Bill Status - 2016 Regular Session
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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 |