Actions, Suits And Liens
West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Limiting civil liability for academic medical centers and teaching hospitals affiliated with medical and dental schools [SB-917]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
The purpose of this bill is to create a limitation of civil liability for academic medical centers and teaching hospitals; state findings and declaration of purpose; provide definitions; prescribe insurance requirements and limitations on liability; explain applicability of article; and clarify construction.
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Relating to liability for injury or damage resulting from intoxication [SB-884]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
The purpose of this bill is to provide that a person who furnishes alcohol to a person not of lawful drinking age or addicted to alcohol may be liable for injury or damage in a civil action. The bill also provides for criminal prosecution for contributing to the delinquency of a child; and limits the scope of applicability.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Relating to liability shield products [HB-3477]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
The purpose of this bill is to establish regulatory oversight for medical, pharmaceutical, biological, or technological liability shield products.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Relating to deadly force [HB-3442]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
The purpose of this bill is to provide a complete defense from civil and/or criminal prosecution against persons lawfully using force in defensive actions.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Creating private cause of action for deprivation of right granted by state constitution or by state law [SB-757]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Human Rights ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
The purpose of this bill is to create a private cause of action for the deprivation of rights granted by the state constitution or by state law.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Allow child witness testify remotely in situations deemed traumatic by judge [HB-3338]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
The purpose of this bill is to allow testimony of child witnesses by closed-circuit television in matters that allege physical, sexual, mental, emotional, or psychological abuse to the child.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
To require a lien for demolition of dilapidated/abandoned property to be reported to a credit report [HB-3237]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
The purpose of this bill is to require governing bodies who are required to file a lien against a property owner for demolition of dilapidated or abandoned property to report the owner to a credit report.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Establishing of the West Virginia Public Participation Act [HB-3253]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Rights ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
The purpose of this bill is to establish the West Virginia Public Participation Act. The bill provides additional protections to individuals and entities engaged in the exercise of the protected constitutional rights of free speech, freedom to petition, and freedom of association by allowing for the filing of a motion to dismiss in response to strategic lawsuits against public participation. The bill establishes procedures for reviewing strategic lawsuits against public participation and sets forth the applicability and limitations of the defense.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Providing that causes of action under Chapter 46A of the Code of West Virginia survive the death of the party [HB-3162]
[Consumer Protection ]
The purpose of this bill is to provide that causes of action under Chapter 46A of the Code of West Virginia shall survive the death of the party.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Private or government, to pay an additional fee during eminent domain proceedings [HB-3141]
[Property Tax ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Finance ]
The purpose of this bill is to provide a fee to be paid to counties when property is taken under eminent domain and to establish how those funds can be spent.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Defining third-party challenges to development permits [SB-673]
[Real Estate ]
[Construction ]
[Community Development ]
The purpose of this bill is to define third-party challenges to development permits.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
To create the felony offense for protestors blocking passage on streets and highways. [HB-3135]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
The purpose of this bill is to establish the criminal offense of obstructing a highway or other passageway; defining "obstruct"; and establishing penalties for violation of section.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Relating to financial exploitation of a person in recovery [HB-3095]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the financial exploitation of a person in recovery.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Statute of Limitations on Contracts [HB-3033]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
The purpose of this bill is to shorten the statute of limitations for breach of written contract actions from 10 years to five and, for oral contracts, from five years to three. In doing so, it is the intention of the Legislature to bring West Virginia's statutes of limitation in line with the laws of other states.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Regarding venue for legal actions against the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission [HB-2973]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Education ]
The purpose of this bill is to clarify where legal actions involving the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission shall be filed.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Prohibiting the termination of employment of an employee who defends themselves from an attack inside workplace [HB-2799]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
The purpose of this bill is to protect workers who defend themselves or others from an attack from another from termination of employment.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Clarifying when DNA records may be used [HB-2612]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
The purpose of this bill is to allow a DNA sample previously collected following a qualifying conviction as set forth in §15-2B-6 of this code to be used to resolve paternity in a pending abuse and neglect case pursuant to a Circuit Court Order.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
To repeal a provision of the code relating to the limitation on bringing an action to enter upon or recover lands [HB-2435]
[Real Estate ]
The purpose of this bill is to repeal a provision of the code relating to the limitation on bringing an action to enter upon or recover lands.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Relating to entry upon or recovery of lands. [HB-2442]
[Real Estate ]
The purpose of this bill is to repeal a provision of the code relating to the limitation on bringing an action to enter upon or recover lands.
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Reducing statute of limitations on actions to recover on oral and written contracts [SB-124]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Finance ]
[Law Enforcement ]
The purpose of this bill is to reduce the statute of limitations on actions to recover on both oral and written contracts, on bonds of fiduciaries and personal representatives, and on recognizances.