CHARLESTON – The state Senate made quick work on Wednesday of the bill changing how cities may annex territory via minor boundary adjustment. SB 209 passed 32-0 […]
West Virginia Legislature
Sampling of bills introduced Tuesday
Here is a sampling of bills introduced Tuesday. Local lead sponsors and co-sponsors, if any, are noted. HB 4562, a new, bipartisan version of Delegate Evan Hansen’s […]
Bill to terminate inactive mineral leases pauses for haggling; tax credit bill for petrochemical industry scaled down to avoid budget hole
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 […]
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 […]
