
HB 2097 Relating to the hunting of coyotes Pending  House ANRS Committee  01/08/20 
HB 2155 Relating to Capitol Complex security access Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/08/20 
HB 2170 Right to keep and bear arms Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/08/20 
HB 2171 Increasing frequency of the State Police updating the state sex offender registry Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/08/20 
HB 2341 West Virginia Residential Furniture and Children's Products Flame Retardants Act Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/08/20 
HB 2350 Permitting public employees the right to collectively bargain Pending  House Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business Committee  01/08/20 
HB 2473 Prohibiting the private ownership or operation of a prison Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/08/20 
HB 2502 Prohibiting registered sex offenders from participating in Halloween activities Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/08/20 
HB 2563 Relating to civil asset forfeiture Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/08/20 
HB 2645 Relating to power of security guards to arrest individuals Pending  House Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business Committee  01/08/20 
HB 2685 Refugee Information Act Pending  House Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security Committee  01/08/20 
HB 2757 Authorizing the Governor to seek the return of fugitives Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/08/20 
HB 2765 Allowing firearms-qualified tax division investigators to carry firearms Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/08/20 
HB 2920 Creating state and local law-enforcement review boards Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/08/20 
HB 4004 Creating the West Virginia Sentencing Commission Signed  Effective July 1, 2020
HB 4013 Establishing an intravenous drug user treatment and commitment process Pending  House Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse Committee  01/09/20 
HB 4033 West Virginia Emergency Responder Service Tax Credit Act Pending  House Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services Committee  01/08/20 
HB 4039 Providing limitations on nuisance actions against fire department and emergency medical services Pending    CONF  03/07/20 
HB 4040 Reducing the number of hours of experience needed to qualify as a journeyman sprinkler fitter Pending  House Government Organization Committee  01/08/20 
HB 4071 Relating to the authority of county commissions to establish enhanced emergency telephone systems and change the fee Pending  House Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security Committee  01/08/20 
HB 4123 Clarifying that 911 telecommunication workers are included in the definition of those individuals who perform "emergency services" during a disaster Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 5, 2020)
HB 4134 Exempting nonpaid volunteers at a volunteer fire department who volunteer for fundraising from workers' compensation benefits Pending  House Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services Committee  01/13/20 
HB 4139 Firearm Protection Act Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/13/20 
HB 4168 Preserving and protecting the right to keep and bear arms Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/14/20 
HB 4170 Granting state police troopers a pay increase Pending  House Finance Committee  01/14/20 
HB 4176 West Virginia Intelligence/Fusion Center Act Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 5, 2020)
HB 4179 Recognition of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 17, 2020)
HB 4182 West Virginia Civil Authority Act Pending  House Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security Committee  01/14/20 
HB 4383 Facilitating Business Rapid Response to State Declared Disasters Act of 2020 Pending  House Finance Committee  01/29/20 
HB 4401 Establishing the State Resiliency Office and State Resiliency Officer Pending  House Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security Committee  01/17/20 
HB 4409 Relating to transferring remaining funds from the Volunteer Fire Department Workers' Compensation Premium Subsidy Fund Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 3, 2020)
HB 4412 Relating to education benefits to members of the West Virginia Army National Guard and West Virginia Air National Guard Signed  Effective from passage - (March 2, 2020)
HB 4455 Permitting fees from the Central Abuse Registry to be used for costs relating to information technology support and infrastructure Pending    2nd Reading  03/07/20 
HB 4456 Allowing a member of a volunteer fire department to purchase a resident lifetime hunting, fishing, and trapping license Pending  House Finance Committee  01/28/20 
HB 4476 Providing for the timely and efficient collection, submission, testing, retention, and disposition of forensic evidence in sexual assault cases Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 18, 2020)
HB 4482 Repealing the section of code relating to unlawful military organizations Pending  House Veterans' Affairs and Homeland Security Committee  01/23/20 
HB 4501 Relating to the ability to refuse offenders for commitment to a jail Signed  Effective from passage - (February 27, 2020)
HB 4527 Creating a special revenue account designated the Military Authority Fund Pending  House Finance Committee  01/24/20 
HB 4563 Creating a law-enforcement transparency board Pending  House Political Subdivisions Committee  01/28/20 
HB 4586 Establishing the Office of Administrative Hearings within the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/29/20 
HB 4618 Relating to deadly weapons for sale or hire Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 3, 2020)
HB 4624 Permitting public employees the right to collectively bargain Pending  House Industry and Labor, Economic Development and Small Business Committee  01/31/20 
HB 4644 Separating the Fire Marshal from the Fire Commission Pending  House Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services Committee  01/31/20 
HB 4667 Relating to motor vehicle crash reports Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/04/20 
HB 4679 Providing notice of the type and cost of electrical outlets specified for that work in the National Electrical Code Pending  House Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services Committee  02/04/20 
HB 4683 Better Safe than Sorry Act of 2020 Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/04/20 
HB 4688 Transferring 0.5 percent of Medicaid surplus funds to the Emergency Medical Services Equipment and Training Fund Pending  House Finance Committee  02/04/20 
HB 4732 Requiring that State Police officers be compensated for time when they are required to be on standby Pending  House Finance Committee  02/06/20 
HB 4776 Increasing the pension awards to immediate family members of a deceased trooper that was disabled in the course of duty Pending  House Pensions and Retirement Committee  02/10/20 
HB 4820 Relating to inventory of firearms owned by state agencies Rejected      02/21/20 
HB 4821 Relating to the transportation for the mentally ill or substance abuser Pending  House Political Subdivisions Committee  02/11/20 
HB 4840 Dividing pretrial detention jail costs between arresting authorities Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/11/20 
HB 4844 Reforming the fees charged to wireless telephone subscribers for public safety systems to comply with federal law Pending  House Finance Committee  02/11/20 
HB 4859 Accounting for state funds distributed to volunteer and part-volunteer fire companies and departments Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 2, 2020)
HB 4893 Special Needs Registry Pending  House Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services Committee  02/11/20 
HB 4899 Prohibiting the use of class B fire-fighting foam for testing purposes if the foam contains a certain class of fluorinated organic chemicals Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/20/20 
HB 4926 Establishing the emergency service authority for Fayette County Pending  House Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services Committee  02/11/20