Delegates Thursday News Today

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Global partnerships and international politics took center stage in the House of Delegates Thursday, along with a continuing legislative effort to address the mental health crisis among the state’s first responders.

Among the bills on third reading in the House of Delegates Thursday were: cutting the Social Security tax, getting all that broadband fiber optic cable on poles, and making it easier to visit certain gravesites.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — A bill passed the West Virginia House of Delegates Thursday that would begin the process of phasing out income tax collections on Social Security benefits.

The West Virginia House of Delegates, on Feb. 22, 2024, passed a bill that would begin the process of phasing out income tax collections on Social Security benefits. House Bill 4880 was approved by a 96-to-0 vote, with four members absent or not voting. It now goes to the West Virginia Senate for consideration.

At the Capitol, West Virginians spoke out largely against a bill that would make it more difficult for people to legally identify as transgender and non-binary.

Among the bills on third reading in the House of Delegates Thursday, a proposal on allowing schools to hire trained security guards, led to a heated societal debate over the issue of training the guards in the concept of systemic racism.

The House of Delegates passed House Bill 4320, which gives parents easier access to their childs medical records, during a floor session vote Feb. 8, 2024, at the state Capitol.

A bill that would make it easier for patients to receive their medical records passed the House of Delegates Feb. 8, 2024, with a provision that would prohibit parents or guardians from being denied access to their childs records.

A bill that would make it easier for patients to receive their medical records passed the House of Delegates Feb. 8, 2024, with a provision that would prohibit parents or guardians from being denied access to their childs records.