Capital Eye Vol. 15 No. 8: Week Eight of the WV Legislative Session

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It’s the EIGHTH full week of the 2022 Legislative Session! Stay up-to-date on what’s happening under the dome by watching for our weekly Capital Eye e-blast and following us on Facebook and Twitter. Encourage your friends to stay-up-to-date, too, by signing up for our emails (you can also use this form to update your email interests).

Click on the articles below to see what’s been happening.

Bookmark our events page to keep track of upcoming events! Also, here are some additional actions you can take.

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Your Contributions Important to ‘Life After Session’

This time of year we start joking about what life will be like after the craziness of the legislative session. This being an election year we’ll be transitioning to voter education, engagement, and all manner of support for getting better legislators behind the desks at the State Capitol. Your continued support and volunteering will be essential to getting this critical work done! Please take a minute to renew or become a supporting member of WV CAG! A big THANKS to all of YOU who have already done so!

*** TAKE ACTION ***

Contact your WV Senators and urge them to OPPOSE These Bills: HB 4293 – HB 4311 – HB 4419 – HB 4785. Tell them we need to restore balance to our democracy, attract qualified people who want to go into public service, and make sure every vote is counted and everyone’s voice is heard.
Stop HB 4007 – Tell our WV legislators: No more tax cuts for the 1%, invest in us! HB 4007 would shift a higher percentage of the tax burden onto lower-earning West Virginians with cuts in the personal income tax – our wealthiest West Virginians don’t need it.
CALL TODAY! Tell our WV Senators to Support The Diabetes Bill – HB 4252.
Tell your Legislators to Preserve Our State Parks and Forests!
Ensure WVDEP has Adequate Oil & Gas Inspectors to Protect Our Waters!

UPCOMING EVENTS:

March 9th at 7PM – Harm Reduction Works: Compassion In Action WEBINAR! In our overdose crisis, saving lives is all that matters.

Final Stretch, Beware of Zombie Bills
Last Wednesday was Crossover Day, when all bills not passed out of their house of origin are considered “dead”. “Dead” is in quotations because, when leadership wants a bill, it can come back to life like zombies.
Tagged: Budget Priorities, Democracy, Economy, Environment, Fair taxation, Families, Healthcare, Workers

Election Bills are a Disservice to West Virginia Voters
We need to restore balance to our democracy, attract qualified people who want to go into public service, and make sure every vote is counted and everyone’s voice is heard.
Tagged: Civil Rights, Democracy

Environmental Update: The good and bad of CROSSOVER DAY!
Remember when 300,000 West Virginians in nine counties had their water contaminated by a toxic chemical leak? Apparently our Legislature either has a really short memory, or they don’t care.
Tagged: Budget Priorities, Economy, Environment, Workers

Let’s get two good bills over the finish line!
Two good bills are alive and kicking! But the extended supervision bill which passed the House we are still worried might continue to move in the Senate. Consider sending a message about all three bills to Senate judiciary members...
Tagged: Civil Rights, Democracy, Healthcare

Urgent Action: Stop Classroom Censorship Bills!
SB 498, another classroom censorship bill that would chill speech and instruction in schools about important topics like race, gender, and sex, will be discussed in a public hearing TOMORROW, Monday, March 7th at 8AM, hosted by the House Education Committee.
Tagged: Civil Rights, Families

Urgent Action: Tell our WV Senators to Support HB 4252, the Diabetes Bill!
Tell our WV Senators to Support HB 4252, the Diabetes Bill! It will help West Virginians stay healthy, save lives, and save our state health care system money.
Tagged: Families, Healthcare

Urgent Action: Tell our Senators to Stop HB 4007 – No Tax Breaks for the Wealthy on the Backs of Working Families
Tell our Senators to Stop HB 4007! Our wealthy West Virginians do not need a tax break on the backs of working families.
Tagged: Civil Rights, Fair taxation, Families, Workers