Bill Status - 2016 Regular Session

Search Bills by Date Introduced

Bill	Title	Status	Committee	Step	Last Action
HB 4541	Limiting the authority of municipalities to regulate the purchasing, possessing, transferring, owning, carrying, transporting, selling and storing of knives	Pending	House Political Subdivisions	Committee	02/16/16
HB 4542	Allowing persons with property within rural fire protection districts to opt out of fire protection coverage	Pending	Senate Rules	Committee	03/12/16
HB 4543	Relating to willful misrepresentation to gain benefits or payment under the Public Employees Insurance Act	Pending	House BNK	Committee	02/16/16
HB 4544	Discontinuing the West Virginia Board of Landscape Architects and transferring its duties and authority to the Board of Registration for Professional Engineers	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	02/16/16
HB 4545	Relating to regulation of pharmacy benefits managers	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/24/16
HB 4546	Requiring all higher education institutions to use statewide contracts issued by the Purchasing Division	Pending	House EDU	Committee	02/16/16
HB 4547	Providing for the merger of the purposes and provisions of the Volunteer Fire Departments Workers' Compensation Subsidy Program and the Volunteer Fire Department Workers' Compensation Premium Subsidy Fund	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/16/16
HB 4548	Disallowing municipalities not admitted to the Municipal Home Rule Pilot Program from participating in the Municipal Home Rule Pilot Program under certain circumstances	Pending	House Political Subdivisions	Committee	02/16/16
HB 4549	Requiring that four members of the State Board of Education be elected on a nonpartisan basis	Pending	House EDU	Committee	02/16/16
HB 4550	Relating to the disposition of funds due to unknown or unlocatable interest owners	Pending	House ENG	Committee	02/16/16
HB 4551	Clarifying that the plans established and administered by the Public Employees Insurance Agency are exempt from regulation by the Insurance Commissioner, unless specifically stated otherwise	Pending	House BNK	Committee	02/16/16
HB 4552	Relating to purchasing requirements for the Division of Highways	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/16/16
HB 4553	Relating to the West Virginia Health Care Authority	Pending	House HHR	Committee	02/16/16
HB 4554	Allowing an increase of gross weight limitations on certain roads in Greenbrier County	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2016)
HB 4555	Establishing a cause of action against a person who commits an act of financial exploitation against an elderly person	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/19/16
HB 4556	Relating to the PROMISE scholarship program	Pending	House EDU	Committee	02/16/16
HB 4557	Removing the requirement that the West Virginia Rural Rehabilitation Loan Committee outsource the servicing of its loans	Pending	House BNK	Committee	02/16/16
HB 4558	Relating to victim notification and designation of additional individuals to receive notice of an offender's release	Signed	Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2016)
HB 4559	Requiring the Commissioner of Highways to develop a statewide communications plan known as the Comprehensive Public Involvement Plan	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	02/16/16
HB 4560	Requiring the Commissioner of Highways to develop a formula for allocating road funds among districts	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	02/16/16
HB 4561	Creating a special hiring process for West Virginia Division of Highways employees	Vetoed	Vetoed
HB 4562	Relating to performance metrics for the West Virginia Division of Highways	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	02/16/16
HB 4563	Reauthorizing the Neighborhood Investment Program Act	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/20/16
HB 4564	Relating to the taxing certain tobacco products	Pending	House HHR	Committee	02/16/16
HB 4565	Allowing Class A Licensees to begin selling alcohol at ten o’clock a.m. on Sundays	Pending	House Roads and Transportation	Committee	02/16/16
HB 4566	Relating to school personnel	Signed	Effective July 1, 2016
HB 4567	Establishing an industrial water extraction fee	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/16/16
HB 4568	Permitting the assessor to mail a notice advising the owner of a vehicle believed not to be properly registered in the state	Pending	House Political Subdivisions	Committee	02/16/16
HB 4569	Relating to appointment of, conduct of and training of poll watchers	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/16/16
HB 4570	Continuing certain severance taxes that are dedicated to the Workers' Compensation Debt Reduction Fund towards the State Road Fund upon satisfaction of debt	Pending	House Finance	Committee	02/16/16
HB 4571	Creating a one-day special license for charitable events to sell nonintoxicating beer	Pending	House Judiciary	Committee	02/16/16
HB 4572	Excepting specialized contract instructors from the definition of teacher	Pending	Senate EDU	Committee	02/26/16
HB 4573	Exempting the Department of Environmental Protection’s construction or reclamation contracts from the review and approval requirements of the Division of Purchasing	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	02/16/16
HB 4574	Terminating the West Virginia Board of Accountancy	Pending	House Government Organization	Committee	02/16/16
SB 608	WV Court Reporter Act of 2016	Pending	Senate Government Organization	Committee	02/16/16
SB 609	Relating to jurisdiction of Health Care Authority	Pending	Senate HHR	Committee	02/16/16
SB 610	Relating to generating and maintaining revenue for maintenance of roads and infrastructure	Pending	Senate Finance	Committee	02/16/16