During today’s House floor session, six bills passed. Yesterday was the last day to introduce bills in the House.
House Bill 2030 prohibits counties, cities/towns, and the housing authority from requiring hotels and motels to participate in housing voucher programs.
House Bill 2067 limits negligent marketing claims involving firearms.
House Bill 2718 creates the State Advisory Council on Establishing a Military College to study the viability and potential benefits of creating a four-year college in West Virginia modeled after one of the six senior military colleges.
House Bill 2752 allows motorcyclists to stand when needed while riding a motorcycle.
House Bill 2881 expands the number of members in the Child Abuse and Neglect Investigations Unit to 19 members, who are active or former members of the State Police.
House Bill 3162 adds violations of the West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act to the list of recognized causes of actions that can be brought after the death of a person entitled to recover or the death of the liable person. The bill also modifies the definition of consumer to include administrators of estates obligated to pay any debt and administrators of estates of natural persons obligated under a deed or lien where a property is subject to foreclosure or forfeiture for lack of payment.
House Bills 2679, 2878, 2835, and 3144 were postponed for one day.
Before the floor session, the Rules Committee met. A summary of it can be viewed here.
Resolutions introduced can be found here.
The House is adjourned until 11 a.m. tomorrow, March 20, 2025.
Committee Meetings, Today March 19
- The Subcommittee on Banking and Insurance will meet at 1 p.m. in Room 460.
- The Committee on Government Organization will meet at 1 p.m. in Room 215E.
- The Committee on Education will meet at 1:15 p.m. in Room 432M.
- The Subcommittee on Economic Development will meet at 3 p.m. in Room 410.
- The Subcommittee on Public Health will meet at 3 p.m. in Room 215E.
- The Committee on Health and Human Resources will meet at 4 p.m. in Room 215E.
Committee Meetings, tomorrow March 20
- The Finance Committee will meet at 9 a.m. in Room 460.
- The Judiciary Committee will meet at 9 a.m. in Room 410.
- The Committee on Education will meet at 1 p.m. in Room 432M.
- The Subcommittee on Energy and Public Works will meet at 3 p.m. in Room 410.
- The Committee on Health and Human Resources will meet at 3 p.m. in Room 215E.
