MORGANTOWN — The House and Senate energy committees took up complex natural gas-related bills on Tuesday. Senate Energy handled a bill pitting mineral owners against producers and […]
West Virginia Legislature
House passes cursive handwriting bill, tweaks bill tweaking school calendars
MORGANTOWN — The House of Delegates sent to the Senate a bill to require schools teach cursive handwriting to fifth graders and tweaked a bill to give […]
Senate Transportation Committee pauses work on problematic roads maintenance bill to hold stakeholder meeting
MORGANTOWN — The Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee put the brakes – temporarily – on a multipart bill meant to boost secondary roads maintenance. Testimony from the […]
Some bills introduced Jan. 27
Here is a sampling of bills introduced Jan. 27. Local lead sponsors and co-sponsors, if any, are noted. SB 624, to create the West Virginia Black Lung […]
Senate passes 3 bills for veterans; marks liberation of Auschwitz 75th anniversary
MORGANTOWN — the state Senate passed three bills on Monday aimed at helping veterans and active military members, and approved a resolution marking the 75th anniversary of […]
Senate Judiciary OKs intermediate appeals court bill; Finance gets it next
MORGANTOWN — the Senate Judiciary Committee spent just shy of three hours on the intermediate court of appeals bill on Monday, approved an amended version in a […]
Bill to set up state website for legal ads stirs division, confusion in House Judiciary; goes to subpanel
MORGANTOWN — A bill to mandate a state website for legal advertisements in order to bypass print ads caused some confusion and consternation in the House Judiciary […]
Senate Judiciary takes up this year’s intermediate appeals court bill
MORGANTOWN — Opponents of a West Virginia Intermediate Court of Appeals might view it like one of those movie monsters that never dies but keeps coming back […]
Senate kills SSAC audit bill; House passes Fire Commission rule with weakened electric code measure
The state Senate on Thursday killed a bill to require performance audits of the Secondary Schools Athletic Commission, but unanimously approved one to require the state school […]
House Education OKs bills on school calendars, Business PROMISE+, cursive writing
MORGANTOWN — The House Education Committee approved bills on Wednesday to change school calendars, offer a new Business+ PROMISE Scholarship and provide an additional year of cursive […]