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After some delays, delegates on an oversight committee were able to visit a long-term care facility where a disabled resident died earlier this year after being placed in a whirlpool
The legislature could not agree on an appropriations bill on day two of the special session.
The West Virginia House of Delegates approved, on Feb. 28, 2024, a bill that would further restrict transgender-related health care in West Virginia. House Bill 5297 would prohibit health care professionals from providing pubertal modulation and hormonal therapy to assist in a gender transition for a minor. The bill passed by an 88-11 vote, with one member absent or not voting. It now goes to the West Virginia Senate for consideration.
Feb. 28, 2024 -- 86th West Virginia Legislature's 50th day -- is crossover day, the last day to consider bills on third reading in their house of origin. Feb. 25, 2024 was the last day for bills to be considered in committees. Lawmakers will continue work until the session’s end, when the clock strikes midnight on March 9, 2024. The 86th Legislative session has seen more than 2,500 pieces of potential legislation introduced, with a small handful having already completed the legislative process. Of the 31 bills that have passed both the West Virginia House of Delegates and Senate so far, ...
Feb. 28, 2024 -- 86th West Virginia Legislature's 50th day -- is crossover day, the last day to consider bills on third reading in their house of origin. Feb. 25, 2024 was the last day for bills to be considered in committees. Lawmakers will continue work until the session’s end, when the clock strikes midnight on March 9, 2024. The 86th Legislative session has seen more than 2,500 pieces of potential legislation introduced, with a small handful having already completed the legislative process. Of the 31 bills that have passed both the West Virginia House of Delegates and Senate so far, ...