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There are 25 bill(s) regarding Child Welfare

Bill Title Status Committee Step Last Action
SB 85 Requiring judicial circuits and counties to have special advocates for children in abuse and neglect proceedings Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/13/16 
SB 99 Court-appointed attorneys' compensation and expenses in child abuse and neglect cases Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/13/16 
SB 127 Grandparents' rights in child custody cases Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/13/16 
SB 257 Requiring Bureau of Child Support Enforcement to appear in every case involving an issue of setting child support Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/13/16 
SB 286 Creating Commission to Accelerate Statewide Coordination of Mental Health Services for Children and Adolescents Pending  Senate Finance Committee  01/29/16 
SB 309 Relating to child-care center licensing and exempting county parks and recreation from licensure Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (May 19, 2016)
SB 319 Permitting temporary delegation of certain custodial powers by parent or guardian Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  01/19/16 
SB 326 Repeal and recodify law relating to contributing to delinquency of minor child Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 8, 2016)
HB 2048 Relating to juvenile proceedings Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/13/16 
HB 2173 Authorizing insurance to married workers without children at reduced rates under the West Virginia Public Employees Insurance Act Pending  House Banking and Insurance Committee  01/13/16 
HB 2255 Increasing the felony criminal penalties for exposing children to methamphetamine manufacturing Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/13/16 
HB 2257 Establishing a bill of rights for children in foster care Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/13/16 
HB 2258 "Parents' Bill of Rights" Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/13/16 
HB 2264 Establishing a bill of rights for foster parents Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/13/16 
HB 2366 Relating generally to the solicitation of minors Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2016)
HB 2403 Relating to qualifying children of state employees, receiving income of $25,000 per year or less, for the West Virginia Children's Health Insurance Program Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/13/16 
HB 2429 Requiring a convicted sex offender who volunteers for an organization whose volunteers have contact with minors to inform that organization of his or her conviction Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/13/16 
HB 2436 Increasing the number of child protective service workers Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/13/16 
HB 2455 Requiring health care providers to release unemancipated minor's medical records for drug testing to a parent or legal guardian without written consent from minor Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/13/16 
HB 2460 Relating to the effect of adoption on grandparent visitation rights Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/13/16 
HB 2501 Prohibiting sexual offenders from residing within one thousand feet of a school or childcare facility Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/13/16 
HB 2556 Providing medical and religious exemptions from mandatory immunizations for school children Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/13/16 
HB 2715 Making it illegal to transport a minor across state lines to obtain an abortion without written consent of both parents Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  01/13/16 
HB 2842 Establishing a four year pilot program to have social workers in public schools, from prekindergarten through the elementary school Pending  House Education Committee  01/13/16 
HB 2989 Requiring each judicial circuit to have a court-appointed special advocate program and each county to have a special advocate for children in abuse and neglect proceedings Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/13/16