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There are 30 bill(s) regarding Public Safety

Bill Title Status Committee Step Last Action
SB 291 Law enforcement use of unmanned aircraft systems Pending    Concurrence  03/12/16 
SB 445 Requiring well operators and pipeline operators to report emergency incidents to Division of Homeland Security Pending  Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee  02/01/16 
SB 492 Allowing Superintendent of State Police establish fee schedule for forensic services Pending  Senate Finance Committee  02/08/16 
SB 500 Authorizing Superintendent of State Police hold training classes to use West Virginia Automated Police Network Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 3, 2016)
SB 534 Relating to procedures for driver's license suspension and revocation in criminal proceedings Pending  House Roads and Transportation Committee  03/02/16 
SB 560 Permitting operation of unmanned aircraft system Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/10/16 
SB 603 Relating to emergency shelters for elderly or disabled persons Pending  Senate Government Organization Committee  02/15/16 
SB 685 Allowing individuals twenty-one years of age operate or ride motorcycle without helmet Pending  Senate Judiciary Committee  02/22/16 
HB 4145 Relating to carry or use of a handgun or deadly weapon PASS  Completed Legislation 05/13/16 
HB 4169 Firearm Protection Act Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/20/16 
HB 4174 Exempting activity at indoor shooting ranges from the prohibition of shooting or discharging a firearm within five hundred feet of any church or dwelling house Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2016)
HB 4197 Allowing required HIV and hepatitis testing for the protection of law- enforcement officers who may have been exposed Pending  Senate Health and Human Resources Committee  02/23/16 
HB 4219 Relating to vehicle inspection stations Pending  House Government Organization Committee  01/21/16 
HB 4231 Updating the Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/22/16 
HB 4280 Permitting persons who are twenty-one years of age or older to operate or be a passenger on a motorcycle without a helmet Pending  House Roads and Transportation Committee  02/29/16 
HB 4307 Clarifying that a firearm may be carried for self defense in state parks, state forests and state recreational areas Vetoed  Vetoed
HB 4323 Relating to the reporting of emergency incidents by well operators and pipeline operators Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2016)
HB 4329 Right to keep and bear arms Pending  House Judiciary Committee  01/29/16 
HB 4387 Providing that any law-abiding person eighteen years of age or older may carry a concealed weapon within the boundaries of the state Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/03/16 
HB 4427 Providing identification to qualified law-enforcement officers to allow them to carry firearms for self-defense under the federal Law-Enforcement Officers Safety Act, and clarifying that prosecuting attorneys and assistant prosecuting attorneys may carry firearms for self-defense Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/08/16 
HB 4436 Permitting probation officers to carry deadly weapons on school buses and property Pending  House Education Committee  02/08/16 
HB 4453 Requiring the State Police to partner with the DNA and Digital Forensics sections of Marshall University Forensic Science Center Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/09/16 
HB 4528 Permitting an all-volunteer fire department to consolidate with certain other fire departments while retaining their rights to receive funds Pending  House Finance Committee  02/19/16 
HB 4542 Allowing persons with property within rural fire protection districts to opt out of fire protection coverage Pending  Senate Rules Committee  03/12/16 
HB 4558 Relating to victim notification and designation of additional individuals to receive notice of an offender's release Signed  Effective Ninety Days from Passage - (June 10, 2016)
HB 4592 Relating to the hunting of coyotes Pending  House ANRS Committee  02/17/16 
HB 4609 West Virginia Residential Furniture and Children's Products Flame Retardants Act Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/18/16 
HB 4619 Transferring the Office of Emergency Medical Services from the Bureau for Public Health to the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety Pending  House Health and Human Resources Committee  02/19/16 
HB 4662 Permitting the Superintendent of the State Police to collect $3 dollars from the sale of motor vehicle inspection stickers Signed  Effective July 1, 2016
HB 4714 Creating a board for review of officer-involved deaths Pending  House Judiciary Committee  02/23/16