Child Welfare
West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Relating to compulsory school attendance [HB-2764]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Relating to compulsory school attendance
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Relating to requiring notification to foster parents [HB-2588]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
Relating to requiring notification to foster parents
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Reducing the daily administrative time required of school counselors and increasing the time actually spent in counseling at-risk students [HB-2563]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
The purpose of this bill is to reduce the daily administrative time required of school counselors and increasing the time actually spent in counseling at-risk students and other pupils.
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Adding criminal offense of receiving materials depicting minors in sexually explicit conduct [HB-2550]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
The purpose of this bill is add criminal offense of receiving materials depicting minors in sexually explicit conduct and to enhance the felony criminal penalty.
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Eliminating good time for persons convicted of sex crimes involving minor children [HB-2499]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
The purpose of this bill is to eliminate good time for persons convicted of sex crimes involving minor children.
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Requiring health care providers to release unemancipated minor's medical records for drug testing to a parent or legal guardian without written consent from minor [HB-2485]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
The purpose of this bill is to require health care providers to release unemancipated minors medical records for drug testing to a parent or legal guardian without written consent from minor.
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Including additional information on the sex offender registry [HB-2480]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
The purpose of this bill is to require the inclusion of additional information on the sex offender registry.
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Creating a new offense for child neglect [HB-2460]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
The purpose of this bill is to create a new offense for child neglect by a parent, guardian or custodian which creates a substantial risk of bodily injury, to provide penalties upon conviction and make stylistic changes.
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Increasing the school dropout age [HB-2456]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
The purpose of this bill is to increase the school dropout age for all students from sixteen to seventeen, and to require each county system to provide a program by which a student who has fallen behind in credits necessary to graduate after the expected period of attendance may earn those credits in order to graduate on time.
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Expanding the Amber Alert Plan; "SKYLAR'S LAW" [HB-2453]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
The purpose of this bill is to expand coverage under the Amber Alert Plan which currently applies only to children believed to have been abducted. The bill would include children reported to law-enforcement authorities as missing, regardless of circumstance.
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Relating to extended family visitation [HB-2452]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
The purpose of this bill is to allow extended family members of a child to petition a court for extended visitation rights with the child under certain circumstances. This article is new; therefore, it has been completely underscored.
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Creating the crime of soliciting a minor [HB-2446]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Law Enforcement ]
The purpose of this bill is to create the crime of soliciting a minor; provide penalties; and require that the offender register on the sex offender registry.
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Relating to child welfare [HB-2409]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
The purpose of this bill is to permit a family court judge to order a child who is in imminent danger to be taken into emergency custody of the Department of Health and Human Resources. The bill sets forth the procedure to be used. The bill sets forth where that child may be housed. The bill sets forth time limitations and other requirements. The bill also requires notifications. This section is new; therefore, it has been completely underscored.
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Relating to disclosure of sex offender registration to private elementary and secondary schools, and to higher education institutions [HB-2400]
[Crime ]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
The purpose of this bill is to provide sex offender registration information to elementary schools, secondary schools, higher education institutions that lack a campus police department where the registrant is employed or attends school.
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Increasing the number of child protective service workers [HB-2349]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
The purpose of this bill is to increase the number of child protective service workers and to reduce the caseloads of child protective service workers.
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Requiring a convicted sex offender who volunteers for an organization whose volunteers have contact with minors to inform that organization of his or her conviction [HB-2338]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
The purpose of this bill is to require a convicted sex offender who volunteers for an organization whose volunteers have contact with minors to inform that organization of his or her conviction. The bill provides examples of those organizations. The bill requires an organization that accepts the sex offender to be a volunteer to notify the parents or guardians of those minors of his or her conviction. The bill also sets forth penalties. This section is new; therefore, it has been completely underscored.
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Increasing the minimum prison sentence for a parent or guardian or custodian who abuses a child [HB-2324]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Increasing the minimum prison sentence for a parent or guardian or custodian who abuses a child
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Authorizing a family court judge to order a child to be taken into custody in emergency situations [HB-2314]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Authorizing a family court judge to order a child to be taken into custody in emergency situations
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
BPA-Free Kids Act [HB-2305]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
BPA-Free Kids Act
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West Virginia 2013 Regular Session
Regulating the use of the internet by children [HB-2300]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Regulating the use of the internet by children