Bill Status - 2020 Regular Session
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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 |