The Senate passed several key bills on Wednesday, including the budget bill, but the fate of several House bills, including Gov. Joe Manchin’s call for a constitutional amendment, is still unknown.
House lawmakers debate bill that would change how people who are caught driving drunk are punished.
Though the school calendar cleared both the Senate and the House earlier this session, it turns out the debate isn’t over yet.
The second Senate bill to prompt a public hearing in the House in the last three days is SB230. It would allow optometrists to do limited laser surgery.
On Monday in the Senate, the Committee on Natural Resources considered a bill that would strengthen reporting requirements for Marcellus shale drilling.
The House health and human resources committee chairman, Delegate Don Perdue (D-Wayne) hopes the state Senate will consider his bill to fund substance abuse treatment programs.
It’s a necessary fact that a lot of bills never make it through the legislative process. This year, more than 2000 bills were introduced and so far only 320 have passed either the Senate or the House.
It’s clear the Secretary of the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection is angry at the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
House passed a bill Wednesday that allows public financing of election campaigns.
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