MORGANTOWN – Here is a sampling of bills introduced Thursday, Jan. 25. Local sponsors and cosponsors are noted.
- SB 545, to establish the E-cigarette and E-cigarette Liquid Directory.
- SB 549, to permit investigators in the State Tax Division to carry concealed weapons. Sen. Randy Smith, R-Tucker, co-sponsor.
- SB 558, to require publicly funded medical schools to teach the most current evidence-based, life-saving methods including abortion pill reverse.
- SB 559, to eliminate the requirement that 14- or 15-year-old obtain a work permit; establishing that employer seeking to hire a child 14 or older receive an age certificate from the commission prior to employing the child; providing commissioner the authority to issue age certificates for children ages 14 and over.
- HB 5068, s to provide that operating any vehicle at speeds in excess of 25 mph over the posted speed limit is reckless driving.
- HB 5072, the Act to Prohibit the Purchase of Small Unmanned Aircrafts Manufactured or Assembled by a Covered Foreign Entity.
- HB 5084, to require that a valid driver’s license, state identification card, or military identification card be presented to verify the minimum age of 18 for the purchase or acceptance of tobacco related products. Delegates Amy Summers, R-Taylor, Phil Mallow, R-Marion, co-sponsors.
- SB 5184, to require inmates to be housed based on their biological sex.
- SB 5186, to protect gasoline-powered, state vehicles from government bans.
