The House advanced five bills to second reading during Monday’s floor session.
The intention of House Bill 3039 is to remove language from the current state code that limits the priority preference of children to ages 14 and older in family courts. The purpose of this bill is to expand the court’s consideration to children of all ages that meet the maturity requirement.
House Bill 4004 would create the West Virginia Sentencing Commission and specify its powers and duties. The commission would be responsible for fulfilling needs for fair and uniform sentencing, a fair operation of the criminal justice system, established priorities regarding the severity of criminal offenses and the use of limited resources to fulfill the goal of criminal punishment. The purpose of this bill is to promote a better understanding of the state’s criminal justice sentencing system.
House Bill 4007 is known as the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act and was also advanced to the amendment stage.
House Bills 4022 and 4103 were also advanced. House Bill 4022 clarifies the qualifications for the Chancellor of the Higher Education Policy Commission and House Bill 4103 relates to the office of drug control policy.
In addition to the bills advanced, the House introduced 50 new bills today.
The House is in recess until 11 a.m. tomorrow.
