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245 Bills Pending in Committee — Senate Judiciary

Bill Title Date
SB 6 Relating to use of epinephrine in emergency situations 01/18/12
SB 10 Increasing age of consent for refusal of mental health treatment 02/01/12
SB 11 Increasing number of magistrate court deputy clerks 01/11/12
SB 14 Prohibiting discrimination based upon age or sexual orientation 01/11/12
SB 18 Increasing number of magistrate court deputy clerks 01/11/12
SB 19 Prohibiting unsolicited political text messages 01/11/12
SB 23 Requiring filing fee for write-in candidates for public office 01/11/12
SB 25 Requiring public health impact statement relating to new DEP air or water rules 01/11/12
SB 32 Allowing responsible liquor sampling events 01/11/12
SB 38 Increasing parole ineligibility period for persons convicted of controlled substance distribution near school bus 01/11/12
SB 41 Creating Grieving Parents Act 01/11/12
SB 42 Creating felony for driving under influence and causing serious bodily injury 01/11/12
SB 43 Relating to criminal offenses of robbery and attempted robbery 01/11/12
SB 44 Permitting state opt out of federal statute preventing residents convicted of certain crimes from receiving certain benefits 01/11/12
SB 46 Creating Honest Opportunity Probation with Enforcement Program 01/11/12
SB 49 Providing penalties for failing to return minor child in timely manner following visitation 01/11/12
SB 52 Providing attorney from public defender office be appointed by judge in certain cases 01/11/12
SB 53 Requiring public defender corporations be centralized under Executive Director of Public Defender Services 01/11/12
SB 58 Relating to work camps for nonviolent offenders 01/11/12
SB 59 Creating WV Swimming Pool Safety Act 01/11/12
SB 63 Expanding scope of "political party" definition 01/11/12
SB 64 Creating Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act 01/11/12
SB 65 Establishing comparative fault standard 01/11/12
SB 66 Limiting certain distribution of public moneys by elected officials 01/11/12
SB 70 Creating Paternity Justice Act of 2012 01/11/12
SB 71 Including WV in agreement among states to elect President and Vice President by national popular vote 01/11/12
SB 77 Requiring alcohol awareness education courses for certain employees of retailers and licensed private clubs 01/11/12
SB 82 Permitting Secretary of State dissolve certain corporate entities 01/11/12
SB 83 Adding additional family court judge 01/11/12
SB 86 Requiring certain defendants pay incarceration costs 01/11/12
SB 87 Allowing temporary detention of certain criminal suspects 01/11/12
SB 91 Allowing nonpartisan election of Supreme Court Justices 01/11/12
SB 92 Providing personal income tax credit for recycling fees 01/11/12
SB 93 Mandating additional punishment for utilizing minor in commission of crime 01/11/12
SB 94 Excluding certain taxicab companies from Workers' Compensation Fund liability 01/11/12
SB 98 Exempting certain homeowners' association dues from consumers sales and service tax 01/11/12
SB 99 Imposing statute of limitations on civil action derived from surveying of property 01/11/12
SB 105 Creating criminal offense for animal fighting ventures involvement 02/14/12
SB 106 Providing higher education employees' eligibility for Legislature 01/18/12
SB 107 Creating WV Firearms Freedom Act 01/11/12
SB 113 Observing week in which December 7 falls as Pearl Harbor and Military Appreciation week 02/23/12
SB 119 Relating to notice and removal of personal property from real property after tax sale 01/11/12
SB 124 Changing low income qualifier for senior citizens' homestead tax credit 01/11/12
SB 130 Relating to jury selection in felony cases 01/11/12
SB 133 Increasing Cultural Facilities and Capitol Resources Matching Grant Fund allocation from racetrack video lottery net terminal income 01/11/12
SB 142 Adding additional circuit court judge 01/11/12
SB 147 Providing wiretapping evidentiary provisions apply to family court; cellular phone communication confidentiality 01/11/12
SB 154 Requiring corporations disclose expenditures for political activities 01/11/12
SB 162 Requiring electric utilities implement least-cost plans 01/12/12
SB 169 Decreasing number of jurors on municipal jury in criminal matters 02/22/12
SB 173 Providing workers' compensation benefits for mental illness under certain circumstances 01/13/12
SB 174 Relating to interstate compact for election of president by national popular vote 01/13/12
SB 177 Affirming legislative intent for construction of state correctional facility 01/13/12
SB 178 Making it unlawful to harm police dogs 01/13/12
SB 189 Creating statutory cause of action to obtain personal safety orders 01/16/12
SB 192 Relating to filing of civil petition for expungement of criminal records under certain circumstances 01/16/12
SB 216 Authorizing DEP regulate environmental sampling by legislative rule 01/17/12
SB 219 Consolidating administration and enforcement of motor carrier industry 01/23/12
SB 226 Authorizing Board of Accountancy promulgate legislative rule relating to board and professional conduct rules 01/25/12
SB 227 Authorizing Department of Administration promulgate legislative rule relating to small, women- and minority-owned business certification 01/18/12
SB 228 Authorizing Commissioner of Agriculture promulgate legislative rule relating to meat and poultry inspection 01/24/12
SB 229 Authorizing Commissioner of Agriculture promulgate legislative rule relating to labeling of certain honey 02/02/12
SB 230 Authorizing Commissioner of Agriculture promulgate legislative rule relating to nutrient management certification 01/24/12
SB 231 Authorizing ABCC promulgate legislative rule relating to licensed retailer operations 01/18/12
SB 232 Authorizing ABCC promulgate legislative rule relating to retail outlet licensing 01/18/12
SB 233 Authorizing Athletic Commission promulgate legislative rule relating to mixed martial arts 01/25/12
SB 234 Authorizing State Auditor promulgate legislative rule relating to transaction fee and rate structure 01/26/12
SB 235 Authorizing Division of Banking promulgate legislative rule relating to residential mortgage lenders, brokers and loan originators 01/27/12
SB 236 Authorizing Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists promulgate legislative rule relating to procedures, criteria and curricula for examinations and licensure of barbers, cosmetologists, manicurists and aestheticians 01/25/12
SB 237 Authorizing Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists promulgate legislative rule relating to licensing schools of barbering and beauty culture 01/25/12
SB 238 Authorizing Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists promulgate legislative rule relating to shampoo assistants 01/25/12
SB 239 Authorizing CPRB promulgate legislative rule relating to PERS 01/26/12
SB 240 Authorizing CPRB promulgate legislative rule relating to refund, reinstatement, retroactive service, loan and employer error interest factors 01/24/12
SB 241 Authorizing CPRB promulgate legislative rule relating to State Police 01/26/12
SB 242 Authorizing Division of Corrections promulgate legislative rule relating to electronic monitoring fees 01/18/12
SB 243 Authorizing Courthouse Facilities Improvement Authority promulgate legislative rule relating to Courthouse Facilities Improvement Fund 01/25/12
SB 244 Authorizing Commission for Deaf and Hard of Hearing promulgate legislative rule relating to qualified interpreter fees 01/25/12
SB 246 Authorizing Board of Dental Examiners promulgate legislative rule relating to board fees 01/26/12
SB 247 Authorizing DEP promulgate legislative rule relating to permits for construction and major modification of major stationary sources for prevention of air quality deterioration 01/18/12
SB 248 Authorizing DEP promulgate legislative rule relating to performance standards for new stationary sources 01/18/12
SB 249 Authorizing DEP promulgate legislative rule relating to air pollution control from solid waste combustion 01/18/12
SB 250 Authorizing DEP promulgate legislative rule relating to permits for construction and major modifications of major stationary sources causing or contributing to nonattainment areas 01/18/12
SB 251 Authorizing DEP promulgate legislative rule relating to air pollution control from hazardous waste treatment, storage and disposal facilities 01/18/12
SB 252 Authorizing DEP promulgate legislative rule relating to operating permit requirements 01/18/12
SB 254 Authorizing DEP promulgate legislative rule relating to determining conformity of general federal actions to applicable implementation plans 01/18/12
SB 255 Authorizing DEP promulgate legislative rule relating to greenhouse gas emissions inventory program 01/18/12
SB 256 Authorizing DEP promulgate legislative rule relating to ambient air quality standards 01/18/12
SB 257 Authorizing DEP promulgate legislative rule relating to voluntary remediation and redevelopment 01/26/12
SB 258 Authorizing DEP promulgate legislative rule relating to solid waste management 01/25/12
SB 259 Authorizing DEP promulgate legislative rule relating to hazardous waste management systems 01/25/12
SB 260 Authorizing Development Office promulgate legislative rule relating to brownfield economic development districts 01/25/12
SB 261 Authorizing Development Office promulgate legislative rule relating to use of coalbed methane severance tax proceeds 01/26/12
SB 262 Authorizing Board of Registration for Foresters promulgate legislative rule relating to certification of registered foresters 01/25/12
SB 263 Authorizing Board of Registration for Foresters promulgate legislative rule relating to fees schedule 02/02/12
SB 264 Authorizing Board of Registration for Foresters promulgate legislative rule relating to code of ethics 01/25/12
SB 265 Authorizing Division of Forestry promulgate legislative rule relating to sediment control during commercial timber-harvesting operations--licensing 02/02/12
SB 266 Authorizing Division of Forestry promulgate legislative rule relating to sediment control during commercial timber-harvesting operations--logger certification 02/02/12
SB 268 Authorizing Governor's Committee on Crime, Delinquency and Correction promulgate legislative rule relating to law-enforcement training standards 01/18/12
SB 269 Authorizing Governor's Committee on Crime, Delinquency and Correction promulgate legislative rule relating to motor vehicle search standards 01/18/12
SB 270 Authorizing DHHR promulgate legislative rule relating to safety and treatment program 02/01/12
SB 271 Authorizing DHHR promulgate legislative rule relating to credentialing verification organizations 01/27/12
SB 272 Authorizing Health Insurance Plan Board of Directors promulgate legislative rule relating to premium subsidy 01/27/12
SB 273 Authorizing DHHR promulgate legislative rule relating to public water systems 01/27/12
SB 274 Authorizing DHHR promulgate legislative rule relating to vital statistics 01/27/12
SB 275 Authorizing DHHR promulgate legislative rule relating to public water systems operators 01/27/12
SB 276 Authorizing DHHR promulgate legislative rule relating to manufactured home communities 01/27/12
SB 277 Authorizing DHHR promulgate legislative rule relating to wastewater systems and operations 02/01/12
SB 278 Authorizing DHHR promulgate legislative rule relating to AIDS-related medical testing and confidentiality 02/01/12
SB 279 Authorizing DHHR promulgate legislative rule relating to public water systems design standards 01/27/12
SB 280 Authorizing Commissioner of Highways promulgate legislative rule relating to state road construction and reconstruction 01/30/12
SB 281 Authorizing Commissioner of Highways promulgate legislative rule relating to transportation of hazardous wastes 01/30/12
SB 282 Authorizing Human Rights Commission promulgate legislative rule relating to housing discrimination against disabled utilizing assistance animals 01/25/12
SB 283 Authorizing Division of Human Services promulgate legislative rule relating to family child care facility licensing requirements 01/27/12
SB 284 Authorizing Division of Human Services promulgate legislative rule relating to family child care home registration requirements 01/27/12
SB 285 Authorizing Division of Human Services promulgate legislative rule relating to child care quality rating and improvement system 01/27/12
SB 286 Authorizing Insurance Commissioner promulgate legislative rule relating to licensing and conduct of insurance producers and agencies 01/27/12
SB 288 Authorizing Insurance Commissioner promulgate legislative rule relating to insurance holding company systems 01/27/12
SB 289 Authorizing Insurance Commissioner promulgate legislative rule relating to continuing education for individual insurance producers 01/27/12
SB 290 Authorizing Insurance Commissioner promulgate legislative rule relating to mini COBRA 01/27/12
SB 291 Authorizing Insurance Commissioner promulgate legislative rule relating to workers' compensation insurance for state agencies 01/31/12
SB 292 Authorizing Division of Labor promulgate legislative rule relating to Zipline and Canopy Tour Responsibility Act 01/26/12
SB 293 Authorizing Division of Labor promulgate legislative rule relating to Amusement Rides and Amusement Attractions Safety Act 02/02/12
SB 294 Authorizing Division of Labor promulgate legislative rule relating to supervision of elevator mechanics and apprentices 01/26/12
SB 295 Authorizing Massage Therapy Licensure Board promulgate legislative rule relating to general provisions 01/25/12
SB 296 Authorizing Massage Therapy Licensure Board promulgate legislative rule relating to fees schedule 01/26/12
SB 297 Authorizing Board of Medicine promulgate legislative rule relating to formation and approval of professional limited liability companies 01/25/12
SB 298 Authorizing Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training promulgate legislative rule relating to application process for Innovative Mine Safety Technology Tax Credit Act 01/31/12
SB 299 Authorizing DMV promulgate legislative rule relating to compulsory motor vehicle liability insurance 01/27/12
SB 300 Authorizing DNR promulgate legislative rule relating to special boating 01/26/12
SB 301 Authorizing DNR promulgate legislative rule relating to special motorboating 01/26/12
SB 302 Authorizing DNR promulgate legislative rule relating to hunting, trapping and fishing 01/26/12
SB 303 Authorizing DNR promulgate legislative rule relating to definition of hunting and trapping terms 01/26/12
SB 304 Authorizing DNR promulgate legislative rule relating to hunting and trapping prohibitions 01/26/12
SB 305 Authorizing DNR promulgate legislative rule relating to general trapping 01/26/12
SB 306 Authorizing DNR promulgate legislative rule relating to special fishing 01/26/12
SB 307 Authorizing Nursing Home Administrators Licensing Board promulgate legislative rule relating to nursing home administrators 01/25/12
SB 308 Authorizing Board of Occupational Therapy promulgate legislative rule relating to fees for board services 01/25/12
SB 309 Authorizing Board of Osteopathy promulgate legislative rule relating to physician licensing procedures 02/02/12
SB 310 Authorizing Division of Personnel promulgate legislative rule relating to division's administration 01/27/12
SB 311 Authorizing Division of Personnel promulgate legislative rule relating to workers' compensation temporary total disability 01/18/12
SB 312 Authorizing Board of Pharmacy promulgate legislative rule relating to immunizations administered by pharmacists 01/25/12
SB 313 Authorizing Board of Pharmacy promulgate legislative rule relating to Uniform Controlled Substances Act 01/25/12
SB 314 Authorizing Board of Pharmacy promulgate legislative rule relating to continuing education for licensed pharmacists 01/25/12
SB 315 Authorizing Board of Pharmacy promulgate legislative rule relating to licensure of wholesale drug distributors 01/26/12
SB 316 Authorizing Racing Commission promulgate legislative rule relating to simulcast pari-mutuel wagering at facility in historic hotel 01/25/12
SB 317 Authorizing Secretary of State promulgate legislative rule relating to Vote-by-Mail Pilot Project Phase 2: Voting by Mail 01/18/12
SB 318 Authorizing Secretary of State promulgate legislative rule relating to general management and preservation of state records 01/26/12
SB 319 Authorizing DHHR Secretary, Insurance Commissioner and Health Care Authority Chair promulgate legislative rule relating to all-payer claims database--data submission requirements 02/01/12
SB 320 Authorizing DHHR Secretary, Insurance Commissioner and Health Care Authority Chair promulgate legislative rule relating to all-payer claims database program's privacy and security 02/01/12
SB 322 Authorizing State Police promulgate legislative rule relating to Modified Vehicle Inspection Manual 01/30/12
SB 323 Authorizing Board of Professional Surveyors promulgate legislative rule relating to examination and licensing 01/25/12
SB 324 Authorizing Tax Department promulgate legislative rule relating to tax payment by electronic funds transfer 01/31/12
SB 325 Authorizing Tax Department promulgate legislative rule relating to commercial patent incentives tax credit 01/31/12
SB 326 Authorizing Tax Department promulgate legislative rule relating to information exchange agreement with Department of Commerce, DOT and DEP 01/31/12
SB 327 Exempting certain school mascot from prohibition of firearms possession on school grounds 02/03/12
SB 344 Providing minimum training requirement for license to carry deadly weapon 01/18/12
SB 345 Relating to refinancing or consolidation of certain nonrevolving consumer loan or consumer credit sale 02/10/12
SB 349 Excepting income-producing asset subject to equitable distribution from spousal support awards 01/19/12
SB 350 Providing automatic revocation of will upon legal separation 01/19/12
SB 351 Limiting size of voting precincts; other provisions 01/19/12
SB 352 Creating criminal offense for custodian's failure to report missing child 01/19/12
SB 359 Requiring seller of precious metals and gems present photo ID to dealers 01/20/12
SB 361 Changing legal advertisement publication date for name change 01/20/12
SB 366 Increasing opportunities for certain WV accredited thoroughbred racehorses 01/20/12
SB 370 Relating to transport and storage of firearms in private vehicles 01/20/12
SB 376 Establishing procedures for inclusion of Address Confidentiality Program participants on special absentee voting lists 01/23/12
SB 380 Transferring sole ownership of real property to co-owner paying taxes 01/23/12
SB 388 Tolling statute of limitations against tortfeasors upon claim filing 01/23/12
SB 394 Relating to transfer procedures when certain elected officials become disabled or unavailable 01/24/12
SB 395 Subjecting Workers' Compensation Board of Managers' rules to legislative review 01/24/12
SB 398 Limiting risk retention groups' risks on single insurance subject 02/20/12
SB 400 Providing late voter registration opportunities under Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Act of 1986 02/01/12
SB 402 Relating to legislative rule-making review process 01/24/12
SB 403 Creating WV Criminal and Civil Forfeiture Act 01/24/12
SB 407 Relating generally to hunting 02/16/12
SB 420 Creating Civil Justice Reform Act of 2012 01/25/12
SB 431 Extending voter registration period prior to election 01/26/12
SB 445 Prohibiting fundraising by legislators during regular sessions 01/27/12
SB 447 Clarifying circuit judges appoint attorney from public defender office in certain cases 01/30/12
SB 448 Relating generally to mine safety 01/30/12
SB 452 Creating Taxpayer's Bill of Rights Act 01/30/12
SB 454 Providing certain persons residing with crime victims prosecutorial notification and right to be heard at sentencing and parole proceedings 01/30/12
SB 456 Creating misdemeanor for child neglect creating bodily injury risk 01/30/12
SB 459 Providing for real property assessment of mobile home situated on owner's real estate 01/31/12
SB 465 Relating to domestic violence proceedings and protective orders 01/31/12
SB 467 Increasing number of magistrates 01/31/12
SB 473 Authorizing Supreme Court determine continuation of county law libraries 02/01/12
SB 474 Exempting Supreme Court justices and retired justices from concealed weapon licensure requirement 02/01/12
SB 476 Changing filing deadline for write-in candidates 02/01/12
SB 483 Equalizing compensation of magistrates, assistants, court clerks and deputy clerks 02/02/12
SB 489 Limiting health insurance coverage for elective abortions to supplemental policies 02/08/12
SB 492 Relating to residential construction projects 02/02/12
SB 494 Relating to providing presidential election ballot to certain voters moving out-of-state 02/02/12
SB 495 Authorizing DEP propose legislative rules for administrative resolution to Hazardous Waste Management Act violation settlements 02/02/12
SB 502 Requiring real party identification in first-party claims for uninsured and underinsured motorist civil litigation 02/02/12
SB 503 Relating to Patient Injury Compensation Fund payments 02/02/12
SB 504 Relating to several liability for health care providers 02/02/12
SB 523 Creating Commercial Real Estate Broker Lien Act 02/06/12
SB 524 Requiring annual Controlled Substance Monitoring Program database search by prescriptive authorities 02/16/12
SB 530 Creating misdemeanor for child neglect creating bodily injury risk 02/07/12
SB 532 Requiring voter present photo ID 02/07/12
SB 533 Relating to senatorial candidate residency requirements 02/07/12
SB 541 Requiring US citizenship for concealed weapon licensure 02/08/12
SB 542 Relating to senatorial candidate residency requirements and certification 02/08/12
SB 549 Substituting community service for jail confinement for certain persons convicted of alcohol-related crimes 02/09/12
SB 559 Relating to rebuttable presumption for firefighters' disability and death benefits for certain cancers 02/10/12
SB 569 Requiring drawing by lot for national convention delegate candidates 02/10/12
SB 571 Licensing wine sales at professional baseball stadiums 02/10/12
SB 578 Authorizing statewide modified mental hygiene procedures program 02/13/12
SB 580 Restructuring former inmate's child support payments 02/14/12
SB 582 Collecting unpaid magistrate court charges through income tax refund withholding 02/14/12
SB 584 Authorizing PSC issue consumer rate relief bonds for recovery of electric utilities' expanded net energy costs 02/14/12
SB 585 Increasing opportunities for WV accredited thoroughbred racehorses 02/14/12
SB 590 Including adoptee's adult siblings in mutual consent voluntary adoption registry 02/15/12
SB 593 Establishing Office of Child Advocacy 02/15/12
SB 598 Requiring administrative claim prior to third-party bad faith actions 02/21/12
SB 601 Relating to jury service of breast-feeding women 02/15/12
SB 602 Relating to state agency administrative hearing examiner selection 02/15/12
SB 607 Requiring notice prior to third-party bad faith actions 02/15/12
SB 612 Removing "equitably entitled" recipients from damage award distributions in wrongful death actions 02/16/12
SB 632 Requiring State Register and Code of State Rules filings be available in electronic format 02/17/12
SB 636 Relating to child and spousal support obligations' procedures for writs of execution, suggestions and suggestee executions 02/17/12
SB 638 Expanding family court judges' authority in civil contempt cases 02/17/12
SB 639 Requiring independent contractor payments be reported to Bureau for Child Support Enforcement 02/17/12
SB 640 Prohibiting coin-pusher machines 02/17/12
SB 644 Providing reinstatement procedures for foreign profit and nonprofit corporations 02/17/12
SB 657 Establishing Fund for Civil Legal Services for Low-Income Persons 02/20/12
SB 664 Authorizing limited gaming facility at rural resort community 02/20/12
SB 665 Requiring presentence reports consider financial costs 02/20/12
SB 667 Updating WV schedules of controlled substances 02/22/12
SB 672 Clarifying limitations for nursing home actions identical to other medical professional liability actions 02/20/12
HB 2402 Redefining the term "public record" as it is used in the Freedom of Information Act 01/19/12
HB 2533 Requiring the identities of signatories to a certificate for a person seeking ballot access to be made public and verified 01/23/12
HB 2657 West Virginia Religious Freedom Restoration Act 02/24/12
HB 2793 Defining "spelunking" as a recreational purpose and activity for which a landowner's liability for injury is limited 03/01/12
HB 4003 Clarifying the law governing the duties of professional licensing boards 03/01/12
HB 4261 Relating to review of state administrative agency rule-making 03/01/12
HB 4276 Ensuring that borrowers are provided accurate notice of their right to cure a default on any installment or other secured obligation 03/01/12
HB 4356 Creating the misdemeanor offense for child neglect resulting in a substantial risk of bodily injury 02/09/12
HB 4357 Modifying the bonding requirement for closing-out sales 02/29/12
HB 4425 Requiring a landlord address issues of the accumulation of moisture and the growth of mold 03/01/12
HB 4459 Creating a juvenile sex offender registration 03/01/12
HB 4468 Prohibiting insurance companies from discriminating against certain health care providers 03/02/12
HB 4488 Reforming, altering or modifying a county commission 03/08/12
HB 4506 Relating to absentee ballot fraud 03/01/12