MORGANTOWN – Here is a look at some of the bills introduced on Wednesday, Feb. 16. Local sponsors and cosponsors, if any, are noted.
SB 647, to prohibit discrimination, based individual’s mental or physical disability, in access to organ transplantation. Sens. Charles Clements, R-Wetzel, Randy Smith, R-Tucker, Dave Sypolt, R-Preston, co-sponsors.
SB 652, to require hospitals to promptly receive patients transported to them by EMS providers. Clements, Sypolt, Smith, co-sponsors.
SB 653, to make Pierpont Community and Technical College a fully integrated division of Fairmont State University known as the Pierpont College of Community and Technical Education on July 1, 2023. Sen. Mike Caputo, D-Marion, co-sponsor.
SJR 10, to propose an Equal Rights Amendment to the West Virginia Constitution. Caputo, co-sponsor.