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Sen. Erik Wells (D-Kanawha) |
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.
Wednesday was Crossover Day, when all the bills have to pass their house of origin to be sent to the other body, and the Senate was busy. The members passed a number of bills, including several that would take on prescription drug abuse in the state.
The state’s economic condition is forcing layoffs, putting family’s health care coverage at risk. Aware of that, the House today made it easier for children to obtain medical coverage.
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