Sen. Michael Caputo

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District SD-013
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 146

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Prohibiting drilling units from being established without consent of all owners [HB-2158]
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit drilling units from being established without consent of all owners. The bill prohibits coal bed methane units from being established without consents from all owners. The bill prohibits deep oil or gas well units from being established without consents from all owners.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Shawn Fluharty Filed For Introduction on 02/08/2017

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Establishing a minimum number of troopers to provide basic law enforcement services, and providing members of the West Virginia State Police a $580 salary increase at the end of two years of service [HB-2149]
The purpose of this bill is to establish a minimum number of troopers to provide basic law- enforcement services. The bill further provides that the salary increase at the end of two years of service for members of the West Virginia State Police will increase from $500 to $580.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Caputo Filed For Introduction on 02/08/2017

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Requiring retail establishments offering gasoline or other motor fuel to provide refueling assistance and refueling access to persons with a disability [HB-2197]
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 02/08/2017

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2017 Regular Session

The Healthy and Safe Workplace Act [HB-2159]
The purpose of this bill is to create a new cause of action to deter workplace bullying. This bill makes it an unlawful employment practice to subject an employee to an abusive work environment that exists when the defendant, acting with malice, subjects an employee to abusive conduct so severe that it causes tangible harm to the employee. Further, this bill makes it an unlawful employment practice to retaliate in any manner against an employee who has made a charge, testified, assisted or participated in any manner against an employee who has made (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Fleischauer Filed For Introduction on 02/08/2017

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2017 Regular Session

The Simple Majority Levy Approval Amendment [HJR-8]
The purpose of this resolution is to amend the state Constitution to allow simple majority approval for county, city and municipal tax levies.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Caputo Filed For Introduction on 02/08/2017

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Requiring the Superintendent of the State Police to implement a plan to increase the number of troopers [HB-2316]
The purpose of this bill is to require the Superintendent of the State Police to develop a plan to increase the number of troopers to a minimum of eight hundred by July 1, 2018.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Caputo Filed For Introduction on 02/09/2017

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Requiring that State Police officers be compensated for time when they are required to be on standby and providing a stipend for housing cost for certain officers [HB-2407]
The purpose of this bill is to require that State Police officers be compensated for time when they are required to be on standby so that they may be called back to work if necessary and to provide a stipend for housing cost for officers that reside in and are assigned to the highest five counties according to median monthly housing cost.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Caputo Filed For Introduction on 02/13/2017

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Relating to the use of drone surveillance of private citizens [HB-2384]
The purpose of this bill is to create restrictions on the use of drones or unmanned aircraft systems on another person’s property in order to view or capture pictures, video, or surveillance for the use of the person operating the drone and establish penalties for violating those restrictions.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Caputo Filed For Introduction on 02/13/2017

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Providing an increase in compensation for natural resources police officers [HB-2406]
Providing an increase in compensation for natural resources police officers

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Caputo Filed For Introduction on 02/13/2017

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State (West Virginia)
West Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Reallocating and dedicating up to $30 million to the natural gas and oil severance tax revenues annually to the natural gas and oil-producing counties of origin [HB-2385]
The purpose of this bill is to reallocate and dedicate the natural gas and oil severance tax revenues, up to $30 million annually, to the natural gas and oil producing counties of origin. The bill provides for distribution of the moneys to the districts of the Division of Highways by the State Treasurer. The bill establishes amounts each natural gas and oil-producing county in a district is to receive. The bill requires moneys be used solely for the secondary roads. The bill provides duties of State Tax Commissioner. The bill requires reports of (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Caputo Filed For Introduction on 02/13/2017

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