Make the Consumer Advocate division separate and independent from the PSC [HB-4618]
The purpose of this bill is to establish the consumer advocate division as a separate, independent agency. The bill provides for legislative findings, provides the purpose of the consumer advocate division, and distinguishes the consumer advocate division as an independent agency that is separate from the Public Service Commission.
HB-4618: Make the Consumer Advocate division separate and independent from the PSC
Sponsored by: Rep. Shawn Fluharty
Filed For Introduction on 01/11/2024
Prohibiting the home schooling of children in certain circumstances [HB-4491]
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit home schooling of any child in homes where there is suspected or known child abuse or neglect, or domestic violence by a parent or person instructing the child. This shall be known as "Raylee's Law."
HB-4491: Prohibiting the home schooling of children in certain circumstances
Sponsored by: Rep. Shawn Fluharty
Filed For Introduction on 01/10/2024
Relating to legalizing cannabis production, sales and adult consumption [HB-4873]
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-4873: Relating to legalizing cannabis production, sales and adult consumption
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Pushkin
Filed For Introduction on 01/17/2024
To allow for the construction of safe entry ways to all public schools in West Virginia. [HB-4338]
The purpose of this bill is to create a mechanism for evaluation and implementation of school ingress and egress assessments by the School Building Authority, in consultation with the Department of Education, the School Safety and Security Administrator and the Department of Homeland Security, by conducting an assessment of all existing school facilities and developing and distributing designs for upgrades to these existing facilities; and to establish a funding mechanism established for school safety programs provided for in this article to fund
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HB-4338: To allow for the construction of safe entry ways to all public schools in West Virginia.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Pushkin
Filed For Introduction on 01/10/2024