The 60-day regular legislative session in West Virginia begins today. (Perry Bennett | West Virginia Legislative Photography)
Today the 60-day regular legislative period of the state begins, which also begins the longest and shortest 60 days of the year. So much goes on, but as little happens.
It will also look much different from the past eight years under the former governor Jim Justice. Governor Patrick Morrisey is now the managing director of the state. Senate President Randy Smith is the modern leader of the chamber. And spokesman Roger Hanshaw returns to this role in the house.
You will monitor countless laws.
Since West Virginia does not restrict the number of invoices that a legislator can introduce, there will be thousands of invoices.
Thousands.
You will hear from absolutely terrible bills. You will hear from crazy bills. You will hear from invoices that sound illegally because they are likely. But very few will actually go somewhere.
What will look like this year? My forecast It was not for the meeting of last year ExactlyBut I will still make a well -founded guess on what I expect.
More loosening of the vaccine regulations
Governor Morrisey has already signed a managing director to allow Religious exceptions of vaccines for children of school age. Laura Wakim Chapman, chair of the Health Committee of the Senate Health Committee, said there will be further legislative templates that are introduced for additional exceptions for the requirements for the state’s vaccines for childhood in childhood.
As Lori Kersey reported The anti-accy feeling in the state grown last week. In 2023 there were 53 inquiries about medical exceptions. In 2022 there were 18 inquiries and in 2018 and 2019 there were only two inquiries for vaccine exceptions each year.
The question I do not see is what religions mean against vaccinations.
Well, actually there is No major world religions That forbids to be vaccinated.
Religious authorities have “meticulously examined how vaccines are produced and what is in them and have still decided that they Do not hurt Jewish, Islamic or Catholic law. “
The group that leads the anti-Vaxx movement is Evangelical Christians.
The allowance of “religious exceptions” for vaccines is a way to raise objections without providing any kind of real evidence. Will your doctor question your religion? NO.
The Republicans tried to sell this as a question of parental rights. But what about the rights of parents with immunocompromised children who cannot be vaccinated?
Discipline
Teacher I said That they need support from a discipline of the student, but no invoices wanted to aid relieve their stress were adopted During the legislative period of last year.
It is possible that some of these bills will return, but legislators also have some modern ideas to combat the problem – how Prohibition of artificial food dye.
Some legislators seem to believe that food coloring is the reason for this Kindergarten attack your teachers.
After Cleveland ClinicSome studies have shown a connection between dyes and increased hyperactivity and attention deficit disorder in children, and other studies have shown an improvement in children’s behavior when dyes from their food have been eliminated. According to the clinic, however, more research is required.
There is another factor that could have caused more discipline problems to have the Covid 19 pandemic.
Post-Pandemic, children frequently reported Fear, depression, irritability and anger. Educators said that the behavior of the students is now worse than before pandemic.
Schools reacted in some states by offering more mental health services for students. In others, like West Virginia, they simply spent more Suspensions.
Rendite bills
There were several bills that did not quite make it to the finish line last year that will probably return.
- The crownWhat would prohibit discrimination due to the hair structure has been introduced for several years. Last year, legislators tried to argue that other laws already offer protection against such discrimination. Others were concerned that this would lead to the state money.
- “Meet Baby Olivia”, A video This shows the phases of a fetus and is generated by an anti-abdominal activist group that has already reappeared in other state legislation. The Senate approved the law last year, but the house never accepted it.
- The Women’s rightsThe fact that a deceptively named anti-transfer law was no vote in the house last night of last year.
- The library’s obscenities, the librarians for criminal punishments for the presentation of “obscene” materials for minors would open, was adopted in the house, but not in the Senate.
While there are things that will be similar to the last session, the modern tour is already at work. Smith, the President of the Senate, already has said Communication between him, Hanshaw and Morrisey was a “breath of fresh air”.
Tonight we will hear Morrisey’s priorities during his speech of the state. And in contrast to the mostly absent justice, we will probably work together Morrisey during the session in the Capitol at the meeting to say goodbye to his bills. We have to wait and see if these are the same priorities of West Virginians.
