Relating to the West Virginia State Police [HB-2507]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
The purpose of this bill is to require permanent State Police detachments in counties served by an average of fewer than one and one-half full time law-enforcement officers for each one thousand county residents, based upon the most recent census.
HB-2507: Relating to the West Virginia State Police
Sponsored by: Rep. Roy Cooper
Filed For Introduction on 02/16/2017
Relating to exemptions from certificate of need [HB-2496]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Public Health ]
The purpose of this bill is to exempt for profit organizations designated by a county to develop and operate a nursing home bed facility with no more than thirty-six beds in any county in West Virginia that currently is without a skilled nursing facility from obtaining a certificate of need.
HB-2496: Relating to exemptions from certificate of need
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrian Criss
Filed For Introduction on 02/16/2017
You have voted HB-2493: Granting a veteran with a hundred percent service-connected disability a $10,000 exemption from the assessed value for one vehicle.
Relating to disability pensions of municipal employees [HB-2537]
[Pensions ]
[Disabilities ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Senior Citizens ]
The purpose of this bill is to increase amount of income that may be earned by a person receiving a municipal disability pension before an offset of benefits is required. The bill also provides an automatic increase to that limit when the minimum wage increases.
HB-2537: Relating to disability pensions of municipal employees
Sponsored by: Rep. Martin Atkinson
Filed For Introduction on 02/17/2017
West Virginia Second Chance for Employment Act [HB-2536]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia Second Chance for Employment Act. The bill defines terms. The bill expands eligibility for criminal expungement to persons convicted of certain nonviolent felonies. The bill defines “nonviolent felony.” The bill provides exclusions to eligibility. The bill establishes timing for filing a petition for expungement. The bill creates petition requirements and court procedure for evaluating preliminary and final orders of expungement for nonviolent felonies. The bill provides for preliminary orders
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HB-2536: West Virginia Second Chance for Employment Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Mick Bates
Filed For Introduction on 02/17/2017
Relating generally to certification and qualifications of sanitarians [HB-2624]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Health ]
The purpose of this bill is to terminate the State Board of Sanitarians and to provide that qualifications for public sanitarians be established through the classified service program for public employees.
HB-2624: Relating generally to certification and qualifications of sanitarians
Sponsored by: Sen. Karen Arvon
Filed For Introduction on 02/21/2017