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Date | State | Bill No. | Title | Outcome |
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March 9, 2024 | WV | SB 679 | Amends Cannabis Oversight Under the West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Administration | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (71 - 26) |
March 9, 2024 | WV | HB 4399 | Authorizes Criminal Record Expungement for Dismissed Charges | Conference Report Adopted - House (94 - 4) |
March 8, 2024 | WV | HB 4700 | Prohibits Individuals Who Exhibit Harassing or Harmful Behaviors from Certain Sports Wager Activities | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (89 - 5) |
March 8, 2024 | WV | HB 5520 | Reduces the Age of Competency for Juvenile Delinquency Proceedings from 14 to 13 Years | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (96 - 2) |
March 8, 2024 | WV | SB 578 | Amends and Clarifies Property Ownership Terms in the State's Burglary Crime Law | Bill Passed - House (84 - 11) |
March 6, 2024 | WV | SB 477 | Prohibits Sharing Health Care Workers' Personal Information on the Internet | Bill Passed - House (93 - 2) |
March 1, 2024 | WV | HB 4782 | Requires Municipalities Regulate Zoning Ordinances Equally for All Businesses | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (86 - 10) |
Feb. 21, 2024 | WV | HB 4299 | Authorizes Teachers to Conceal Carry | Bill Passed - House (89 - 11) |
Feb. 9, 2024 | WV | HB 4233 | Prohibits Non-Binary from Being Used as Sex Designations on State Birth Certificates | Bill Passed - House (93 - 5) |
Feb. 8, 2024 | WV | HB 4851 | Authorizes Armed School Security | Bill Passed - House (89 - 11) |
March 11, 2023 | WV | HB 3354 | Authorizes Municipalities to Combine Operations with Other Municipalities | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (81 - 54) |
March 11, 2023 | WV | HB 2218 | Increases Penalties for Distracted Driving | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (89 - 8) |
March 10, 2023 | WV | SB 608 | Amends the Definition for What is Considered a "Deadly Weapon" | Bill Passed - House (92 - 3) |
March 10, 2023 | WV | SB 608 | Amends the Definition for What is Considered a "Deadly Weapon" | Bill Passed - House (92 - 3) |
Feb. 27, 2023 | WV | HB 3042 | Establishes the Equal Protection for Religion Act | Bill Passed - House (86 - 12) |
Feb. 3, 2023 | WV | HB 2007 | Prohibits Gender Reassignment Surgery for Minors Under 18 | Bill Passed - House (84 - 10) |
March 12, 2022 | WV | SB 463 | Specifies Procedures for Determining Child Custody | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (82 - 14) |
March 12, 2022 | WV | HB 4848 | Amends Alcohol Laws | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (58 - 37) |
April 9, 2021 | WV | HB 3293 | Requires Transgender Student Athletes Play Against Those of Their Biological Sex | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (80 - 20) |
March 4, 2021 | WV | SB 11 | Prohibits Work Stoppages or Strikes by Public Employees | Bill Passed - House (55 - 44) |
March 7, 2020 | WV | HB 4958 | Prohibits Suspension of Driver's License for Unpaid Fines | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (88 - 10) |
March 7, 2020 | WV | HB 2419 | Authorizes Release of Certain Individuals Without Bail Requirements | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (79 - 21) |
March 7, 2020 | WV | HB 4615 | Increases Penalties for Critical Infrastructure Protesting | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (67 - 33) |
March 7, 2020 | WV | HB 4176 | Establishes the West Virginia Intelligence/Fusion Center Act | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (88 - 11) |
March 7, 2020 | WV | HB 4176 | Establishes the West Virginia Intelligence/Fusion Center Act | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (88 - 11) |
March 3, 2020 | WV | HB 4544 | Prohibits Drug Possession within 200 Feet of a Public Library | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (69 - 22) |
Feb. 11, 2020 | WV | HB 4069 | Prohibits Religious Discrimination in Public Schools | Bill Passed - House (76 - 22) |
Feb. 11, 2020 | WV | HB 4069 | Prohibits Religious Discrimination in Public Schools | Bill Passed - House (76 - 22) |
Feb. 7, 2020 | WV | HB 4585 | Establishes Criminal Immunity for "Good Faith" Child Abuse or Neglect Reporting | Bill Passed - House (69 - 29) |
Jan. 15, 2020 | WV | HB 4007 | Establishes Requirements for Abortions Resulting in Premature Birth | Bill Passed - House (93 - 5) |
March 8, 2019 | WV | HB 2010 | Amends State Foster Care System | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (66 - 31) |
Feb. 27, 2019 | WV | HB 2519 | Authorizes Concealed Carry on College Campuses | Bill Passed - House (59 - 41) |
Feb. 22, 2019 | WV | HB 2934 | Authorizes Online Sports Gambling | Bill Passed - House (72 - 22) |
March 2, 2018 | WV | SB 415 | Authorizes Casino Sports Betting Upon Federal Approval | Bill Passed - House (77 - 22) |
Feb. 5, 2018 | WV | HB 2662 | Prohibits the Waste of Game Animals | Bill Passed - House (56 - 39) |
Jan. 31, 2018 | WV | HB 4006 | Repeals Department of Education and Arts | Bill Passed - House (60 - 36) |
March 4, 2016 | WV | HB 4145 | Authorizes Concealed Carry without Permit | Veto Override Passed - House (64 - 33) |
March 1, 2016 | WV | HB 4625 | Requires Greyhound Racing Funds to be Redirected to State Road Fund | Bill Passed - House (61 - 36) |
Feb. 24, 2016 | WV | HB 4145 | Authorizes Concealed Carry without Permit | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (67 - 31) |
Feb. 11, 2016 | WV | HB 4012 | Prohibits State Action from Burdening the Exercise of Religion | Bill Passed - House (72 - 26) |
Feb. 8, 2016 | WV | HB 4145 | Authorizes Concealed Carry without Permit | Bill Passed - House (68 - 31) |
March 12, 2015 | WV | SB 347 | Repeals the Requirement of a License for Concealed Guns | Bill Passed - House (71 - 29) |
March 8, 2014 | WV | SB 6 | Authorizes Pharmacists to Refuse to Dispense Pseudophedrine without a Prescription | Bill Passed - House (63 - 34) |
March 8, 2014 | WV | SB 6 | Authorizes Pharmacists to Refuse to Dispense Pseudophedrine without a Prescription | Bill Passed - House (63 - 34) |
Feb. 25, 2014 | WV | HB 4588 | Prohibits Abortions After 20 Weeks | Bill Passed - House (79 - 17) |
March 2, 2011 | WV | HB 2946 | Prescriptions for Methamphetamine Chemical Precursors | Bill Passed - House (77 - 23) |
March 2, 2011 | WV | HB 2879 | One-Time Pay Raise for State Employees | Bill Passed - House (78 - 22) |
Feb. 4, 2011 | WV | HB 2562 | Legalizing Mixed Martial Arts | Bill Passed - House (55 - 37) |
March 13, 2010 | WV | HB 4521 | Sales Tax Holiday for Purchases of Guns | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (93 - 4) |
June 2, 2009 | WV | HB 102 | Racetrack Table Games | Bill Passed - House (74 - 23) |
March 27, 2009 | WV | HB 2621 | Prohibiting the Use of Cell Phones While Driving | Bill Passed - House (80 - 18) |
June 26, 2008 | WV | HB 219 | Nonbroadcast Political Advertisements | Bill Passed - House (67 - 21) |
March 5, 2008 | WV | SB 373 | Reclassification of Streams | Bill Passed - House (67 - 32) |
Feb. 25, 2008 | WV | HB 4023 | Linking Driving Privileges with Student Performance | Bill Passed - House (80 - 15) |
Feb. 25, 2008 | WV | HB 4132 | Prohibiting Mandatory Employee Participation in Political Events | Bill Passed - House (64 - 33) |
Feb. 16, 2007 | WV | Com Sub HB 2718 | Racetrack Table Games | Bill Passed - House (53 - 40) |