Thursday, March 28, 2024
Thursday, March 28, 2024

Senate Legislation (03/19/21- 02/25/21)

As of Friday, March 25, 2021, 713 bills have been introduced to the Senate. Of those bills, 133 have passed and advanced to the House.

Senate Bill 562 establishes procedures for determining juvenile competency to stand trial and creates a disposition alternative for juveniles determined to be incompetent.

Senate Bill 626 regulates purchases of automobile catalytic converters. This bill would create a crime for possessing a catalytic converter without documented proof of legal purchase.

Senate Bill 532 limits claims for state tax credits and rebates.

Senate Bill 531 relates to incomplete, duplicative, or redundant claims for refund.

Senate Bill 422 deals with a legal action known as “piercing the veil,” which means a court essentially holding the members of an LLC personally responsible if their business runs afoul of the law. It is a practice used with litigation involving corporations.

Senate Bill 636 requires courses in all public, private, parochial, and denominational schools for instruction of the institutions and structure of American government.

Senate Bill 569 establishes limits applicable to the award of damages for medical monitoring.

Senate Bill 36 requires the Legislative Auditor to conduct a performance audit of the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission and authorizing the inspection of records and examination of personnel.

Senate Bill 693 updates certain terms used in WV Personal Income Tax Act.

Senate Bill 479 moves authority for the West Virginia veterans service decoration and West Virginia Service Cross to the Division of Veterans Affairs.

Senate Bill 478 permits the use of established federal marketplace programs for the purchase of supplies.

Senate Bill 398 places a moratorium on coverage under the West Virginia PEIA unless the employer is the State, its boards, agencies, commissions, departments, institutions, or spending units or a county board of education.

Senate Bill 395 expands the PEIA Finance Board membership.

Senate Bill 586 provides a 50 percent discount on all fees and charges relating to state parks for West Virginia veterans.

Senate Bill 658 requires sheriff’s departments to participate and utilize Handle With Care Program for trauma-inflicted children.

Senate Bill 651 allows county boards of education to publish financial statements on website.

Senate Bill 644 Exempts certain persons pursuing degree in speech pathology and audiology from license requirements.

Senate Bill 610 provides tuition and fee waivers as state higher education institutions for volunteers who have completed service in AmeriCorps programs in WV.

Senate Bill 509 removes requirements that determination of medical stability be found prior to admission to mental health facility.

Senate Bill 487 updates the Division of Purchasing’s procurement and spending thresholds.

Senate Bill 483 allows others to be taken before any person authorized to administer oaths.

Senate Bill 361 extends supervision for conviction of soliciting a minor and using obscene matter with intent to seduce a minor.

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