Returning Veterans and Displaced Miners Jobs Act [HB-2625]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Veterans ]
[Mining ]
[Economic Development ]
The purpose of this bill is to assist returning veterans and displaced coal miners to find meaningful employment through quality skills training using the apprenticeship model. The bill creates the “Returning Veterans and Displaced Miners Jobs Act “and provides a short title, legislative findings and declaration. It establishes a Veterans Job Coordinating Team and provides for the composition of the team, together with its powers and duties. The team is required to report a plan to the Legislature by December 1, 2017, outlining suggested plans,
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HB-2625: Returning Veterans and Displaced Miners Jobs Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Brewer
Filed For Introduction on 02/21/2017
Relating to state ownership of wildlife [HB-2693]
[Animals ]
The purpose of this bill is to make the definition of wildlife consistent with the existing definition of wildlife contained in WV Code §20-1-2.
HB-2693: Relating to state ownership of wildlife
Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Baldwin
Do Pass, But First To Judiciary on 03/07/2017
Creating a pilot program for expansion of school-based mental health and school-based diversion [HB-2695]
[Mental Health ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Healthcare ]
[Criminal Justice ]
The purpose of this bill is to create a pilot program to establish school-based mental and behavioral health services for students and families as an alternative to the standard disciplinary measures.
HB-2695: Creating a pilot program for expansion of school-based mental health and school-based diversion
Sponsored by: Rep. Chad Lovejoy
Filed For Introduction on 02/24/2017
Providing an identification card for released inmates who do not have a West Virginia identification card or driver’s license [HB-2727]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
The purpose of this bill is to facilitate a released inmate’s reintegration into society, by requiring the Commissioner of the Division of Motor Vehicles and Commissioner of Corrections, to provide an identification card for inmates who do not have a West Virginia identification card or driver’s license.
HB-2727: Providing an identification card for released inmates who do not have a West Virginia identification card or driver’s license
Sponsored by: Rep. Tim Miley
Filed For Introduction on 02/28/2017