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Abortion (6 Bills)
SB 23 - Relating to fetal death reporting
SB 223 - Requiring all available fetal medical care following abortion
SB 272 - Limiting health insurance coverage for elective abortions to supplemental policies
SB 279 - Relating to abortions performed on unemancipated minors
SB 388 - Creating Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act
SB 496 - Limiting health insurance coverage for elective abortions to supplemental policies; exceptions

Actions and Suits (11 Bills)
SB 221 - Absolving landowner from civil liability for hunting injuries
SB 225 - Relating to certain civil action filing fees
SB 250 - Adopting several liability in tortious conduct actions
SB 289 - Establishing comparative fault standard
SB 291 - Increasing threshold of defendant's liability in tort action involving multiple defendants
SB 293 - Limiting punitive damages awarded in personal injury or wrongful death cases
SB 294 - Relating to reduction in compensatory damages for collateral source payments
SB 299 - Creating loser-pays civil justice system
SB 316 - Relating to tolling with regard to civil actions
SB 541 - Ensuring tenants with right to sublet have remedies for wrongful occupation of residential rental property
SB 586 - Removing unconstitutional language regarding jurors and verdicts in certain civil litigation

Acts (24 Bills)
SB 72 - Creating Intrastate Coal and Use Act
SB 96 - Creating Creative Communities Development Act
SB 202 - Creating Benefit Corporation Act
SB 241 - Creating Keep Jobs in West Virginia Act
SB 242 - Creating State Labor Relations Act
SB 270 - Creating Jobs Impact Statement Act
SB 302 - Creating Tax Revenue Act
SB 338 - Relating to Tourism Development Act
SB 377 - Creating Native American Tribes Unique Recognition, Authentication and Listing Act
SB 388 - Creating Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act
SB 406 - Creating Native American Tribes Unique Recognition, Authentication and Listing Act
SB 417 - Creating Source Water Protection Act
SB 428 - Creating Dangerous Wild Animals Act
SB 440 - Creating O. C. Spaulding Electronic Recording Act
SB 466 - Creating Storm Scammer Consumer Protection Act
SB 502 - Updating Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act
SB 503 - Revising Child Welfare Act
SB 543 - Creating Jobs Impact Statement Act
SB 579 - Creating Land Reuse Agency Authorization Act
SB 590 - Creating Clearance for Access: Registry and Employment Screening Act
SB 604 - Creating Coal Employment Enhancement Act
SB 626 - Creating Elk River Spill Victims' Compensation Act of 2014
SB 627 - Creating Toxic Catastrophe Prevention Act
SB 628 - Creating Healthy Children and Healthy Communities Act

Agriculture (7 Bills)
SB 254 - Regulating equine boarding facilities
SB 350 - Relating to Rural Rehabilitation Loan Program
SB 454 - Defining dam "owner"
SB 478 - Permitting sale of raw milk
SB 495 - Increasing collections into Land Division special revenue account
SB 533 - Updating commercial feed laws; setting fees by rule

Alcohol (9 Bills)
SB 218 - Requiring bartenders have alcohol server permits
SB 362 - Relating to time restaurants, private clubs and wineries can sell alcoholic beverages on Sundays
SB 434 - Eliminating revocation period for certain DUI offenders
SB 450 - Relating to sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages in certain outdoor settings
SB 527 - Prohibiting beer and wine sales at self-scan registers
SB 548 - Creating special one-day charitable event license to sell nonintoxicating beer
SB 580 - Permitting wine sales at certain college and university sports stadiums
SB 597 - Clarifying regulation of nonintoxicating beer brewers and distributors
SB 629 - Creating misdemeanor offense for assault upon ABCC employee

Animals (9 Bills)
SB 73 - Exempting veterinary medications from sales tax
SB 83 - Providing personal income tax deduction for spaying or neutering pets
SB 92 - Establishing Animal Abuse Registry
SB 254 - Regulating equine boarding facilities
SB 371 - Prohibiting possession of wild and exotic animals
SB 398 - Providing certain state public schools obtain impounded dogs and cats for curriculum furtherance
SB 428 - Creating Dangerous Wild Animals Act
SB 533 - Updating commercial feed laws; setting fees by rule
SB 583 - Permitting emergency rule-making authority to implement Spay Neuter Assistance Program

Appropriations (1 Bills)
SB 306 - Budget Bill

Appropriations-Supplemental (8 Bills)
SB 341 - Making supplementary appropriation from State Excess Lottery Revenue Fund to Division of Human Services
SB 342 - Making supplementary appropriation of unappropriated moneys to DHHR, MAPS and Department of Veterans' Assistance
SB 343 - Making supplementary appropriation of federal funds to Department of Commerce, Workforce Investment Act
SB 344 - Expiring funds from State Fund, General Revenue, and making supplemental appropriations to various agencies
SB 345 - Expiring funds from State Fund, General Revenue, and making supplementary appropriations to MAPS
SB 346 - Making supplementary appropriation from Lottery Net Profits to DNR and Bureau of Senior Services
SB 347 - Making supplementary appropriation of unappropriated moneys to various accounts
SB 348 - Supplementing, amending, decreasing and increasing appropriations from State Road Fund to DOH

Arbitration (1 Bills)
SB 251 - Implementing terms of Uniform Arbitration Act

Associations (1 Bills)
SB 260 - Relating to residential community waivers for salvage yard establishments

Athletics (2 Bills)
SB 540 - Requiring SSAC promulgate rules allowing college preparatory team recognition
SB 587 - Requiring licensing of athletic trainers by Board of Physical Therapy

Attorneys (8 Bills)
SB 40 - Providing judges appoint public defender attorneys for eligible clients
SB 61 - Increasing legal education credits required of court-appointed attorneys in juvenile cases
SB 99 - Relating to compensation and expenses for attorneys appointed in child abuse and neglect proceedings
SB 299 - Creating loser-pays civil justice system
SB 367 - Correcting internal code reference regarding judges and prosecutors carrying firearms
SB 399 - Providing mental hygiene commissioners are employees under PERS
SB 436 - Providing Prosecuting Attorneys Institute executive council establish salary of director
SB 555 - Relating to appointment of counsel for alleged protected persons

Audits/Auditing (1 Bills)
SB 511 - Specifying Legislative Auditor's performance reviews and audits include Board of Public Works and Legislature

Aviation (1 Bills)
SB 529 - Redefining "recreational purposes" as to limiting landowners' liability

Banks and Banking (8 Bills)
SB 45 - Specifying certain residency requirements for majority of state-chartered banking institution directors
SB 263 - Clarifying continuous inactivity of demand, savings or time deposits under Uniform Unclaimed Property Act
SB 383 - Permitting certain residential real estate owners limited exemptions from licensing requirements for self-financed mortgages
SB 402 - Permitting Tax Commissioner recover financial institution charges and fees for all forms of payment
SB 437 - Requiring mortgage brokers file certain reports with Division of Financial Institutions
SB 438 - Revising regulatory structure of money transmitters
SB 572 - Relating to financing statements covering as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut
SB 596 - Modifying statute of limitations on demand note collections

Boards and Commissions (16 Bills)
SB 9 - Creating Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Commission
SB 31 - Relating to appointment and removal of State Fire Marshal
SB 210 - Increasing membership of Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses
SB 214 - Creating Citizens Elected County Officials Compensation Commission
SB 230 - Permitting Boards of Medicine, Dentistry and Osteopathy initiate disciplinary proceedings in certain circumstances
SB 287 - Relating to requirement of professional engineer serving on sanitary board
SB 323 - Relating to professional board licensure requirements for military and spouses
SB 396 - Eliminating certain unnecessary boards, councils, task forces and committees
SB 426 - Relating to appointments to certain higher education commissions, councils and boards
SB 484 - Changing experience requirements of members of Ethics Commission
SB 492 - Requiring State Board of Pharmacy develop specialty drugs list
SB 499 - Making Prudent Investor Act primary standard of care for Investment Management Board
SB 507 - Relating to Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists
SB 584 - Relating to expiration and renewal of Board of Registration for Professional Engineers' certificates
SB 587 - Requiring licensing of athletic trainers by Board of Physical Therapy
SB 617 - Terminating Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Technology Board of Examiners

Bonds (3 Bills)
SB 200 - Authorizing circuit and magistrate courts collect bail bond surcharges to offset regional jail costs
SB 462 - Providing surety relief of acting collateral upon securing bailpiece
SB 464 - Prohibiting law-enforcement officers or immediate family members from taking bonds for persons in custody

Buildings (1 Bills)
SB 500 - Requiring public buildings have at least one ADA-compliant restroom

Capitol Complex (2 Bills)
SB 80 - Permitting concealed weapons licensees to carry weapon on Capitol Complex with certain exception
SB 442 - Permitting certain firearms in motor vehicles on Capitol Complex grounds

Charitable Organizations (1 Bills)
SB 548 - Creating special one-day charitable event license to sell nonintoxicating beer

Child Welfare (13 Bills)
SB 27 - Relating to minors obtaining tattoos
SB 56 - Creating pilot program for TANF recipients of academically achieving children
SB 57 - Implementing Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths outcome evaluation system
SB 231 - Mandating additional punishment for using minor in commission of crime
SB 252 - Allowing certain expelled students to return to school through Juvenile Drug Court
SB 253 - Clarifying code for Community-Based Pilot Demonstration Project to Improve Outcomes for At-Risk Youth
SB 258 - Prohibiting juveniles from manufacturing, possessing and distributing nude images of minors
SB 366 - Transferring CHIP from Department of Administration to DHHR
SB 401 - Relating to "out-of-home" child placement system
SB 503 - Revising Child Welfare Act
SB 549 - Relating to child support obligations and orders
SB 609 - Requiring court-appointed special advocate program
SB 614 - Providing standard for determining when grandparent has standing for child custody

Citizenship (1 Bills)
SB 78 - Designating English as official state language

Civil Service (1 Bills)
SB 538 - Adopting federal definition of "disabled veteran" for civil service and state contract bidding

Claims (7 Bills)
SB 59 - Relating to claims against counties, school districts or municipalities
SB 204 - Relating to crime victims compensation awards
SB 514 - Eliminating expense of Meth lab cleanup from Crime Victims Compensation Act
SB 517 - Providing liberal weighing of evidence for workers's compensation claims
SB 558 - Finding and declaring certain claims against state
SB 561 - Clarifying authority and discretion of Dealer Recovery Board to hear claims
SB 626 - Creating Elk River Spill Victims' Compensation Act of 2014

Code Repealed (4 Bills)
SB 360 - Repealing article relating to wages for construction of public improvements
SB 363 - Repealing article allowing placement of roadside memorial markers
SB 368 - Repealing article relating to unfair trade practices
SB 515 - Repealing section relating to state aid for students of veterinary medicine

Communications (2 Bills)
SB 11 - Relating to cellular telephone communications and wiretapping evidentiary provisions in family court proceedings
SB 259 - Imposing telecommunications business tax benefitting outdoor activity promotion and maintenance

Consumer Protection (5 Bills)
SB 8 - Prohibiting zone pricing of gasoline
SB 286 - Relating to used motor vehicle warranties
SB 313 - Requiring gubernatorial appointment of PSC Consumer Advocate Director to mirror Governor's term of office
SB 466 - Creating Storm Scammer Consumer Protection Act
SB 564 - Providing consumer identity theft protection under Obamacare

Contracts (5 Bills)
SB 238 - Lowering threshold requiring low-bid government construction contractors submit subcontractor list
SB 239 - Requiring workers painting state bridges complete SSPC Coating Application Specialist Program
SB 283 - Prohibiting certain noncompetition clauses in broadcast industry employee contracts
SB 356 - Relating to purchasing reform
SB 358 - Requiring Purchasing Director approve certain change orders

Corporations and Business Entities (5 Bills)
SB 50 - Relating to organization of Physicians' Mutual Insurance Company
SB 202 - Creating Benefit Corporation Act
SB 559 - Eliminating annual report late fees charged by Secretary of State
SB 569 - Eliminating notarization of articles of incorporation for cooperative associations
SB 570 - Exempting certain foreign corporations, companies and partnerships from SOS certificate of authority requirement

Corrections (9 Bills)
SB 34 - Redistributing proceeds from excise tax on transfer of real property to counties for benefit of regional jails
SB 200 - Authorizing circuit and magistrate courts collect bail bond surcharges to offset regional jail costs
SB 234 - Requiring court conduct hearing at sentencing to determine defendant's ability to pay incarceration costs
SB 307 - Relating to pretrial management of persons charged with committing crimes
SB 387 - Clarifying duly authorized officers have legal custody of their prisoners while in WV
SB 408 - Relating to parole
SB 457 - Requiring programs for temporarily detained inmates in regional jails
SB 550 - Providing annual salary increase to Division of Corrections employees
SB 567 - Redesignating Division of Corrections as Department of Corrections

Counties -- Commissions (3 Bills)
SB 94 - Requiring county commission be notified prior to employee discharge
SB 205 - Granting county commissions advice and consent authority in discharge of county employees
SB 415 - Changing due date of certain county commission tax reports

Counties -- Courts and Officers (1 Bills)
SB 13 - Modifying Courthouse Facilities Improvement Authority funding assistance

Counties (And Related Subheadings) (12 Bills)
SB 38 - Reallocating certain oil and gas severance tax proceeds to counties of origin
SB 75 - Requiring equal membership from magisterial districts on county planning commission
SB 214 - Creating Citizens Elected County Officials Compensation Commission
SB 216 - Providing exemption allowing removal or burning of certain litter by county and municipal governments
SB 226 - Providing elected county officials receive raise based on Consumer Price Index
SB 261 - Transferring portion of Parkways Authority revenues to Turnpike counties
SB 311 - Transferring portion of Parkways Authority revenues to Turnpike counties
SB 314 - Appropriating hotel occupancy tax proceeds to counties with no more than one hospital
SB 379 - Reclassifying counties
SB 465 - Permitting counties to impose levy for public library funding
SB 489 - Providing county employees may run for vacant office without resigning
SB 579 - Creating Land Reuse Agency Authorization Act

Courts -- Circuit (6 Bills)
SB 447 - Authorizing additional circuit court judge
SB 458 - Dedicating certain circuit court fees to fund low-income persons' civil legal services
SB 475 - Authorizing additional circuit court judge
SB 555 - Relating to appointment of counsel for alleged protected persons
SB 557 - Authorizing additional circuit court judge
SB 601 - Relating to property assessment appeals

Courts -- Supreme Court (1 Bills)
SB 232 - Providing for nonpartisan election of Supreme Court justices

Courts (And Related Subheadings) (21 Bills)
SB 11 - Relating to cellular telephone communications and wiretapping evidentiary provisions in family court proceedings
SB 13 - Modifying Courthouse Facilities Improvement Authority funding assistance
SB 19 - Increasing compensation caps for certain family court staff
SB 39 - Adding additional family court judge
SB 40 - Providing judges appoint public defender attorneys for eligible clients
SB 62 - Relating to referral of drug court participants having co-occurring addiction and mental health issues
SB 79 - Changing number and method of jury strikes in felony cases
SB 200 - Authorizing circuit and magistrate courts collect bail bond surcharges to offset regional jail costs
SB 215 - Creating Intermediate Court of Appeals
SB 225 - Relating to certain civil action filing fees
SB 234 - Requiring court conduct hearing at sentencing to determine defendant's ability to pay incarceration costs
SB 252 - Allowing certain expelled students to return to school through Juvenile Drug Court
SB 267 - Ensuring state courts' jurisdiction of fraudulent or unauthorized purchasing card use
SB 282 - Decreasing number of jurors in municipal criminal matters
SB 300 - Creating Intermediate Court of Appeals
SB 310 - Adjusting penalties for willful failure to pay child support
SB 316 - Relating to tolling with regard to civil actions
SB 405 - Allowing presiding judge to release juror qualification forms after trial's conclusion
SB 435 - Correcting code reference relating to handgun safety training for certain court personnel
SB 470 - Providing completed grand jury questionnaires are confidential
SB 586 - Removing unconstitutional language regarding jurors and verdicts in certain civil litigation

Crimes -- Alcohol and Drugs (3 Bills)
SB 95 - Creating felony offense for DUI causing serious bodily injury
SB 281 - Creating felony offense of DUI causing injury or death
SB 552 - Increasing penalty related to transporting illegal controlled substances into state

Crimes -- Felonies (5 Bills)
SB 95 - Creating felony offense for DUI causing serious bodily injury
SB 423 - Relating to expungement of certain felony convictions
SB 440 - Creating O. C. Spaulding Electronic Recording Act
SB 592 - Creating felony offense of knowingly leaving crash scene resulting in serious bodily injury
SB 607 - Providing act of domestic violence or sexual offense by strangling is aggravated felony

Crimes -- Juveniles (4 Bills)
SB 258 - Prohibiting juveniles from manufacturing, possessing and distributing nude images of minors
SB 370 - Relating to sentencing and parole of juveniles treated as adults
SB 544 - Allowing sharing of juvenile records under certain circumstances with reciprocal states
SB 545 - Authorizing Division of Juvenile Services establish Juvenile Trustee Fund and Juvenile Benefit Fund

Crimes -- Sexual Offenses (2 Bills)
SB 9 - Creating Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Commission
SB 607 - Providing act of domestic violence or sexual offense by strangling is aggravated felony

Crimes (And Related Subheadings) (13 Bills)
SB 90 - Creating criminal offense for interfering or preventing call for assistance of emergency service personnel
SB 231 - Mandating additional punishment for using minor in commission of crime
SB 265 - Creating misdemeanor offense of possession of burglar's tools
SB 266 - Criminalizing graffiti on real and personal property
SB 353 - Relating to timber theft from state forests
SB 357 - Relating to Logging Sediment Control Act civil and criminal penalties
SB 390 - Creating criminal penalties for disseminating false information through automated phone calls during state of emergency
SB 397 - Expanding scope of activities considered financial exploitation of elderly
SB 462 - Providing surety relief of acting collateral upon securing bailpiece
SB 467 - Updating code section relating to expungement of criminal convictions
SB 588 - Allowing law enforcement obtain DNA samples from certain arrestees
SB 595 - Including waste management facilities and timber operations in facilities with protection against property crimes
SB 629 - Creating misdemeanor offense for assault upon ABCC employee

Disabilities (2 Bills)
SB 209 - Allowing special needs students to participate in graduation ceremonies
SB 500 - Requiring public buildings have at least one ADA-compliant restroom

Domestic Relations (13 Bills)
SB 11 - Relating to cellular telephone communications and wiretapping evidentiary provisions in family court proceedings
SB 14 - Establishing child support insurance match program
SB 58 - Relating to basis for voidable marriages and annulments
SB 64 - Providing automatic revocation of will upon legal separation
SB 65 - Prohibiting consideration of certain income-producing asset for purposes of spousal support
SB 81 - Excluding veterans' disability income in determining spousal support and marital property division
SB 86 - Expanding grandparents' rights
SB 244 - Facilitating compilation and availability of birth parents' social and medical histories prior to adoption
SB 310 - Adjusting penalties for willful failure to pay child support
SB 451 - Relating to distribution of certain retirement benefits of deceased uniformed service officers under qualified domestic relations order
SB 549 - Relating to child support obligations and orders
SB 566 - Relating to domestic violence victims' eligibility for unemployment compensation benefits
SB 614 - Providing standard for determining when grandparent has standing for child custody

Drugs and Drug Paraphernalia (13 Bills)
SB 1 - Modifying controlled substances schedules and prescriptive authority
SB 6 - Regulating sale of drug products used in manufacture of methamphetamine
SB 17 - Allowing possession of opioid antagonist by certain public safety personnel
SB 301 - Relating to drug testing of legislators and public assistance recipients
SB 318 - Setting fees for manufacture, distribution, dispensing and research of controlled substances
SB 336 - Relating to possession and administration of opioid antagonist
SB 339 - Adding tramadol and related salts and isomers to Schedule IV controlled substances
SB 419 - Creating Overdose Prevention Act
SB 492 - Requiring State Board of Pharmacy develop specialty drugs list
SB 509 - Regulating pharmacy benefits managers
SB 514 - Eliminating expense of Meth lab cleanup from Crime Victims Compensation Act
SB 623 - Requiring notification of certain substance abuse screening of mine personnel
SB 624 - Establishing substance abuse screening circumstances requiring miner certification suspension or revocation

Economic Development (7 Bills)
SB 96 - Creating Creative Communities Development Act
SB 280 - Expanding Military Incentive Program to all economically disadvantaged veterans
SB 308 - Creating Shale Research, Education, Policy and Economic Development Center at WVU
SB 312 - Creating Project Launchpad Act
SB 354 - Requiring Workforce Investment Council provide local boards information about certain male-dominated jobs
SB 375 - Excluding certain real and personal property from TIF assessment
SB 439 - Increasing acreage of Ohio County's Fort Henry Economic Opportunity Development District

Education -- Colleges & Universities (18 Bills)
SB 41 - Providing resident tuition rates for children of WV institution graduates
SB 227 - Creating Higher Education Community School Law
SB 274 - Providing for college graduate tax credit
SB 308 - Creating Shale Research, Education, Policy and Economic Development Center at WVU
SB 394 - Redesignating Health Sciences Scholarship Program as Health Sciences Service Program
SB 398 - Providing certain state public schools obtain impounded dogs and cats for curriculum furtherance
SB 422 - Expanding state aid for students of certain health professions
SB 426 - Relating to appointments to certain higher education commissions, councils and boards
SB 460 - Permitting School of Osteopathic Medicine invest certain moneys in its foundation
SB 483 - Renaming administrative heads of Potomac campus of WVU and WVU Institute of Technology
SB 510 - Including state land grant institutions in Research Trust Fund
SB 528 - Requiring promulgation of legislative rule establishing level of capital project for certain higher education institutions
SB 536 - Granting in-state tuition to honorably discharged and injured veterans
SB 537 - Providing state institutions may apply for alternative fee and tuition schedule
SB 546 - Granting in-state tuition to military eligible for Post-9/11 GI Bill
SB 560 - Including WVSU in Research Trust Fund; other provisions
SB 575 - Providing educational incentives and longevity pay for State Troopers
SB 580 - Permitting wine sales at certain college and university sports stadiums

Education -- Courses, Programs & Testing (1 Bills)
SB 52 - Creating pilot program incorporating Khan method of teaching mathematics

Education -- Retirement (2 Bills)
SB 452 - Relating to TRS annuity calculation of member with reciprocal service credit
SB 453 - Relating to TRS

Education -- Salaries, Classifications, Leave (5 Bills)
SB 21 - Reducing student-to-teacher ratio in public schools and increasing certain aides' pay
SB 276 - Providing salary increases for certain public school teachers and reading specialists
SB 277 - Relating to temporary reassignment of injured or ill school service personnel
SB 303 - Providing salary increase for teachers
SB 391 - Providing salary increase for teachers and school service personnel

Education (And Related Subheadings) (30 Bills)
SB 25 - Requiring Senate advise and consent for State Superintendent of Schools appointment
SB 55 - Creating licensed school psychologist-pupil ratio
SB 56 - Creating pilot program for TANF recipients of academically achieving children
SB 60 - Providing only notice of county board of education financial statement availability be published
SB 93 - Amending public school support computation of local share
SB 98 - Relating to student-school nurse staffing ratio
SB 207 - Transferring Division of Early Care and Education and Head Start State Collaborative to Department of Education and Arts
SB 209 - Allowing special needs students to participate in graduation ceremonies
SB 219 - Establishing public competitive learning academies
SB 252 - Allowing certain expelled students to return to school through Juvenile Drug Court
SB 284 - Relating to county board of education employee personal leave accrual
SB 309 - Redefining "eligible institutions" to receive PROMISE scholarship funds
SB 332 - Reducing certain allowances in computation of local share
SB 381 - Requiring CPR and care for conscious choking instruction in public schools
SB 409 - Relating to education reform
SB 410 - Requiring public school screening for dyslexia
SB 412 - Defining "dyslexia" for education purposes
SB 413 - Requiring Department of Education provide professional development opportunities regarding dyslexia
SB 420 - Relating to data sharing in P-20W Longitudinal Data System
SB 429 - Relating to public school curricular standards and assessments
SB 432 - Relating to calculating local share
SB 455 - Creating Move to Improve Act
SB 477 - Providing teachers determine use of time during planning period
SB 493 - Excluding suspension days in determining student truancy
SB 513 - Relating to cost reimbursement of servicing high-cost/high-acuity special needs students
SB 515 - Repealing section relating to state aid for students of veterinary medicine
SB 539 - Providing certain law-enforcement officers employed as school security be allowed to carry firearms
SB 540 - Requiring SSAC promulgate rules allowing college preparatory team recognition
SB 562 - Relating to training and compensation of county board of education members serving on RESAs
SB 573 - Establishing cook-meal ratios for full-day and half-day school cooks

Education--Facilities (1 Bills)
SB 512 - Providing for personal income tax checkoff for Cedar Lakes Foundation

Elected Officials (4 Bills)
SB 217 - Prohibiting public officials and employees from using public funds for self promotion
SB 226 - Providing elected county officials receive raise based on Consumer Price Index
SB 321 - Allowing Board of Public Works be represented by designees; proxy voting
SB 365 - Relating to administration of Conservation Agency programs

Elections (12 Bills)
SB 28 - Prohibiting certain campaign contributions by lobbyists during legislative session
SB 35 - Requiring filing fee for write-in candidates for public office
SB 67 - Authorizing use of excess campaign contributions for repayment of previous campaign loans or debts
SB 70 - Conforming code to federal requirements for certain registered voters in presidential elections
SB 220 - Allowing local option election permitting Sunday hunting on private property
SB 232 - Providing for nonpartisan election of Supreme Court justices
SB 359 - Reducing number of precincts for manual count in post-election canvass
SB 374 - Prohibiting special election by local levying body 180 days prior to scheduled election
SB 441 - Increasing limit on size of voting precincts
SB 489 - Providing county employees may run for vacant office without resigning
SB 547 - Relating to number of municipal wards or election districts and council members
SB 553 - Relating to certificates of nomination for elected office

Emergency Services (7 Bills)
SB 17 - Allowing possession of opioid antagonist by certain public safety personnel
SB 54 - Improving state emergency preparedness
SB 90 - Creating criminal offense for interfering or preventing call for assistance of emergency service personnel
SB 224 - Relating to service credit transfers from PERS to EMS Retirement System
SB 340 - Creating EMT-industrial certification
SB 361 - Relating to Office of Emergency Medical Services
SB 378 - Relating to special speed limitations as to waste service vehicles

Employment (6 Bills)
SB 354 - Requiring Workforce Investment Council provide local boards information about certain male-dominated jobs
SB 472 - Prohibiting discrimination in housing or employment based on age or sexual orientation
SB 526 - Giving railroad employees right to review and copy respective personnel files
SB 543 - Creating Jobs Impact Statement Act
SB 590 - Creating Clearance for Access: Registry and Employment Screening Act
SB 604 - Creating Coal Employment Enhancement Act

Energy (2 Bills)
SB 471 - Relating to alternative and renewable energy portfolio standards
SB 616 - Allowing receipt of gifts, donations and contributions by Division of Energy

Environmental Protection (15 Bills)
SB 229 - Providing tax credit for fees paid for recycling residential household waste
SB 260 - Relating to residential community waivers for salvage yard establishments
SB 278 - Redefining "scrap metal"
SB 355 - Amending Water Resources Protection and Management Act
SB 373 - Relating to water resources protection
SB 417 - Creating Source Water Protection Act
SB 474 - Allowing disposal of drill cuttings from well sites in commercial solid waste facilities
SB 530 - Regulating carbon dioxide emissions from existing fossil fuel-fired electric generating units
SB 542 - Requiring notice to DEP for release of fluids or chemicals into groundwater, surface water or subsurface soils
SB 565 - Ensuring SWA Closure Cost Assistance Funds facilitate closure of certain county landfills
SB 591 - Updating obsolete definitions of "solid waste" in DEP and solid waste management statutes
SB 594 - Allowing disposal of drill cuttings from well sites in commercial solid waste facilities
SB 595 - Including waste management facilities and timber operations in facilities with protection against property crimes
SB 611 - Increasing county solid waste assessment fee; exemption
SB 627 - Creating Toxic Catastrophe Prevention Act

Estates and Trusts (2 Bills)
SB 64 - Providing automatic revocation of will upon legal separation
SB 414 - Redirecting nonprobate appraisement filings

Ethics (2 Bills)
SB 365 - Relating to administration of Conservation Agency programs
SB 484 - Changing experience requirements of members of Ethics Commission

Factory-Built Homes (1 Bills)
SB 574 - Clarifying mobile home permanently attached to real estate is not personal property under certain conditions

Fire Fighting and Prevention (8 Bills)
SB 31 - Relating to appointment and removal of State Fire Marshal
SB 240 - Relating to meeting and conference rights for members of municipal police or fire departments
SB 255 - Increasing fire and casualty insurance policies surcharge to benefit fire departments
SB 319 - Increasing membership of State Fire Commission
SB 325 - Providing State Fire Marshal serve at will and pleasure of Fire Commission
SB 508 - Establishing Volunteer Departments Loan Fund within Treasurer's Office
SB 518 - Relating to workers' compensation benefits for firefighters; other provisions
SB 532 - Allowing certain military firefighters to become civilian firefighters

Firearms (11 Bills)
SB 76 - Creating Firearms Freedom Act
SB 80 - Permitting concealed weapons licensees to carry weapon on Capitol Complex with certain exception
SB 198 - Protecting confidentiality of applications, permits and renewal application for deadly weapons permits
SB 199 - Allowing private property owner prohibit carrying firearms or deadly weapons on property
SB 317 - Relating to municipal firearm laws
SB 367 - Correcting internal code reference regarding judges and prosecutors carrying firearms
SB 435 - Correcting code reference relating to handgun safety training for certain court personnel
SB 442 - Permitting certain firearms in motor vehicles on Capitol Complex grounds
SB 445 - Clarifying when person engaged in outdoor recreation may possess certain firearms
SB 498 - Permitting persons to possess certain firearms in vehicle without concealed deadly weapons permit
SB 539 - Providing certain law-enforcement officers employed as school security be allowed to carry firearms

Floods (2 Bills)
SB 615 - Creating flood zone homestead property tax exemption
SB 621 - Authorizing insurers offer flood insurance

Food and Food Services (2 Bills)
SB 262 - Prohibiting certain purchases by SNAP recipients
SB 482 - Requiring food handler examinations and cards

Forestry (7 Bills)
SB 353 - Relating to timber theft from state forests
SB 357 - Relating to Logging Sediment Control Act civil and criminal penalties
SB 459 - Removing severance tax on timber
SB 535 - Clarifying definition of "ginseng"
SB 572 - Relating to financing statements covering as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut
SB 582 - Providing for closure and sale of Clements State Tree Nursery
SB 595 - Including waste management facilities and timber operations in facilities with protection against property crimes

Fuel (3 Bills)
SB 8 - Prohibiting zone pricing of gasoline
SB 491 - Exempting sales of motor fuel from unfair trade practices
SB 530 - Regulating carbon dioxide emissions from existing fossil fuel-fired electric generating units

Funds (12 Bills)
SB 97 - Relating to funding of civil legal services to low-income persons
SB 309 - Redefining "eligible institutions" to receive PROMISE scholarship funds
SB 393 - Providing Governor may borrow revenue shortfall reserve funds prior to April 1, 2014
SB 461 - Creating Future Fund
SB 495 - Increasing collections into Land Division special revenue account
SB 508 - Establishing Volunteer Departments Loan Fund within Treasurer's Office
SB 510 - Including state land grant institutions in Research Trust Fund
SB 560 - Including WVSU in Research Trust Fund; other provisions
SB 565 - Ensuring SWA Closure Cost Assistance Funds facilitate closure of certain county landfills
SB 571 - Distributing portion of Greyhound Breeder Development Fund previously dedicated to training facility construction
SB 598 - Providing excess Courtesy Patrol funds revert to Tourism Promotion Fund
SB 616 - Allowing receipt of gifts, donations and contributions by Division of Energy

Funeral Services (1 Bills)
SB 531 - Relating to licensing of funeral directors

Gaming Activities (7 Bills)
SB 48 - Authorizing rural resort community as limited gaming facility
SB 206 - Redistributing certain net terminal income from racetrack video lottery
SB 351 - Requiring thoroughbred licensees pay portion of purse to Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association
SB 385 - Reducing and redirecting lottery revenue distributions
SB 494 - Authorizing additional methods of payment for lottery prizes
SB 497 - Removing restrictions where certain lottery games may be played
SB 571 - Distributing portion of Greyhound Breeder Development Fund previously dedicated to training facility construction

Governmental Agencies (6 Bills)
SB 207 - Transferring Division of Early Care and Education and Head Start State Collaborative to Department of Education and Arts
SB 335 - Requiring certain items purchased by state be manufactured in United States
SB 369 - Requiring state procurement by competitive bidding
SB 386 - Revising laws relating to DHHR and Bureau of Medical Services
SB 504 - Authorizing Auditor establish Debt Resolution Services Division
SB 567 - Redesignating Division of Corrections as Department of Corrections

Governor -- Bills Requested By (35 Bills)
SB 306 - Budget Bill
SB 320 - Relating to "state of preparedness"
SB 321 - Allowing Board of Public Works be represented by designees; proxy voting
SB 322 - Providing state compensate officials, officers and employees every two weeks with certain exceptions
SB 323 - Relating to professional board licensure requirements for military and spouses
SB 324 - Requiring underground facilities operators participate in one-call system
SB 325 - Providing State Fire Marshal serve at will and pleasure of Fire Commission
SB 326 - Fixing technical error relating to motor fuel excise tax
SB 327 - Updating terms in Corporation Net Income Tax Act
SB 328 - Terminating Strategic Research and Development Tax Credit
SB 329 - Extending cessation period for deposits into Special Railroad and Intermodal Enhancement Fund
SB 330 - Creating Safe and Efficient Parkways Act
SB 331 - Requiring certain accelerated payment of consumers sales and service and use tax and employee withholding taxes
SB 332 - Reducing certain allowances in computation of local share
SB 333 - Updating terms in Personal Income Tax Act
SB 334 - Suspending certain refundable consumer sales and service tax exemptions to State Road Fund
SB 338 - Relating to Tourism Development Act
SB 341 - Making supplementary appropriation from State Excess Lottery Revenue Fund to Division of Human Services
SB 342 - Making supplementary appropriation of unappropriated moneys to DHHR, MAPS and Department of Veterans' Assistance
SB 343 - Making supplementary appropriation of federal funds to Department of Commerce, Workforce Investment Act
SB 344 - Expiring funds from State Fund, General Revenue, and making supplemental appropriations to various agencies
SB 345 - Expiring funds from State Fund, General Revenue, and making supplementary appropriations to MAPS
SB 346 - Making supplementary appropriation from Lottery Net Profits to DNR and Bureau of Senior Services
SB 347 - Making supplementary appropriation of unappropriated moneys to various accounts
SB 348 - Supplementing, amending, decreasing and increasing appropriations from State Road Fund to DOH
SB 356 - Relating to purchasing reform
SB 366 - Transferring CHIP from Department of Administration to DHHR
SB 385 - Reducing and redirecting lottery revenue distributions
SB 390 - Creating criminal penalties for disseminating false information through automated phone calls during state of emergency
SB 391 - Providing salary increase for teachers and school service personnel
SB 392 - Providing salary increase for members of State Police
SB 393 - Providing Governor may borrow revenue shortfall reserve funds prior to April 1, 2014
SB 396 - Eliminating certain unnecessary boards, councils, task forces and committees
SB 409 - Relating to education reform
SB 417 - Creating Source Water Protection Act

Health -- Facilities (4 Bills)
SB 456 - Extending expiration date for health care provider tax on eligible acute care hospitals
SB 523 - Providing for additional state veterans skilled nursing facility in Beckley
SB 599 - Providing exemption from skilled nursing bed moratorium for speciality skilled nursing beds
SB 619 - Exempting certain critical access hospitals from certificate of need requirement

Health -- Insurance (7 Bills)
SB 14 - Establishing child support insurance match program
SB 16 - Requiring health insurance coverage of hearing aids for certain individuals
SB 272 - Limiting health insurance coverage for elective abortions to supplemental policies
SB 296 - Relating to health insurance; benefits and services
SB 366 - Transferring CHIP from Department of Administration to DHHR
SB 496 - Limiting health insurance coverage for elective abortions to supplemental policies; exceptions
SB 564 - Providing consumer identity theft protection under Obamacare

Health -- Personnel (4 Bills)
SB 212 - Expanding prescriptive authority of advanced nurse practitioners and certified nurse-midwives
SB 425 - Relating to licensure, supervision and regulation of physician assistants
SB 602 - Requiring health care providers wear ID badges
SB 617 - Terminating Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Technology Board of Examiners

Health (And Related Subheadings) (18 Bills)
SB 12 - Relating to expedited partner therapy treatment
SB 15 - Removing certain billing limitations for HIV or STD testing by public health agencies
SB 23 - Relating to fetal death reporting
SB 27 - Relating to minors obtaining tattoos
SB 51 - Requiring water-free urinals in public rest areas, institutions and schools
SB 208 - Relating to Rural Health Initiative Act
SB 361 - Relating to Office of Emergency Medical Services
SB 381 - Requiring CPR and care for conscious choking instruction in public schools
SB 386 - Revising laws relating to DHHR and Bureau of Medical Services
SB 394 - Redesignating Health Sciences Scholarship Program as Health Sciences Service Program
SB 401 - Relating to "out-of-home" child placement system
SB 418 - Relating to medical and podiatry corporations
SB 455 - Creating Move to Improve Act
SB 490 - Relating to noncovered insurance discounts by health care providers
SB 554 - Providing for employees' health and safety in dry cutting and grinding of masonry
SB 590 - Creating Clearance for Access: Registry and Employment Screening Act
SB 625 - Amending code relating to practice of psychology
SB 628 - Creating Healthy Children and Healthy Communities Act

Health--Mental (2 Bills)
SB 46 - Creating informal dispute resolution process to certain behavioral health providers
SB 62 - Relating to referral of drug court participants having co-occurring addiction and mental health issues

Homeland Security (1 Bills)
SB 320 - Relating to "state of preparedness"

Human Services (3 Bills)
SB 262 - Prohibiting certain purchases by SNAP recipients
SB 301 - Relating to drug testing of legislators and public assistance recipients
SB 395 - Relating to operation and oversight of certain human services benefit programs

Infrastructure (1 Bills)
SB 576 - Providing for construction of statewide fiber optic broadband infrastructure network

Insurance -- Health (2 Bills)
SB 384 - Prohibiting certain insurers require policyholders use mail-order pharmacy
SB 610 - Requiring health insurance coverage for certain nonnarcotic pain relief systems

Insurance -- Medicaid/Medicare (1 Bills)
SB 10 - Requiring Medicaid dental coverage for certain mothers of newborns

Insurance -- Motor Vehicles (2 Bills)
SB 47 - Increasing minimum proof of financial responsibility in motor vehicle insurance coverage
SB 427 - Relating to motor vehicle insurance

Insurance -- Public Employees (1 Bills)
SB 400 - Relating to air-ambulance service fees under PEIA

Insurance (And Related Subheadings) (11 Bills)
SB 49 - Relating to review of adverse determinations by insurance companies
SB 50 - Relating to organization of Physicians' Mutual Insurance Company
SB 88 - Relating to claims for total loss and debris removal proceeds under farmers' mutual fire insurance companies
SB 255 - Increasing fire and casualty insurance policies surcharge to benefit fire departments
SB 349 - Prohibiting nonrenewal or cancellation of certain property insurance coverage policies
SB 407 - Providing renewal of lapsed managing general insurance agent licenses
SB 463 - Requiring certain percentage of insurance claims be performed by resident adjuster
SB 490 - Relating to noncovered insurance discounts by health care providers
SB 509 - Regulating pharmacy benefits managers
SB 593 - Authorizing issuance of limited lines travel insurance producer license
SB 621 - Authorizing insurers offer flood insurance

Interim Studies (17 Bills)
SB 3 - Creating Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act
SB 4 - Creating Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts
SB 5 - Creating Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act
SB 335 - Requiring certain items purchased by state be manufactured in United States
SB 336 - Relating to possession and administration of opioid antagonist
SB 349 - Prohibiting nonrenewal or cancellation of certain property insurance coverage policies
SB 352 - Promoting development of corporate sponsorships for state parks and recreation areas
SB 353 - Relating to timber theft from state forests
SB 354 - Requiring Workforce Investment Council provide local boards information about certain male-dominated jobs
SB 355 - Amending Water Resources Protection and Management Act
SB 357 - Relating to Logging Sediment Control Act civil and criminal penalties
SB 359 - Reducing number of precincts for manual count in post-election canvass
SB 369 - Requiring state procurement by competitive bidding
SB 379 - Reclassifying counties
SB 386 - Revising laws relating to DHHR and Bureau of Medical Services
SB 394 - Redesignating Health Sciences Scholarship Program as Health Sciences Service Program
SB 419 - Creating Overdose Prevention Act

Investments (3 Bills)
SB 53 - Authorizing state, county and local road construction improvements by private investors
SB 460 - Permitting School of Osteopathic Medicine invest certain moneys in its foundation
SB 499 - Making Prudent Investor Act primary standard of care for Investment Management Board

Labor (12 Bills)
SB 239 - Requiring workers painting state bridges complete SSPC Coating Application Specialist Program
SB 241 - Creating Keep Jobs in West Virginia Act
SB 242 - Creating State Labor Relations Act
SB 270 - Creating Jobs Impact Statement Act
SB 288 - Clarifying individual is disqualified from unemployment benefits while on strike
SB 292 - Requiring prevailing hourly rates in public improvements construction
SB 295 - Extending time period for wage payments after termination
SB 360 - Repealing article relating to wages for construction of public improvements
SB 376 - Requiring certain construction workers complete OSHA safety program
SB 411 - Raising minimum wage
SB 420 - Relating to data sharing in P-20W Longitudinal Data System
SB 554 - Providing for employees' health and safety in dry cutting and grinding of masonry

Law Enforcement -- County/Municipal (1 Bills)
SB 551 - Requiring municipal law-enforcement officers wear armored vests

Law Enforcement -- State Police (7 Bills)
SB 201 - Requiring minimum number of state troopers; providing certain salary increases
SB 203 - Requiring State Police be compensated when on standby; housing stipend
SB 392 - Providing salary increase for members of State Police
SB 443 - Relating to SPRS
SB 486 - Establishing certain salary increases for State Police civilian and forensic lab employees
SB 575 - Providing educational incentives and longevity pay for State Troopers
SB 620 - Authorizing State Police Superintendent to hire additional staff

Law Enforcement (And Related Subheadings) (8 Bills)
SB 17 - Allowing possession of opioid antagonist by certain public safety personnel
SB 29 - Clarifying requirements for certain motor vehicle searches
SB 240 - Relating to meeting and conference rights for members of municipal police or fire departments
SB 336 - Relating to possession and administration of opioid antagonist
SB 387 - Clarifying duly authorized officers have legal custody of their prisoners while in WV
SB 464 - Prohibiting law-enforcement officers or immediate family members from taking bonds for persons in custody
SB 539 - Providing certain law-enforcement officers employed as school security be allowed to carry firearms
SB 588 - Allowing law enforcement obtain DNA samples from certain arrestees

Legislature (9 Bills)
SB 7 - Relating to composition of Joint Committee on Government and Finance
SB 25 - Requiring Senate advise and consent for State Superintendent of Schools appointment
SB 28 - Prohibiting certain campaign contributions by lobbyists during legislative session
SB 32 - Authorizing Legislative Auditor to collect sunrise application review fees
SB 271 - Allowing CPRB set employer contribution rate for PERS and SPRS without legislative approval
SB 301 - Relating to drug testing of legislators and public assistance recipients
SB 511 - Specifying Legislative Auditor's performance reviews and audits include Board of Public Works and Legislature
SB 514 - Eliminating expense of Meth lab cleanup from Crime Victims Compensation Act
SB 558 - Finding and declaring certain claims against state

Legislature--Rule Making (97 Bills)
SB 101 - Authorizing Board of Chiropractic Examiners promulgate legislative rule relating to regulation of chiropractic practice
SB 102 - Authorizing Board of Chiropractic Examiners promulgate legislative rule relating to fees pertaining to practice of chiropractic
SB 103 - Authorizing Board of Dental Examiners promulgate legislative rule relating to board
SB 104 - Authorizing Board of Dental Examiners promulgate legislative rule relating to formation and approval of professional limited liability companies
SB 105 - Authorizing Board of Dental Examiners promulgate legislative rule relating to fees established by board
SB 106 - Authorizing Board of Dental Examiners promulgate legislative rule relating to formation and approval of dental corporations; dental practice ownership
SB 107 - Authorizing Board of Dental Examiners promulgate legislative rule relating to dental advertising
SB 108 - Authorizing Board of Dental Examiners promulgate legislative rule relating to practitioner requirements for accessing Controlled Substances Monitoring Program database
SB 109 - Authorizing Board of Dental Examiners promulgate legislative rule relating to continuing education requirements
SB 110 - Authorizing Board of Dental Examiners promulgate legislative rule relating to administration of anesthesia by dentists
SB 111 - Authorizing Board of Dental Examiners promulgate legislative rule relating to expanded duties of dental hygienists and dental assistants
SB 112 - Authorizing Board of Dental Examiners promulgate legislative rule relating to mobile dental facilities and portable dental units
SB 113 - Authorizing Board of Examiners for Licensed Practical Nurses promulgate legislative rule relating to policies regulating licensure of licensed practical nurse
SB 114 - Authorizing Board of Examiners for Licensed Practical Nurses promulgate legislative rule relating to fees for services rendered by board and supplemental renewal fee for Center for Nursing
SB 115 - Authorizing Board of Examiners for Licensed Practical Nurses promulgate legislative rule relating to continuing competence
SB 116 - Authorizing Board of Pharmacy promulgate legislative rule relating to continuing education for licensure of pharmacists
SB 117 - Authorizing Board of Pharmacy promulgate legislative rule relating to controlled substances monitoring
SB 118 - Authorizing Board of Sanitarians promulgate legislative rule relating to practice of public health sanitation
SB 119 - Authorizing Board of Professional Surveyors promulgate legislative rule relating to examination and licensing of professional surveyors
SB 120 - Authorizing Board of Veterinary Medicine promulgate legislative rule relating to registration of veterinary technicians
SB 121 - Authorizing Board of Veterinary Medicine promulgate legislative rule relating to certified animal euthanasia technicians
SB 122 - Authorizing Board of Veterinary Medicine promulgate legislative rule relating to schedule of fees
SB 123 - Authorizing Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology promulgate legislative rule relating to licensure of speech-language pathology and audiology
SB 124 - Authorizing Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology promulgate legislative rule relating to speech-language pathology and audiology assistants
SB 125 - Authorizing Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology promulgate legislative rule relating to disciplinary and complaint procedures for speech-language pathology and audiology
SB 126 - Authorizing Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology promulgate legislative rule relating to code of ethics
SB 127 - Authorizing Division of Labor promulgate legislative rule relating to Wage Payment and Collection Act
SB 128 - Authorizing Division of Labor promulgate legislative rule relating to employer wage bonds
SB 129 - Authorizing DEP promulgate legislative rule relating to ambient air quality standards
SB 130 - Authorizing DEP promulgate legislative rule relating to permits for construction and major modification of major stationary sources for prevention of significant deterioration of air quality
SB 131 - Authorizing DEP promulgate legislative rule relating to standards of performance for new stationary sources
SB 132 - Authorizing DEP promulgate legislative rule relating to control of air pollution from combustion of solid waste
SB 133 - Authorizing DEP promulgate legislative rules
SB 134 - Authorizing DEP promulgate legislative rule relating to control of air pollution from hazardous waste treatment, storage and disposal facilities
SB 135 - Authorizing DEP promulgate legislative rule relating to emission standards for hazardous air pollutants
SB 136 - Authorizing DEP promulgate legislative rule relating to requirements governing water quality standards
SB 137 - Authorizing DEP promulgate legislative rule relating to state certification of activities requiring federal licenses and permits
SB 138 - Authorizing Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training promulgate legislative rule relating to assessing health and safety violation penalties
SB 139 - Authorizing Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training promulgate legislative rule relating to program for sharing of information between employees
SB 140 - Authorizing Department of Commerce promulgate legislative rules
SB 141 - Authorizing DNR promulgate legislative rule relating to special motorboating
SB 142 - Authorizing DNR promulgate legislative rule relating to electronic registration of wildlife
SB 143 - Authorizing DEP promulgate legislative rule relating to voluntary remediation and redevelopment
SB 144 - Authorizing Commissioner of Agriculture promulgate legislative rule relating to commercial feed
SB 145 - Authorizing Commissioner of Agriculture promulgate legislative rule relating to schedule of charges for inspection services: fruit
SB 146 - Authorizing Commissioner of Agriculture promulgate legislative rule relating to auctioneers
SB 147 - Authorizing Commissioner of Agriculture promulgate legislative rule relating to inspection of meat and poultry
SB 148 - Authorizing DHHR promulgate legislative rule relating to clinical laboratory technician and technologist licensure and certification
SB 149 - Authorizing DHHR promulgate legislative rule relating to medication administration by unlicensed personnel
SB 150 - Authorizing DHHR promulgate legislative rule relating to AIDS-related medical testing and confidentiality
SB 151 - Authorizing DHHR promulgate legislative rule relating to Cancer Registry
SB 152 - Authorizing DHHR promulgate legislative rule relating to Medical Examiner's rule for post-mortem inquiries
SB 153 - Authorizing Health Care Authority promulgate legislative rule relating to Health Information Network
SB 154 - Authorizing Bureau of Senior Services promulgate legislative rule relating to In-Home Care Worker Registry
SB 155 - Authorizing DHHR promulgate legislative rules
SB 156 - Authorizing Fire Commission promulgate legislative rule relating to State Fire Code
SB 157 - Authorizing Fire Commission promulgate legislative rule relating to certification of home inspectors
SB 158 - Authorizing Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority promulgate legislative rule relating to determination of projected cost per day for inmates
SB 159 - Authorizing Bureau for Child Support Enforcement promulgate legislative rule relating to bureau
SB 160 - Authorizing Bureau for Child Support Enforcement promulgate legislative rule relating to obtaining support from federal and state tax refunds
SB 161 - Authorizing Bureau for Child Support Enforcement promulgate legislative rule relating to interstate income withholding
SB 162 - Authorizing Bureau for Child Support Enforcement promulgate legislative rule relating to support enforcement activities undertaken by bureau
SB 163 - Authorizing Bureau for Child Support Enforcement promulgate legislative rule relating to distribution of support payments
SB 164 - Authorizing State Fire Marshal promulgate legislative rule relating to certification of electrical inspectors
SB 165 - Authorizing Department of Transportation promulgate legislative rules
SB 166 - Authorizing Tax Department promulgate legislative rule relating to municipal sales and service and use tax administration
SB 167 - Authorizing Department of Revenue promulgate legislative rules
SB 168 - Authorizing Tax Department promulgate legislative rule relating to withholding or denial of personal income tax refunds from taxpayers who owe municipal or magistrate court costs
SB 169 - Authorizing Treasurer's Office promulgate legislative rule relating to procedure for deposit of funds in Treasurer's Office by state agencies
SB 170 - Authorizing Treasurer's Office promulgate legislative rule relating to procedure for deposit of moneys with office by state agencies
SB 171 - Authorizing Treasurer's Office promulgate legislative rule relating to selection of state depositories for disbursement accounts through competitive bidding
SB 172 - Authorizing Treasurer's Office promulgate legislative rule relating to selection of state depositories for receipt accounts
SB 173 - Authorizing Treasurer's Office promulgate legislative rule relating to reporting of debt capacity
SB 174 - Authorizing Treasurer's Office promulgate legislative rule relating to reporting debt
SB 175 - Authorizing Treasurer's Office promulgate legislative rule relating to procedures for fees in collections by charge, credit or debit card or by electronic payment
SB 176 - Authorizing Treasurer's Office promulgate legislative rule relating to providing services to political subdivisions
SB 177 - Authorizing Insurance Commissioner promulgate legislative rule relating to utilization review and benefit determination
SB 178 - Authorizing Insurance Commissioner promulgate legislative rule relating to health plan insurer internal grievance procedure
SB 179 - Authorizing Insurance Commissioner promulgate legislative rule relating to external review of adverse health insurance determinations
SB 180 - Authorizing Election Commission promulgate legislative rule relating to Supreme Court of Appeals Public Campaign Financing Pilot Program
SB 181 - Authorizing Department of Administration promulgate legislative rules
SB 182 - Authorizing Governor's Committee on Crime, Delinquency and Correction promulgate legislative rule relating to law-enforcement training and certification standards
SB 183 - Authorizing Commissioner of Highways promulgate legislative rule relating to transportation of hazardous wastes upon roads and highways
SB 184 - Authorizing Consolidated Public Retirement Board promulgate legislative rule relating to Public Employees Retirement System
SB 185 - Authorizing Infrastructure and Jobs Development Council promulgate legislative rule relating to council
SB 186 - Authorizing Real Estate Commission promulgate legislative rule relating to requirements in licensing real estate brokers, associate brokers and salespersons and the conduct of brokerage business
SB 187 - Authorizing Real Estate Commission promulgate legislative rule relating to schedule of fees
SB 188 - Authorizing Alcohol Beverage Control Commission promulgate legislative rule relating to private club licensing
SB 189 - Authorizing Alcohol Beverage Control Commission promulgate legislative rule relating to farm wineries
SB 190 - Authorizing Alcohol Beverage Control Commission promulgate legislative rule relating to sale of wine
SB 191 - Authorizing Alcohol Beverage Control Commission promulgate legislative rule relating to nonintoxicating beer licensing and operations procedures
SB 192 - Authorizing Racing Commission promulgate legislative rule relating to thoroughbred racing
SB 193 - Authorizing Real Estate Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board promulgate legislative rule relating to requirements for licensure and certification
SB 194 - Authorizing Real Estate Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board promulgate legislative rule relating to renewal of licensure or certification
SB 195 - Authorizing Massage Therapy Licensure Board promulgate legislative rule relating to schedule of fees
SB 196 - Authorizing Division of Rehabilitation Services promulgate legislative rule relating to Ron Yost Personal Assistance Services Board
SB 197 - Authorizing Municipal Pensions Oversight Board promulgate legislative rule relating to policemen's and firemen's pensions disability calculation

Levies (2 Bills)
SB 439 - Increasing acreage of Ohio County's Fort Henry Economic Opportunity Development District
SB 465 - Permitting counties to impose levy for public library funding

Liability (10 Bills)
SB 24 - Relating to liability immunity for ski patrol rendering certain emergency care
SB 68 - Limiting liability of participants in certain water pollution abatement projects
SB 221 - Absolving landowner from civil liability for hunting injuries
SB 233 - Extending civil liability immunity to operators of parks and recreation districts
SB 250 - Adopting several liability in tortious conduct actions
SB 257 - Relating to real property possessor's liability for harm to trespassers
SB 289 - Establishing comparative fault standard
SB 291 - Increasing threshold of defendant's liability in tort action involving multiple defendants
SB 294 - Relating to reduction in compensatory damages for collateral source payments
SB 529 - Redefining "recreational purposes" as to limiting landowners' liability

Libraries (1 Bills)
SB 465 - Permitting counties to impose levy for public library funding

Licenses (14 Bills)
SB 43 - Creating crossbow hunting license
SB 218 - Requiring bartenders have alcohol server permits
SB 298 - Clarifying distinction between hunters and shooters in the field
SB 404 - Allowing reciprocal use of hunting and fishing licenses with Kentucky on Big Sandy and Tug Fork rivers
SB 407 - Providing renewal of lapsed managing general insurance agent licenses
SB 418 - Relating to medical and podiatry corporations
SB 425 - Relating to licensure, supervision and regulation of physician assistants
SB 450 - Relating to sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages in certain outdoor settings
SB 501 - Relating to auctioneers and apprentice auctioneers
SB 531 - Relating to licensing of funeral directors
SB 584 - Relating to expiration and renewal of Board of Registration for Professional Engineers' certificates
SB 593 - Authorizing issuance of limited lines travel insurance producer license
SB 606 - Implementing exotic entertainment facility license surcharge
SB 612 - Discontinuing moratorium on commercial rafting licenses on portion of New River

Liens (4 Bills)
SB 77 - Permitting escrow deposit by bond for mechanics' lien
SB 256 - Providing expiration date on lien instrument securing obligation payable on demand
SB 480 - Expanding period during which certain motor vehicle liens are valid
SB 568 - Providing affirmative defense against mechanic's liens related to residential construction

Local Bills (2 Bills)
SB 235 - Expanding counties covered by Rt. 2 and I-68 Authority
SB 337 - Authorizing DOH increase gross weight limitations on certain Brooke County roads

Military Affairs (25 Bills)
SB 81 - Excluding veterans' disability income in determining spousal support and marital property division
SB 228 - Exempting all military retirement income from state income tax
SB 236 - Exempting all military, National Guard and reserve income from state income taxes
SB 237 - Increasing personal income tax exemption on military, National Guard and reserve retirement income
SB 243 - Relating to Class C courtesy statewide hunting and fishing licenses for certain military personnel
SB 245 - Relating to Class C courtesy statewide hunting and fishing licenses for certain military personnel
SB 249 - Providing state park campground discounts for National Guard and reserve
SB 264 - Authorizing issuance of ten-year Bronze Star Medal license plates
SB 275 - Expanding qualified military service credit for PERS benefit purposes
SB 280 - Expanding Military Incentive Program to all economically disadvantaged veterans
SB 315 - Clarifying use of certain funds under Military Authority Act
SB 323 - Relating to professional board licensure requirements for military and spouses
SB 382 - Exempting certain veterans' and active duty military organizations from indoor smoking regulations
SB 389 - Regulating and legalizing sale of fireworks and imposing fee to benefit Veterans Program Fund
SB 449 - Relating to power and authority of Secretary of Department of Veterans' Assistance
SB 468 - Providing for Veterans Medal and Service Cross
SB 479 - Providing vocational certification, licensure or college credit for military training and experience
SB 481 - Requiring DOT place signs honoring fallen veterans and Gold Star Families
SB 523 - Providing for additional state veterans skilled nursing facility in Beckley
SB 532 - Allowing certain military firefighters to become civilian firefighters
SB 536 - Granting in-state tuition to honorably discharged and injured veterans
SB 538 - Adopting federal definition of "disabled veteran" for civil service and state contract bidding
SB 546 - Granting in-state tuition to military eligible for Post-9/11 GI Bill
SB 556 - Providing complimentary certified veterans' death certificates under certain circumstances

Mines and Minerals (9 Bills)
SB 66 - Terminating state's jurisdiction over certain reclaimed sites of bond-forfeited surface mining operations
SB 72 - Creating Intrastate Coal and Use Act
SB 305 - Requiring certain post-mining land use reclamation utilize Clements State Tree Nursery
SB 581 - Relating to equipment movement in underground coal mines
SB 603 - Relating to testing for presence of methane in underground mines
SB 604 - Creating Coal Employment Enhancement Act
SB 613 - Expanding definition of "eligible safety property" in Innovative Mine Safety Technology Tax Credit Act
SB 623 - Requiring notification of certain substance abuse screening of mine personnel
SB 624 - Establishing substance abuse screening circumstances requiring miner certification suspension or revocation

Minimum Wage (1 Bills)
SB 411 - Raising minimum wage

Motor Vehicles -- Driving Under Influence (3 Bills)
SB 95 - Creating felony offense for DUI causing serious bodily injury
SB 281 - Creating felony offense of DUI causing injury or death
SB 434 - Eliminating revocation period for certain DUI offenders

Motor Vehicles -- Insurance (1 Bills)
SB 427 - Relating to motor vehicle insurance

Motor Vehicles -- Licenses, Registration & Inspection (9 Bills)
SB 30 - Exempting autocycles from license examination and safety equipment requirements
SB 85 - Establishing driver's license restoration program
SB 89 - Creating amnesty program for certain drivers with suspended licenses
SB 222 - Exempting certain motor vehicles from personal property tax; requiring antique licenses
SB 264 - Authorizing issuance of ten-year Bronze Star Medal license plates
SB 269 - Authorizing issuance of special license plates
SB 431 - Relating to issuance and renewal of certain driver's licenses and federal ID cards
SB 563 - Authorizing issuance of Autism Awareness license plates
SB 589 - Authorizing issuance of Family of Fallen Hero license plates

Motor Vehicles -- Regulations (1 Bills)
SB 372 - Permitting certain auxiliary lighting on motorcycles

Motor Vehicles (And Related Subheadings) (13 Bills)
SB 29 - Clarifying requirements for certain motor vehicle searches
SB 100 - Authorizing operation of low-speed vehicles on certain municipal roads
SB 286 - Relating to used motor vehicle warranties
SB 378 - Relating to special speed limitations as to waste service vehicles
SB 380 - Redefining "all-terrain and utility terrain vehicles"
SB 424 - Regulating unlicensed off-road motorcycles within Hatfield-McCoy Regional Recreation Area
SB 476 - Providing standards for conversion and retrofits of alternative-fuel motor vehicles
SB 480 - Expanding period during which certain motor vehicle liens are valid
SB 505 - Requiring Office of Administrative Hearings receive appeal petitions
SB 506 - Clarifying term "agency" in code section relating to administrative hearings
SB 561 - Clarifying authority and discretion of Dealer Recovery Board to hear claims
SB 592 - Creating felony offense of knowingly leaving crash scene resulting in serious bodily injury
SB 630 - Updating code relating to motor vehicle dealers, distributors, wholesalers and manufacturers

Municipalities (12 Bills)
SB 100 - Authorizing operation of low-speed vehicles on certain municipal roads
SB 216 - Providing exemption allowing removal or burning of certain litter by county and municipal governments
SB 240 - Relating to meeting and conference rights for members of municipal police or fire departments
SB 282 - Decreasing number of jurors in municipal criminal matters
SB 290 - Relating to Municipal Home Rule Pilot Program
SB 487 - Authorizing municipal sales tax
SB 547 - Relating to number of municipal wards or election districts and council members
SB 551 - Requiring municipal law-enforcement officers wear armored vests
SB 553 - Relating to certificates of nomination for elected office
SB 579 - Creating Land Reuse Agency Authorization Act
SB 600 - Relating to municipal ordinance compliance regarding dwellings unfit for habitation and vacant buildings and properties
SB 618 - Creating special class of taxicabs

Natural Resources (17 Bills)
SB 36 - Relating to posting of property to prohibit hunting or trespassing
SB 43 - Creating crossbow hunting license
SB 68 - Limiting liability of participants in certain water pollution abatement projects
SB 71 - Limiting landowner's civil liability for injuries occurring while hunting
SB 87 - Providing salary increase for natural resources police officers
SB 220 - Allowing local option election permitting Sunday hunting on private property
SB 221 - Absolving landowner from civil liability for hunting injuries
SB 243 - Relating to Class C courtesy statewide hunting and fishing licenses for certain military personnel
SB 245 - Relating to Class C courtesy statewide hunting and fishing licenses for certain military personnel
SB 298 - Clarifying distinction between hunters and shooters in the field
SB 352 - Promoting development of corporate sponsorships for state parks and recreation areas
SB 371 - Prohibiting possession of wild and exotic animals
SB 403 - Regulating importation and possession of certain injurious aquatic species
SB 404 - Allowing reciprocal use of hunting and fishing licenses with Kentucky on Big Sandy and Tug Fork rivers
SB 416 - Relating to tentative appraisals of natural resources property
SB 445 - Clarifying when person engaged in outdoor recreation may possess certain firearms
SB 485 - Exempting DOH from certain permitting requirements of Natural Streams Preservation Act

Oil and Gas (4 Bills)
SB 461 - Creating Future Fund
SB 474 - Allowing disposal of drill cuttings from well sites in commercial solid waste facilities
SB 578 - Providing for unitization of interests in horizontal oil and gas wells
SB 594 - Allowing disposal of drill cuttings from well sites in commercial solid waste facilities

Parks and Recreation (7 Bills)
SB 24 - Relating to liability immunity for ski patrol rendering certain emergency care
SB 233 - Extending civil liability immunity to operators of parks and recreation districts
SB 249 - Providing state park campground discounts for National Guard and reserve
SB 285 - Providing campsite rental discount to youth groups undertaking certain community service projects
SB 352 - Promoting development of corporate sponsorships for state parks and recreation areas
SB 424 - Regulating unlicensed off-road motorcycles within Hatfield-McCoy Regional Recreation Area
SB 612 - Discontinuing moratorium on commercial rafting licenses on portion of New River

Pornography (2 Bills)
SB 18 - Redefining and renaming "obscene matter"
SB 258 - Prohibiting juveniles from manufacturing, possessing and distributing nude images of minors

Prescriptions and Medications (7 Bills)
SB 1 - Modifying controlled substances schedules and prescriptive authority
SB 6 - Regulating sale of drug products used in manufacture of methamphetamine
SB 212 - Expanding prescriptive authority of advanced nurse practitioners and certified nurse-midwives
SB 318 - Setting fees for manufacture, distribution, dispensing and research of controlled substances
SB 339 - Adding tramadol and related salts and isomers to Schedule IV controlled substances
SB 384 - Prohibiting certain insurers require policyholders use mail-order pharmacy
SB 610 - Requiring health insurance coverage for certain nonnarcotic pain relief systems

Professions and Occupations (6 Bills)
SB 2 - Providing tax incentive to dental practitioners performing services to indigents
SB 10 - Requiring Medicaid dental coverage for certain mothers of newborns
SB 46 - Creating informal dispute resolution process to certain behavioral health providers
SB 230 - Permitting Boards of Medicine, Dentistry and Osteopathy initiate disciplinary proceedings in certain circumstances
SB 507 - Relating to Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists
SB 625 - Amending code relating to practice of psychology

Public Employees (9 Bills)
SB 33 - Increasing salaries of State Police forensic lab and civilian employees
SB 63 - Increasing salaries of State Police forensic lab and civilian employees
SB 91 - Requiring state uniforms be manufactured in US
SB 217 - Prohibiting public officials and employees from using public funds for self promotion
SB 248 - Creating Equal Pay Coordinator within Division of Personnel
SB 297 - Permitting certain state employees receive higher salary as appointive state officer
SB 444 - Relating to PERS
SB 446 - Relating to public employee grievance procedure
SB 550 - Providing annual salary increase to Division of Corrections employees

Public Service Commission (1 Bills)
SB 313 - Requiring gubernatorial appointment of PSC Consumer Advocate Director to mirror Governor's term of office

Railroads (3 Bills)
SB 329 - Extending cessation period for deposits into Special Railroad and Intermodal Enhancement Fund
SB 526 - Giving railroad employees right to review and copy respective personnel files
SB 585 - Removing unconstitutional language regarding access to rail lines

Real Property (7 Bills)
SB 36 - Relating to posting of property to prohibit hunting or trespassing
SB 199 - Allowing private property owner prohibit carrying firearms or deadly weapons on property
SB 246 - Allowing real property co-owner become sole owner under certain circumstances
SB 256 - Providing expiration date on lien instrument securing obligation payable on demand
SB 257 - Relating to real property possessor's liability for harm to trespassers
SB 383 - Permitting certain residential real estate owners limited exemptions from licensing requirements for self-financed mortgages
SB 579 - Creating Land Reuse Agency Authorization Act

Regulation of Trade (1 Bills)
SB 368 - Repealing article relating to unfair trade practices

Regulations (2 Bills)
SB 389 - Regulating and legalizing sale of fireworks and imposing fee to benefit Veterans Program Fund
SB 403 - Regulating importation and possession of certain injurious aquatic species

Retirement -- Education Personnel (4 Bills)
SB 448 - Providing one-time supplement for certain PERS and STRS retirees
SB 452 - Relating to TRS annuity calculation of member with reciprocal service credit
SB 453 - Relating to TRS
SB 525 - Exempting PERS and TRS pensions and annuities from state income tax

Retirement -- Public Employees (8 Bills)
SB 22 - Relating to State Auditor's compliance regarding limitation of PERS post-retirement earnings
SB 224 - Relating to service credit transfers from PERS to EMS Retirement System
SB 271 - Allowing CPRB set employer contribution rate for PERS and SPRS without legislative approval
SB 275 - Expanding qualified military service credit for PERS benefit purposes
SB 399 - Providing mental hygiene commissioners are employees under PERS
SB 444 - Relating to PERS
SB 448 - Providing one-time supplement for certain PERS and STRS retirees
SB 525 - Exempting PERS and TRS pensions and annuities from state income tax

Retirement (And Related Subheadings) (5 Bills)
SB 224 - Relating to service credit transfers from PERS to EMS Retirement System
SB 271 - Allowing CPRB set employer contribution rate for PERS and SPRS without legislative approval
SB 443 - Relating to SPRS
SB 451 - Relating to distribution of certain retirement benefits of deceased uniformed service officers under qualified domestic relations order
SB 488 - Establishing WV Voluntary Employee Retirement Accounts Program

Roads and Highways (13 Bills)
SB 42 - Providing for construction of Lou Tabit Freeway
SB 53 - Authorizing state, county and local road construction improvements by private investors
SB 261 - Transferring portion of Parkways Authority revenues to Turnpike counties
SB 311 - Transferring portion of Parkways Authority revenues to Turnpike counties
SB 330 - Creating Safe and Efficient Parkways Act
SB 363 - Repealing article allowing placement of roadside memorial markers
SB 364 - Permitting candidate signs on road or highway rights-of-way
SB 473 - Providing undesirable highway property be offered for public utility use
SB 481 - Requiring DOT place signs honoring fallen veterans and Gold Star Families
SB 485 - Exempting DOH from certain permitting requirements of Natural Streams Preservation Act
SB 598 - Providing excess Courtesy Patrol funds revert to Tourism Promotion Fund
SB 608 - Relating to bicycle safety on roadways
SB 628 - Creating Healthy Children and Healthy Communities Act

Rule Making Authority (3 Bills)
SB 350 - Relating to Rural Rehabilitation Loan Program
SB 528 - Requiring promulgation of legislative rule establishing level of capital project for certain higher education institutions
SB 583 - Permitting emergency rule-making authority to implement Spay Neuter Assistance Program

Safety (8 Bills)
SB 20 - Revising laws relating to regulation of fireworks
SB 30 - Exempting autocycles from license examination and safety equipment requirements
SB 320 - Relating to "state of preparedness"
SB 324 - Requiring underground facilities operators participate in one-call system
SB 376 - Requiring certain construction workers complete OSHA safety program
SB 577 - Making Department of Corrections and DHHR subject to OSHA
SB 603 - Relating to testing for presence of methane in underground mines
SB 608 - Relating to bicycle safety on roadways

Salaries (14 Bills)
SB 19 - Increasing compensation caps for certain family court staff
SB 33 - Increasing salaries of State Police forensic lab and civilian employees
SB 63 - Increasing salaries of State Police forensic lab and civilian employees
SB 87 - Providing salary increase for natural resources police officers
SB 201 - Requiring minimum number of state troopers; providing certain salary increases
SB 226 - Providing elected county officials receive raise based on Consumer Price Index
SB 247 - Removing statutory salary provision of Executive Director of Women's Commission
SB 248 - Creating Equal Pay Coordinator within Division of Personnel
SB 297 - Permitting certain state employees receive higher salary as appointive state officer
SB 322 - Providing state compensate officials, officers and employees every two weeks with certain exceptions
SB 392 - Providing salary increase for members of State Police
SB 436 - Providing Prosecuting Attorneys Institute executive council establish salary of director
SB 486 - Establishing certain salary increases for State Police civilian and forensic lab employees
SB 575 - Providing educational incentives and longevity pay for State Troopers

Secretary of State (3 Bills)
SB 559 - Eliminating annual report late fees charged by Secretary of State
SB 569 - Eliminating notarization of articles of incorporation for cooperative associations
SB 570 - Exempting certain foreign corporations, companies and partnerships from SOS certificate of authority requirement

Senior Citizens (2 Bills)
SB 74 - Redefining "low income" for senior citizens' homestead tax credit
SB 397 - Expanding scope of activities considered financial exploitation of elderly

Taxation -- Consumers Sales Tax (5 Bills)
SB 73 - Exempting veterinary medications from sales tax
SB 82 - Exempting homeowners' association dues, fees and assessments from consumers sales and service tax
SB 334 - Suspending certain refundable consumer sales and service tax exemptions to State Road Fund
SB 433 - Exempting certain precious metal sales from consumers sales tax
SB 487 - Authorizing municipal sales tax

Taxation -- Mines & Minerals (1 Bills)
SB 613 - Expanding definition of "eligible safety property" in Innovative Mine Safety Technology Tax Credit Act

Taxation -- Motor Vehicles (1 Bills)
SB 222 - Exempting certain motor vehicles from personal property tax; requiring antique licenses

Taxation -- Personal & Corporate Income Tax (13 Bills)
SB 2 - Providing tax incentive to dental practitioners performing services to indigents
SB 26 - Creating emergency generator tax credit
SB 37 - Creating personal income tax checkoff for Jackson's Mill 4-H Camp
SB 83 - Providing personal income tax deduction for spaying or neutering pets
SB 228 - Exempting all military retirement income from state income tax
SB 229 - Providing tax credit for fees paid for recycling residential household waste
SB 236 - Exempting all military, National Guard and reserve income from state income taxes
SB 237 - Increasing personal income tax exemption on military, National Guard and reserve retirement income
SB 274 - Providing for college graduate tax credit
SB 327 - Updating terms in Corporation Net Income Tax Act
SB 333 - Updating terms in Personal Income Tax Act
SB 512 - Providing for personal income tax checkoff for Cedar Lakes Foundation
SB 525 - Exempting PERS and TRS pensions and annuities from state income tax

Taxation -- Property (11 Bills)
SB 69 - Clarifying period for determining property assessments for local share calculation
SB 74 - Redefining "low income" for senior citizens' homestead tax credit
SB 246 - Allowing real property co-owner become sole owner under certain circumstances
SB 268 - Providing appraisal method for affordable multifamily rental housing property
SB 273 - Prohibiting increases in certain real property assessments
SB 304 - Limiting annual property reappraisal increase; exception
SB 375 - Excluding certain real and personal property from TIF assessment
SB 432 - Relating to calculating local share
SB 574 - Clarifying mobile home permanently attached to real estate is not personal property under certain conditions
SB 601 - Relating to property assessment appeals
SB 615 - Creating flood zone homestead property tax exemption

Taxation -- Roads & Fuel (2 Bills)
SB 326 - Fixing technical error relating to motor fuel excise tax
SB 421 - Removing certain discounts from motor fuel excise tax

Taxation (And Related Subheadings) (16 Bills)
SB 34 - Redistributing proceeds from excise tax on transfer of real property to counties for benefit of regional jails
SB 38 - Reallocating certain oil and gas severance tax proceeds to counties of origin
SB 44 - Expanding hotel occupancy tax to include commercial campsites
SB 54 - Improving state emergency preparedness
SB 213 - Relating to residential solar energy tax credit
SB 259 - Imposing telecommunications business tax benefitting outdoor activity promotion and maintenance
SB 302 - Creating Tax Revenue Act
SB 314 - Appropriating hotel occupancy tax proceeds to counties with no more than one hospital
SB 328 - Terminating Strategic Research and Development Tax Credit
SB 331 - Requiring certain accelerated payment of consumers sales and service and use tax and employee withholding taxes
SB 402 - Permitting Tax Commissioner recover financial institution charges and fees for all forms of payment
SB 415 - Changing due date of certain county commission tax reports
SB 416 - Relating to tentative appraisals of natural resources property
SB 456 - Extending expiration date for health care provider tax on eligible acute care hospitals
SB 459 - Removing severance tax on timber
SB 534 - Increasing excise tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products

Technology (1 Bills)
SB 576 - Providing for construction of statewide fiber optic broadband infrastructure network

Tobacco and Tobacco Products (3 Bills)
SB 211 - Relating to alternative nicotine products
SB 382 - Exempting certain veterans' and active duty military organizations from indoor smoking regulations
SB 534 - Increasing excise tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products

Tourism (3 Bills)
SB 259 - Imposing telecommunications business tax benefitting outdoor activity promotion and maintenance
SB 338 - Relating to Tourism Development Act
SB 598 - Providing excess Courtesy Patrol funds revert to Tourism Promotion Fund

Treasurer (3 Bills)
SB 430 - Relating to receipting of state moneys
SB 488 - Establishing WV Voluntary Employee Retirement Accounts Program
SB 508 - Establishing Volunteer Departments Loan Fund within Treasurer's Office

Unemployment Compensation (2 Bills)
SB 288 - Clarifying individual is disqualified from unemployment benefits while on strike
SB 566 - Relating to domestic violence victims' eligibility for unemployment compensation benefits

Uniform Laws (6 Bills)
SB 3 - Creating Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act
SB 4 - Creating Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts
SB 5 - Creating Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act
SB 251 - Implementing terms of Uniform Arbitration Act
SB 263 - Clarifying continuous inactivity of demand, savings or time deposits under Uniform Unclaimed Property Act
SB 502 - Updating Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act

Utilities (1 Bills)
SB 473 - Providing undesirable highway property be offered for public utility use

Vendors (4 Bills)
SB 238 - Lowering threshold requiring low-bid government construction contractors submit subcontractor list
SB 356 - Relating to purchasing reform
SB 358 - Requiring Purchasing Director approve certain change orders
SB 538 - Adopting federal definition of "disabled veteran" for civil service and state contract bidding

Vital Records (1 Bills)
SB 556 - Providing complimentary certified veterans' death certificates under certain circumstances

Water Resources (8 Bills)
SB 355 - Amending Water Resources Protection and Management Act
SB 373 - Relating to water resources protection
SB 417 - Creating Source Water Protection Act
SB 454 - Defining dam "owner"
SB 542 - Requiring notice to DEP for release of fluids or chemicals into groundwater, surface water or subsurface soils
SB 605 - Creating Water Sustainability Institute
SB 622 - Creating Water Sustainability Institute
SB 626 - Creating Elk River Spill Victims' Compensation Act of 2014

Weapons (2 Bills)
SB 199 - Allowing private property owner prohibit carrying firearms or deadly weapons on property
SB 317 - Relating to municipal firearm laws

Workers Compensation (8 Bills)
SB 516 - Modifying guidelines for medical treatment to injured workers
SB 517 - Providing liberal weighing of evidence for workers's compensation claims
SB 518 - Relating to workers' compensation benefits for firefighters; other provisions
SB 519 - Relating to workers' compensation benefits for occupational pneumoconiosis
SB 520 - Declaring remedial component of workers' compensation laws receive liberal construction
SB 521 - Relating to classification and criteria for disability benefits
SB 522 - Relating to delivery of medical benefits to injured workers
SB 524 - Requiring prompt payment of workers' compensation benefits

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