Public Ethics Law - Conflicts of Interest - Political Consulting [HB-1330]
Designating a contractual or temporary employee of a State's Attorney paid at a rate equivalent to at least State grade level 16 as a public official for a certain purpose; prohibiting an official or employee from being employed by or having a financial interest in an entity that provides political consulting services to State or local officials or candidates; and providing the requirement to file a financial disclosure statement excludes a contractual or temporary employee.
HB-1330: Public Ethics Law - Conflicts of Interest - Political Consulting
Sponsored by: Rep. Herbert McMillan
Third Reading Passed (137-0) on 04/09/2018
Public Health - Subcutaneous Implanting of Identification Device - Prohibition [HB-1101]
Prohibiting a person or an agent, a representative, or a designee of the State or a local government from requiring, coercing, or compelling an individual to undergo a certain implanting of a certain identification device; authorizing an individual who is implanted with a subcutaneous identification device in violation of a certain provision of the Act to file a civil action in a certain court within 3 years after the date on which the identification device was implanted; providing for the prospective application of the Act; etc.
HB-1101: Public Health - Subcutaneous Implanting of Identification Device - Prohibition
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Third Reading Passed (137-2) on 04/09/2018
Metro Oversight Enhancement Act [HB-1089]
Establishing certain requirements for the appointment and removal of the inspector general of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority by the Board of Directors of the Authority; specifying certain powers and requirements of the inspector general; requiring the Office of the Inspector General to be funded with a grant of at least 0.05% of the annual operating budget of the Authority; requiring that the Office of the Inspector General be operationally and functionally independent of the Authority; etc.
HB-1089: Metro Oversight Enhancement Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Tawanna Gaines
Favorable With Amendments Report By Finance on 04/09/2018
Education - Child Sexual Abuse Prevention - Instruction and Training [HB-1072]
Requiring a county board of education or a nonpublic school that receives State funds to require each employee to receive annual training on the prevention, identification, and reporting of child sexual abuse; authorizing the instruction and training to include information to help employees recognize and respond to incidents of sexual misconduct; requiring the Interagency Committee on School Construction and the State Council on Child Abuse to develop best practices to reduce opportunities for child sexual abuse; etc.
HB-1072: Education - Child Sexual Abuse Prevention - Instruction and Training
Sponsored by: Rep. Carolyn Howard
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 31 on 04/10/2018
Education - Salaries of Noncertificated Public School Employees - Minimum Living Salaries [HB-1061]
Requiring that certain public school employees in certain areas be paid at least certain minimum living salaries; specifying the minimum living salaries that are in effect for certain time periods; increasing the minimum living salaries in effect for certain time periods based on a certain Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers; requiring that a certain minimum living salary remain the same as the salary that was in effect for a certain time period under certain circumstances; etc.
HB-1061: Education - Salaries of Noncertificated Public School Employees - Minimum Living Salaries
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 3/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/01/2018
Education - County Boards of Education - Removal of County Superintendents [HB-103]
Authorizing certain county boards of education to remove a county superintendent of schools for immorality, misconduct in office, insubordination, incompetency, or willful neglect of duty; requiring a county superintendent who has been removed to be compensated subject to the terms of a certain contract or, if no such terms exist, for the remainder of the county superintendent's term; etc.
HB-103: Education - County Boards of Education - Removal of County Superintendents
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Turner
Hearing 2/15 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/15/2018
HB-2748: Increasing the amount of retirement income to be excluded from the gross income of individuals receiving retirement benefits under the West Virginia Public Employees Retirement System
Sponsored by: Rep. Ralph Rodighiero
Filed For Introduction on 01/30/2019
You have voted HB-2748: Increasing the amount of retirement income to be excluded from the gross income of individuals receiving retirement benefits under the West Virginia Public Employees Retirement System.
HB-2635: Granting all public employees, all teachers, all service employees, all public employee retirees, all teacher retirees and all service employee retirees a $1,000 per year permanent pay increase
Sponsored by: Rep. Ralph Rodighiero
Filed For Introduction on 01/24/2019
You have voted HB-2635: Granting all public employees, all teachers, all service employees, all public employee retirees, all teacher retirees and all service employee retirees a $1,000 per year permanent pay increase.
You have voted HB-2577: Authorizing insurance to married workers without children at reduced rates under the West Virginia Public Employees Insurance Act.
Public Information Act - Personnel and Investigatory Records - Formal Complaints Against Public Employees [SB-979]
Establishing that records related to a formal complaint of job-related misconduct made against a public employee do not constitute personnel records under the Public Information Act; and authorizing a custodian to deny inspection of records of an investigation, a hearing, or a decision by a governmental unit connected with a complaint of job-related misconduct made against a public employee.
SB-979: Public Information Act - Personnel and Investigatory Records - Formal Complaints Against Public Employees
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Lee
Unfavorable Report By Education, Health, And Environmental Affairs; Withdrawn on 03/14/2019
Accountability in Education Act of 2019 [SB-92]
Establishing the Education Monitoring Unit in the State to investigate, analyze, and report on a range of specific matters relating to public schools and public school facilities; providing that the Unit is an independent unit in the State; establishing the Inspector General Selection and Review Commission in the Unit; requiring the Unit to establish an anonymous electronic tip program; requiring the Unit to submit an annual report by December 15 to the State Board, the Governor, and the General Assembly; etc.
SB-92: Accountability in Education Act of 2019
Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Carozza
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/25/2019