Rep. Ruth Rowan
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Relating to disability pensions of municipal employees [HB-2537]
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.
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Increasing the pet food registration fee and directing that the additional money be deposited into the West Virginia Spay Neuter Assistance Fund [HB-2552]
The purpose of this bill is to increase the pet food registration fee and direct that the additional money to the West Virginia Spay Neuter Assistance Fund.
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Relating to tuition and fees at community and technical colleges [HB-2557]
The purpose of this bill is to set forth guidelines for increases of tuition and fees at community and technical colleges.
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Relating to parental notification of abortions performed on unemancipated minors [HB-2002]
The purpose of this bill is to modify the law requiring parental notification of abortions performed on unemancipated minors.
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Creating a new felony offense for a drug delivery that results in the death of another person [HB-2003]
The purpose of this bill is to create a new felony offense for a drug delivery that results in the death of another person and providing a felony criminal penalty.
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Relating to public school support [HB-2561]
The purpose of this bill is to create additional flexibility for school systems in the use of school aid funds. The bill moves the basis for calculation the foundation allowances for professional educators and service personnel to an authorized positions ratio, rather than the number employed subject to a limiting ratio. Necessary related adjustments for professional instructional personnel are made and issues raised by the Legislative Auditor are addressed. For funding purposes only, the Treasurer and Director of Child Nutrition are made fundable
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Middle School Technical Education Program Act [HB-2574]
The purpose of this bill is to create a special pilot program to introduce middle school students to career and technical education opportunities in the State of West Virginia and to better prepare students for post-secondary education and participation in the workforce.
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Developing a resource for use by parents to monitor and track deaf and hard-of-hearing children’s expressive and receptive language acquisition [HB-2571]
The purpose of this bill is to require the State Department of Education and the Schools for the Deaf and the Blind to jointly select language developmental milestones from existing standardized norms for purposes of developing a resource for use by parents to monitor and track deaf and hard-of-hearing children’s expressive and receptive language acquisition and developmental stages toward English literacy.
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Relating to pension benefits exempt from state income taxation [HB-2641]
The purpose of this bill is to treat natural resources police like all other law- enforcement and exempt them from state income tax.
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Life Begins at Conception Amendment [HJR-19]
The purpose of this resolution is to define the word “person” or “persons” as those terms are used in Article III of the State Constitution, to include every human being from the moment of fertilization, cloning, or the functional equivalent thereof.