Story by David Beard, The Dominion Post
Charleston, W.V. A couple major for the governor; Others were revised and returned to the House for reviews and possible consent – or negotiations.
HB 4667 will prevent syringe service programs from “distributing any smoking equipment, but will prevent hand pipes, bubbers, bongs, dub reigns, hooks, crack pipes, or disposable smoking devices.” It passed House 88–12 on 27 February. The Senate approved it without amendment and is head of the governor.
HB 4845 is a SWATING Bill, which mentions a false emergency report with police, fire or EMS. The name originates from the SWAT teams, which is called in fake emergency.
The current law squeezes a rape. The bill hools the second and subsequent crimes. It hurts as a result of a SWAT call. And it says that the court may order the guilty criminal to reimburse the agency for the cost of the response. This amendment returns home for consent.
HB 5237 is the home version of SB 441. Both refuse to drive in the left lane of a multi-lane highway with various exceptions.
The Senate passed its bill on 9 February, but the House hit it on the third reading on 15 February in 46–48 votes, with six members absent.
It then took its version, which makes the crime secondary rather than primary – meaning that a driver cannot pull for a very slow driving in the left lane; They have to be drawn to something else and slow down driving crime to deal with tickets.
So the Senate essentially amended its bill in the House Bill – restoring the primary crime. It passed 34–0 and returned home for amendment.
HB 5298 restrictions a candidate belonging to one of the four recognized political parties – Republican, Democrat, Libeterian and Parvat – which loses a primary election to be a candidate for one of other recognized parties for the following general election for the following general election. Gives
The existing throat collapse/citrus-graps law prohibits an independent candidate to take an independent candidate as an independent. The house version was a single sentence. The Senate made that sentence tweet and one made the bill effective on January 1, 2025 to make the bill effective, after the current election. It returns home.
HB 5650 says that a suspended school employee cannot stop the employee from participating in public programs on the property of the school while serving the suspension. And the employee who has a dependent child, grandson, foster child, or other family members, cannot be stopped from entering the school to use the normal tasks of parents or parents. This includes exceptions about the presence of an employee that endanger health, safety, or welfare of others; To affect learning environment or activity; Prejudice an investigation or disciplinary proceedings; Violation of court order; Or threatening to damage property.
It also returns to the house.
HB 5690 New House came out of Artificial Intelligence Committee and forms AI Task Force in the Governor’s office. Between its jobs, it will nominate a relevant agency to oversee the AI policy and develop the best practices for public sector use of artificial intelligence. It goes to the governor.