This afternoon, the Senate met and completed legislative action on several bills, including Senate Bill 502, which would establish the Women’s Collegiate Sports Protection Act.
Senate Bill 947 would allow homeless individuals under the age of 18 to receive a free certified copy of their West Virginia birth certificate.
Currently, the state charges a fee generally up to $10 per copy, or up to $12 at the discretion of the commissioner, for certified copies of vital records such as birth certificates.
Under the bill, the State Registrar would be required to provide a certified copy of a birth certificate at no cost to an individual under 18 years old who can provide satisfactory proof of homelessness. The registrar would also be required to keep a record of all certificates issued under this provision.
The bill completed legislative action and heads to the governor’s desk for further action.
Senate Bill 906 would allow the lawful prescription, distribution, and marketing of certain psilocybin-based medications in West Virginia if they are approved at the federal level.
Currently, psilocybin is listed as a Schedule I controlled substance under state law, meaning it is considered to have a high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use.
This bill would create an exception to that classification. Under the proposal, if a pharmaceutical product containing crystalline polymorph psilocybin is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and rescheduled by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), it could legally be prescribed, distributed, and marketed in West Virginia.
The bill completed legislative action and heads to the governor’s desk for further action.
Senate Bill 502 would create the Women’s Collegiate Sports Protection Act, aimed at providing long-term financial support for women’s collegiate Olympic sports programs at certain public universities in West Virginia.
The bill would allow public colleges or universities in the state that compete in NCAA Division I athletics to establish a permanent women’s athletic endowment. The principal of the endowment could not be spent, and only the investment earnings could be used to support women’s sports programs.
The bill completed legislative action and heads to the governor’s desk for further action.
As of this writing, 254 bills have completed legislative action.
