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188 Bills Signed by the Governor

Bill Title Status Date
SB 35 Increasing nonfamily adoption tax credit SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 60 Relating to certain supervisory duties of circuit probation officers SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 61 Relating generally to juvenile drug courts SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 93 Relating to escape from custody of Director of Juvenile Services SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 96 Relating generally to certain county officials SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 112 Authorizing Department of Administration promulgate legislative rules SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 121 Authorizing DEP promulgate legislative rules SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 177 Authorizing Department of Revenue promulgate legislative rules SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 184 Relating to disposition of remains of military service member who dies while serving in military SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 186 Relating to issuing subpoena to aid in criminal investigations involving certain crimes against minors SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 192 Protecting consumers from price gouging and unfair pricing practices SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 193 Relating to law-enforcement certification generally SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 200 Correcting names of state institutions of higher education SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 205 Updating certain terms in Corporation Net Income Tax Act SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 213 Relating to crimes using computers, telephones and electronic devices SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 215 Updating certain terms in Personal Income Tax Act SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 216 Modifying "imminent danger to physical well-being of a child" definition SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 219 Relating to maintaining solvency of Unemployment Compensation Fund SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 222 Relating to Municipal Police Officers and Firefighters Retirement System SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 228 Creating Local Solution Dropout Prevention and Recovery Innovation Zone Act SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 234 Revising Municipal Economic Opportunity Development District Act SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 235 Revising County Economic Opportunity Development District Act SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 238 Redesignating Division of Veterans' Affairs as Department of Veterans' Assistance SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 239 Extending period higher education institutes have to deposit moneys into research endowments SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 241 Relating to organization and authority of Marketing and Communications Office of Department of Commerce, Division of Tourism and Tourism Commission SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 243 Relating to Neighborhood Investment Program Act SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 245 Relating to protection of Chesapeake Bay and Greenbrier River watersheds SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 247 Exempting certain construction contractor purchases from consumers sales, service and use tax SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 253 Amending insurance code with respect to holding companies SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 254 Making supplementary appropriation of federal funds to Development Office and Division of Human Services SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 255 Making supplementary appropriation of unappropriated moneys to various accounts SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 256 Requiring sex offenders verify e-mail and online identities SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 263 Relating to special plates for testing of vehicles operated by certain nonprofit corporations SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 282 Continuing Highway Design-Build Pilot Program SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 285 Extending time frame practitioners must write prescriptions on official tamper-resistant paper SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 295 Authorizing DHHR promulgate legislative rules SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 328 Relating to issuance, disqualification, suspension and revocation of driver's licenses SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 330 Relating to higher education personnel generally SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 335 Authorizing certain municipalities regulate taxis and taxi stands by ordinance SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 342 Making supplementary appropriation to Governor's Office--Civil Contingent Fund SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 349 Requiring bittering agent be placed in certain engine coolants and antifreezes SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 356 Making captive insurance company organized as risk retention group subject to certain insurance code provisions SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 357 Relating to reporting beaver and river otter taken, tagged and checked SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 358 Authorizing electronic registration of wildlife SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 366 Relating to Underground Storage Tank Administrative Fund SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 371 Updating list of jurisdictions identified as tax havens SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 373 Relating to funding and financing comprehensive middle schools and other School Building Authority projects SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 375 Authorizing Higher Education Policy Commission collect and disseminate information concerning higher education institutions SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 376 Permitting unit owners' associations institute legal action to collect dues SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 382 Specifying activities entitling certain members of National Guard or reserve to leave of absence SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 391 Relating to community voting locations generally SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 392 Changing definition of "accredited thoroughbred horse" SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 408 Creating WV Health Benefit Exchange Act SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 413 Changing title of Racing Commission's racing secretary SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 428 Increasing and reallocating certain circuit court fees SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 435 Amending insurance code with respect to surplus lines insurance SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 436 Continuing personal income tax adjustment to gross income of certain retirees SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 439 Clarifying that filing of manufactured housing complaint with state regulatory board is prerequisite for lawsuit SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 458 Updating Logging Sediment Control Act SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 460 Authorizing Division of Forestry establish practices and procedures to address law-enforcement requirements of division SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 461 Providing criminal penalty for violating restraining order entered upon conviction for stalking or harassment SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 465 Creating Marcellus Gas and Manufacturing Development Act SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 472 Relating to portable electronics insurance SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 474 Relating to nonresident liability claims for prescription drug warnings SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 484 Relating to management agreements of Higher Education Policy Commission SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 486 Creating WVU-Tech Revitalization Project SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 488 Revising HIV testing statute to conform with most recent recommendations from CDC SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 492 Relating to maximizing federal funding for state Medicaid program SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 495 Relating generally to use of electronic voting systems SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 507 Continuing Broadband Deployment Council SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 514 Authorizing legislative rule for Higher Education Policy Commission regarding authorization of degree-granting institutions SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 532 Relating to fraud and abuse in Medicaid program SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 538 Creating Learn and Earn Cooperative Education Program SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 544 Relating to municipal policemen's and firemen's pension and relief funds SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 546 Relating to municipal police and firefighter pensions SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 550 Relating generally to gaming at licensed racetracks and historic resort hotels SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 560 Relating to confidentiality of Health Care Authority's rate-setting model SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 563 Authorizing municipalities to create deferred retirement option plans for certain employees SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 570 Creating Volunteer for Nonprofit Youth Organizations Act SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 581 Changing beginning date for early voting; allowing Saturday early voting SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 582 Relating to seals of notaries and commissioners SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 592 Requiring schools have crisis response plans SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 612 Exempting certain schools and school districts from certain statutory provisions SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 617 Making supplementary appropriation of federal funds to Department of Education and Arts and DHHR SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 618 Supplementing and decreasing items of existing appropriations to DOT SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 619 Making supplementary appropriation of unappropriated moneys to various accounts SIGNED 05/04/2011
SB 620 Making supplementary appropriation to various executive accounts SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2001 Providing that inmates serving life sentences shall be considered for parole only once every three years SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2012 Budget Bill, making appropriations of public money out of the treasury in accordance with section fifty-one, article six of the Constitution SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2013 Requiring the West Virginia Enhanced 911 Council to propose Emergency Medical Dispatch procedures SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2075 Relating to acquisition of a municipal business license SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2159 Relating to prohibiting members of the news media from being compelled to give testimony SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2248 Expanding the list of federal law-enforcement officers who are extended the authority of state and local law-enforcement officers to enforce the laws of this state SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2362 Increasing penalties for financial exploitation of an elderly person or incapacitated adult SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2368 Relating to the practice of beauty care SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2437 Requiring study relating to mandating the utilization of devices that case underground mining machines to shut-off when methane is detected SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2451 Relating to victim impact statements SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2464 Adding additional requirements to the Ethics Act SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2475 Including certain records of the Division of Juvenile Services in the exemptions from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2479 Relating to dental anesthesia SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2498 Relating to the practice of dentistry SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2505 Adding synthetic cannabinoids and hallucinogens and stimulants to the Schedule I list of controlled substances (K2) SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2517 Allowing Correctional Industries to directly purchase workers' compensation coverage for inmates SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2520 Relating to centers for housing young adult offenders SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2522 Relating to nursing home administrative appeals SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2525 Relating to the practice of social work SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2532 Zipline Responsibility Act SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2539 Authorizing the West Virginia State Police to enter into agreements for certain forensic services with the Marshall University Forensic Science Center SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2542 Clarifying requirements and procedures for access to cemeteries and grave sites located on private land SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2550 Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2551 Relating generally to estates and trusts and their administration SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2556 Resetting the expiration date of provisions that allow the employment of retired teachers as substitutes beyond the post-retirement employment limit SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2557 Extending the time for the Board of Education of Upshur County to meet as a levying body SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2562 Relating to the State Athletic Commission SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2586 Authorizing the Department of Transportation to promulgate legislative rules SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2613 Authorizing the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety to promulgate legislative rules SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2626 Authorizing the Department of Commerce to promulgate legislative rules SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2639 Authorizing miscellaneous boards and agencies to promulgate legislative rules SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2648 Increasing the faculty senate allotment for classroom teachers and librarians SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2663 Relating to public service commissioners presiding at hearings SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2693 Requiring insurance coverage for autism spectrum disorders SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2695 Relating to the educational broadcasting authority SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2696 Authorizing the county commission of Boone County to transfer its title and interests in the Boone Memorial Hospital SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2697 Updating the recordkeeping requirements of municipalities SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2708 Removing a twelve-month limitation for certain agreements between or among law- enforcement agencies SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2709 Allowing county school boards to enter into energy-saving contracts SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2745 Providing that certain information provided by insurance companies to the Insurance Commissioner is confidential SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2750 Adding consideration of sexual assault in issuing an order to temporarily or permanently end a parent-child relationship SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2752 Increasing the maximum age for persons applying for appointment for the police force in a Class I or Class II city from thirty-five to forty years SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2763 Prohibiting the Executive Director of Workforce West Virginia from billing a reimbursable employer under the unemployment compensation law for overpaid amounts of benefits paid to a claimant SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2765 Relating to the retirement plans administered by the West Virginia Consolidated Public Retirement Board SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2766 Relating to contribution rate for the Deputy Sheriff Retirement System SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2818 Increasing the allowable expenses to be paid to victims by the Crime Victim Compensation Fund SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2845 Creating a senior resident lifetime hunting, fishing and trapping license that will cost $25 SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2853 Providing for a special primary and general election to fill a vacancy in the office of Governor SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2860 Authorizing the promulgation of rules by the Governor's Committee on Crime, Delinquency and Correction SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2863 Providing for the costs of disability physical and/or mental examinations approved by the Consolidated Public Retirement Board under the West Virginia State Police plan SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2864 All relating to the creation of a misdemeanor crime of unlawful restraint in the first and second degree SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2871 Relating to brownfield economic development districts SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2876 Expanding eligibility for subsidies to enrollees in the model health plan SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2879 Providing a one-time, nonbase building, supplemental salary increase for all eligible state employees SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2882 Relating to the Commissioner's Assessment and Examination Fund SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2885 Allowing a guardian or conservator to be employed or in an employment contract with a behavioral health provider SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2888 Strengthening of protections for whistleblowers of unsafe working conditions in mines SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2918 Relating to permanent business registrations SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2935 Repealing an outdated article of election code relating to voting systems SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2936 Changing the date of the canvassing of votes in a primary election SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2939 Clarifying the definition of compensation for purposes of calculating required contributions to the public employees retirement system SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2949 Providing definitions of "low income" for purposes of property tax relief programs SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2953 Relating to dedication of coalbed methane severance tax proceeds SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2955 Authorizing the Division of Mining and Reclamation to assess certain fees to coal mine operators SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2958 Allowing the West Virginia Racing Commission to use certain permit and registration fees to pay salaries and other budgeted expenses SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2959 Providing additional funds to the West Virginia Racing Commission SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2962 Increasing the amount of a fine or penalty the Commissioner of Banking may impose on residential mortgage brokers and lenders SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2969 Requiring the disclosure of the number of stamps by brand name that have been purchased from a nonparticipating tobacco product manufacturer SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2971 Reducing the consumers sales and services tax on food and food ingredients and defining the term "durable medical equipment" SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2981 Clarifying payment for trade certifications and allowing use of tuition assistance for West Virginia National Guard members enrolled in a doctor of medicine or osteopathic medicine program SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2986 Relating to forest fire seasons SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2989 Creating a process by which the West Virginia Racing Commission may grant stay requests SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2990 Changing the renewal of Racing Commission-issued occupational permits SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 2993 Relating to the West Virginia Commercial Patents Incentives Tax Act SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 3000 Making it lawful to hunt coyotes with a green colored light SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 3004 Relating to the Greater Huntington Park and Recreation District SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 3021 Adding two new members to the Comprehensive Behavioral Health Commission SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 3028 Expanding the responsibilities of the Maternal Mortality Review Team SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 3054 Relating to DNA data collection SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 3064 Finding and declaring certain claims against the state and its agencies to be moral obligations of the state SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 3075 Increasing the time period in the hold-harmless provision when distributing state aid to local health departments SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 3094 Requiring the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to use existing department funds to develop a program to compensate employees for personal property loss SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 3100 Permitting the sale of liquor on election day SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 3105 Providing immunity from civil or criminal liability for first responders who use forced entry to a residence SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 3114 Allowing the development and operation of a nursing home on the grounds of a critical access hospital meeting certain restrictions SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 3116 Relating to the authority of school curriculum teams and local school collaborative processes SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 3119 Increasing the expenditure limit on public service district construction and purchase contracts SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 3126 Requiring a railroad company to provide pesticide safety information SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 3134 Relating to child support enforcement SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 3137 Providing for additional circumstances giving rise to "state ‘on' indicators" for purposes of extended unemployment compensation SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 3143 Relating to penalties for causing injury or death to certain animals used by law enforcement SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 3144 Creating a criminal offense and adding misdemeanor criminal penalties for picketing or disrupting funerals SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 3145 Providing a one-time bonus to certain annuitants of the Public Employees Retirement System and the State Teachers Retirement System SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 3163 Relating to workers' compensation programs of state government entities SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 3185 Allowing county commissions to waive or reduce impact fees and capital improvement fees of affordable housing units in their county SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 3196 Establishing a program and procedure for certifying medications assistive persons in the health industry SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 3202 Relating to residential rental security deposits SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 3204 Creating the West Virginia Enterprise Resource Planning Board and Executive Committee SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 3205 Reducing jail sentence for successful completion of education and rehabilitation programs SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 3225 Expanding the definition of harassment, intimidation or bullying SIGNED 05/04/2011
HB 3271 Relating to the distribution of state funds to volunteer fire companies and departments SIGNED 05/04/2011