Here is a sampling of bills introduced Jan. 23. Local lead sponsors and co-sponsors, if any, are noted.
SB 604, to create the cabinet position of State Surgeon General, at a salary of $125,000. Sen. Roman Prezioso, D-Marion, lead sponsor; Sen. Bob Beach, D-Monongalia, co-sponsor.
SB 606, to say that when a child is removed from the home and placed in foster care, to indicate a preference for relative caregivers.
HB 4482, to repeal the code section that makes it unlawful “for any body of individuals other than the regularly organized National Guard or the troops of the United States, to associate themselves together as a military company or organization in this state.”
HB 4485, same as SB 586, a governor’s bill to reorganize the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety and rename it the Department of Homeland Security.
HB 4494, to create a Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Task Force and cessation initiative.
HB 4508, to make it illegal to discriminate based on hair texture or hairstyle. Delegate Danielle Walker, D-Monongalia, lead sponsor; Delegates Rodney Pyles, John Williams, Evan Hansen, all D-Monongalia, co-sponsors.
HR 7, to ask the president of the United States to designate a single state funeral to be held upon the death of the last living Medal of Honor recipient from World War II.
