Establishing the Legislative Oversight Commission on Energy Workers Safety [HB-2131]
The purpose of this bill is to establish a Legislative Oversight Commission on Energy Workers’ Safety to: (1) Direct certain state agencies and boards to report regularly to the commission; to direct the commission to study worker safety in the mining and gas extraction industries; (2) Provide a mechanism for the Legislature to be kept informed and to study and identify issues and solutions for workers’ safety; and (3) Require the commission to study and report on whether a need exists for expansion of safety regulations within the gas extraction
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HB-2131: Establishing the Legislative Oversight Commission on Energy Workers Safety
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Caputo
Filed For Introduction on 01/08/2020
Relating to legalizing cannabis production, sales and adult consumption [HB-2331]
The purpose of this bill is to legalize the personal use and possession of cannabis by adults; providing for a county option election to allow for the production and sales in that county; providing for regulation by the Bureau of Health; authorizing an excise and local sales tax on cannabis; prohibiting underage use; and preserving current laws relating to allowing employers and property owners to prohibit use or possession.
HB-2331: Relating to legalizing cannabis production, sales and adult consumption
Sponsored by: Rep. Mick Bates
Motion To Discharge Committee Tabled (roll No. 30) on 01/23/2020
Family Protection Act [HB-2335]
The purpose of this bill is to create the Family Protection Act. The bill makes it illegal to discriminate against an individual regarding his or her family responsibilities. The bill defines terms. The bill sets forth remedies and enforcement powers.
HB-2335: Family Protection Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Fleischauer
Filed For Introduction on 01/08/2020
HB-2134: Requiring retail establishments offering gasoline or other motor fuel to provide refueling assistance and refueling access to persons with a disability
Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Caputo
Filed For Introduction on 01/08/2020
You have voted HB-2134: Requiring retail establishments offering gasoline or other motor fuel to provide refueling assistance and refueling access to persons with a disability.
Expiring the PROMISE Scholarship Program, and establishing the Promise for All Scholarship Program [HB-2065]
The purpose of this bill is to create a new scholarship available to all West Virginians upon graduation from high school that remain in West Virginia to pursue an associate or bachelor’s degree of $10,000 per year. The only academic requirement is that the person have a 2.0 GPA, and graduate in no more than four years for an undergraduate degree or two and a half years for an associate degree; if the recipient, after graduation, stays and has full-time employment in West Virginia, repayment is forgiven on a year-to-year basis; if the person does
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HB-2065: Expiring the PROMISE Scholarship Program, and establishing the Promise for All Scholarship Program
Sponsored by: Rep. Tim Miley
Filed For Introduction on 01/08/2020