Friday, April 19, 2024
Friday, April 19, 2024

Women’s Day in Legislature, Farm Bureau, Firefighters Honored in House

Representatives for Women’s Day in the Legislature, WV State Firemen Association, and Farm Bureau and Forestry Association were recognized by members of the House today.

The House introduced two concurrent resolutions. One of these resolutions was House Concurrent Resolution 34 which would request that the Joint Committee on Government and Finance study a four day work week consisting of ten hour days for city, county and state employees.

There were three bills on third reading, today. These bills include House Bill 4075, which would allow a video recording device monitoring system during Amber Alerts, House Bill 4328, which would exclude the service of a poll worker from being considered as a prohibited political activity, and House Bill 4344, which would enforce minimum requirements relative to tethering or chaining animals which are intended to protect animals from cruel treatment. These bills passed and now will be considered in the Senate.

There were 14 bills that were also introduced, bringing the total number of House bills introduced this session to 1080.

The following committees will meet today:
Industry & Labor – 1:00 p.m. – 215E
Roads & Transportation – 2:00 p.m. – 215E

Political Subdivisions – 3:00 p.m. – 215E
Health & Human Resources – 4:00 p.m. – 215E

The following committees will meet tomorrow, February, 6:
Education – 9:00 a.m. – 432
Education – 1:30 – 432
Education Subcommittee B – following Education meeting at 1:30 – 432
Senior Issues – 4:00 p.m. – 215E

The House will reconvene at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, February 7.

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