Bill Status - 2023 Regular Session
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There are 48 bill(s) regarding Counties
| Bill | Title | Status | Committee | Step | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 39 | Relating to assessment of real property | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/17/23 |
| SB 105 | Allowing county commissions to impose amusement tax | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 01/18/23 |
| SB 213 | Relating to responsibility for reimbursement of training cost of law-enforcement employees who leave original jurisdiction | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/10/23 |
| SB 465 | Increasing limit on moneys placed in county's rainy day fund | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 7, 2023) | ||
| SB 522 | Allocating percentage of county excise taxes for funding improvements to election administration | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 9, 2023) | ||
| SB 550 | Requiring state entities, local entities and law enforcement agencies to enforce immigration laws | Pending | Senate Judiciary | Committee | 02/02/23 |
| SB 585 | Prohibiting county commissions from adopting any authorization that exceeds state law regarding agricultural operations | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/27/23 |
| SB 649 | Authorizing Berkeley County Council to change its name to Berkeley County Commission | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 7, 2023) | ||
| HB 2008 | Requiring local entities to enforce immigration laws | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 9, 2023) | ||
| HB 2027 | Require and make mandatory the full involvement of local law enforcement in the person-to-person presentation of an eviction notice | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2045 | Dividing pretrial detention jail costs between arresting authorities | Pending | House Jails and Prisons | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2172 | Allow local governments to hold property owners more accountable for upkeep of buildings | Pending | House Political Subdivisions | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2173 | Limit amount a county tax assessor can increase assessed value of antique or classic cars | Pending | House Political Subdivisions | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2213 | Limit number of visitor bureaus that can exist in a county | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2243 | Creating a process by which voters may recall a county ordinance in a special election | Pending | House Political Subdivisions | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2285 | Requiring that open hunting season for big game begin on a Saturday | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2299 | To require that any municipality or county commission who intends to approve a location for a limited video lottery retailer must first announce their intention to do so and hold a public hearing before approval. | Pending | House Political Subdivisions | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2308 | Prohibit a county from charging for a building permit if the value of the improvement is less than that required for a contractor’s license | Pending | House Government Organization | Committee | 01/26/23 |
| HB 2336 | Requiring local entities to enforce immigration laws | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2357 | Granting jurisdiction to supervise youth sport league events to county boards of education and the Secondary School Activities Commission | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2398 | Requiring the Human Rights Commission, when investigating a complaint of discrimination, to specifically include an examination of the intent of the person | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2433 | Creating three separate job titles for school bus operators | Pending | House Education | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2493 | To modify deputy sheriff’s retirement pay and the cost of receiving certain reports | Pending | House Pensions and Retirement | Committee | 01/11/23 |
| HB 2784 | Relating to duty to prosecute | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/18/23 |
| HB 2838 | Litterbug Act | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/19/23 |
| HB 2922 | To limit the number of vape stores and head shops to one for every 15,000 residents per county | Pending | House Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse | Committee | 01/23/23 |
| HB 2937 | To reduce the business license fee for WV Volunteer Fire Departments to $250 | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/23/23 |
| HB 2981 | Prohibit the sheriff’s department from posting mug shot photos for an arrest | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/24/23 |
| HB 3005 | Relating to accelerating the conversion of the state excise tax on the privilege of transferring real property into a county excise tax | Pending | Senate Finance | Committee | 02/24/23 |
| HB 3083 | Prohibiting political subdivisions from enacting certain ordinances, regulations, local policies, local resolutions, or other legal requirements | Pending | House Political Subdivisions | Committee | 01/26/23 |
| HB 3091 | Requiring counties provide fiscal information for State Auditor’s WV Checkbook website | Pending | Senate Government Organization | Committee | 02/06/23 |
| HB 3120 | Split the jail bills among the cities, counties, and the state | Pending | House Jails and Prisons | Committee | 01/27/23 |
| HB 3126 | Allotting counties $5,000 per deputy position to only be used for deputy pay raises | Pending | House Political Subdivisions | Committee | 01/27/23 |
| HB 3127 | Requiring state entities, local entities and law enforcement agencies to cooperate with the enforcement of immigration laws | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 01/27/23 |
| HB 3185 | Transparency in Government Act | Pending | House Political Subdivisions | Committee | 01/31/23 |
| HB 3201 | To include electric-powered school busses in the county foundation allowance | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/17/23 |
| HB 3220 | Increasing amount of excess funds to be held over to following year | Pending | House Pensions and Retirement | Committee | 02/02/23 |
| HB 3265 | Remove statutory mandates that the sheriff of a county shall serve process or is responsible for cost of service or arrest by another law enforcement agency | Signed | Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 8, 2023) | ||
| HB 3280 | Authorizing adjustment from federal adjusted gross income for certain law enforcement pension benefit payments | Pending | Senate Pensions | Committee | 02/28/23 |
| HB 3313 | Restraining county commissions from imposing rules and regulations on farmers beyond what is already prescribed through state statute | RQST | CONF | 03/11/23 | |
| HB 3314 | Increasing the special district excise tax to a rate or rates on sales within the boundaries of an economic opportunity development district | Pending | House Finance | Committee | 02/21/23 |
| HB 3342 | Relating to cooperation between municipal and county economic development authorities | Pending | Senate Economic Development | Committee | 03/01/23 |
| HB 3345 | Providing increased protections for the welfare of domestic animals | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 02/08/23 |
| HB 3361 | Relating to the allocation of federal funds to county commissions and certain municipalities | Pending | House Political Subdivisions | Committee | 02/10/23 |
| HB 3404 | Relating to the valuation of farm property | Pending | House ANRS | Committee | 02/13/23 |
| HB 3435 | To revise the process for political subdivision to combine | Pending | House Judiciary | Committee | 02/16/23 |
| HB 3489 | To make the fire board or county commission responsible for the operations of every fire department within their county | Pending | House Political Subdivisions | Committee | 02/14/23 |
| HB 3533 | Granting jurisdiction to supervise youth sport league events to county boards of education and the West Virginia Athletic Trainers Association | Pending | House Health and Human Resources | Committee | 02/14/23 |