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Del. Pat McGeehan, R-Hancock, makes a final plea for House members to support his discharge motion for the Defend the Guard Act.
CHARLESTON Once again, an attempt to move a bill prohibiting use of West Virginia’s civilian soldiers and airmen in combat except when Congress gives approval failed in the House of Delegates on Thursday.
Del. Pat McGeehan, R-Hancock, made a motion Thursday morning to discharge House Bill 2138, the Defend the Guard Act, from the House Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security Committee where the bill has sat since Feb. 10. The motion would have sent the bill directly to the House Judiciary Committee. The motion failed 26-71 with bipartisan opposition.
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CHARLESTON Once again, an attempt to move a bill prohibiting use of West Virginia’s civilian soldiers and airmen in combat, except when Congress gives approval, failed in the House of Delegates.
Del. Pat McGeehan, R-Hancock, made a motion Friday morning to discharge House Bill 2138, the Defend the Guard Act, from the House Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security Committee where the bill has sat since Feb. 10. The motion would have sent the bill directly to the House Judiciary Committee. The motion failed 26-71 with bipartisan opposition.
A discharge motion, if approved by a majority of the House, moves a bill from the committee it is in to the House floor where it can be passed after three separate days of readings.
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A bill speeding through the Legislature would further weaken landmark chemical tank safety rules â passed after the 2014 spill at Freedom Industries near Charleston that contaminated drinking water for 300,000 people (pictured) â by excluding the natural gas industry from the regulation. Another measure moving through the legislative process would update pollution standards to allow industries to release higher amounts of some types of chemicals.
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By Erin Beck
Mountain State Spotlight Mar 11, 2021
Mar 11, 2021
A bill speeding through the Legislature would further weaken landmark chemical tank safety rules â passed after the 2014 spill at Freedom Industries near Charleston that contaminated drinking water for 300,000 people (pictured) â by excluding the natural gas industry from the regulation. Another measure moving through the legislative process would update pollution standards to allow industries to release hi
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia House of Delegates is set to vote Wednesday on a bill that provides protection for health care and business entities from certain COVID-19 lawsuits.