Sen. Michael Caputo

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District SD-013
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 146

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2020 Regular Session

Increasing compensation for conservation officers [HB-2442]
The purpose of this bill is to provide an increase in compensation for conservation officers.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Caputo Filed For Introduction on 01/08/2020

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2020 Regular Session

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 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Caputo Filed For Introduction on 01/08/2020

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2020 Regular Session

Establishing seniority rights for public employees [HB-2130]
The purpose of this bill is to establish seniority preference for all civil service workers bidding on jobs, seeking to transfer, or affected by reduction in force.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Caputo Filed For Introduction on 01/08/2020

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2020 Regular Session

Establishing an alternative methodology for pretrial release of persons charged with crimes [HB-2066]
The purpose of this bill is to remove posting bail as the primary way of establishing conditions of release for pretrial defendants.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Rodney Miller Filed For Introduction on 01/08/2020

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2020 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mick Bates Motion To Discharge Committee Tabled (roll No. 30) on 01/23/2020

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2020 Regular Session

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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Fleischauer Filed For Introduction on 01/08/2020

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2020 Regular Session

Requiring retail establishments offering gasoline or other motor fuel to provide refueling assistance and refueling access to persons with a disability [HB-2134]
The purpose of this bill is to require retail establishments offering gasoline or other motor fuel to provide refueling assistance and refueling access to persons with a disability, to establish requirements and exceptions, to provide the Secretary of the Department of Transportation with enforcement and rule-making authority and to establish penalties for noncompliance.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Caputo Filed For Introduction on 01/08/2020

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2020 Regular Session

Giving the Insurance Commissioner the power to regulate and penalize self-insured employers [HB-2125]
The purpose of this bill is to grant the Insurance Commissioner the power to regulate and penalize self-insured employers. The bill also permits noncompliant employers to be compliant without penalty within 90 days after receiving notice of noncompliance. The bill also allows monetary penalties.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Caputo Filed For Introduction on 01/08/2020

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2020 Regular Session

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 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Tim Miley Filed For Introduction on 01/08/2020

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2020 Regular Session

Increasing benefits of retired state personnel and retired teachers [HB-2104]
The purpose of this bill is to give retired state personnel and retired teachers a five percent a year increase in retirement benefits over the next three consecutive years.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Caputo Filed For Introduction on 01/08/2020

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