MORGANTOWN – The Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday advanced bills to enhance criminal penalties for “swatting,” and to prohibit sore-loser party switching after a primary election. HB […]
West Virginia Legislature
House passes education, parenting, lab meat and elections bills on Crossover Day
MORGANTOWN — Parenting, education, lab-grown meat and elections were among the bills the House of Delegates passed and sent to the Senate on Wednesday — Crossover Day, […]
Bloom: HB 5105 a threat to West Virginia public schools
MORGANTOWN — Monongalia County Commissioner Tom Bloom said he’s normally not one to take a public stance on the various bills being debated in Charleston. Wednesday was […]
Senate, House move bills on sports, smoking and deep-fake porn
MORGANTOWN – The state Senate and House of Delegates plowed through long lists of bills on Tuesday, in preparation for Crossover Day on Wednesday. School sports, smoking […]
House spends 90 minutes debating amending Raylee’s Law – concerning child abuse — into homeschooling bill
MORGANTOWN – An amendment to a bill making some tweaks to state homeschooling law plunged the House of Delegates into a 90-minute debate about child abuse prevention, […]
Senate Finance chair confirms death of CROWN Act, prohibiting racial discrimination based on hair
MORGANTOWN — A bill to prohibit racial discrimination based on hair textures and hairstyles narrowly passed out Senate Judiciary last Thursday, only to be sent to Senate […]
House Education breezes through two student-hunger bills and a PROMISE bill
MORGANTOWN – The House Education Committee crammed a wham-bam 9-minute meeting between floor sessions on Monday – approving two Senate student-hunger bills and a Senate PROMISE Scholarship […]
House of Delegates passes human smuggling bill; Senate moves school truancy and gestational surrogacy bills
MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates passed a human smuggling bill on Monday, but opponents objected that it places trafficking and smuggling on the same level and […]
Senate Judiciary OKs bill to raise smoking age to 21; also handles church and sexual assault measures
MORGANTOWN – Senate Judiciary cruised through a series of bills on Friday, dealing with churches, sexual assault, and belief-based student organizations, but the one that spurred the […]
Senate again passes bill to allow small counties to impose recreation fee to fund fire, EMS
MORGANTOWN – The Senate is once again trying to give small rural counties a tool to fund their fire and EMS services. SB 167 was among the […]
