Charleston, WV (Wowk) – During the latest legislative meeting, the legislators of West Virginia sent 19 invoices to Governor Patrick Morrisey’s desk. A law that the governor has already signed a ban on seven food colors that were sold in products in the mountain state.
“There are many outside interests that indicate that 60 percent of the food would be removed from the shelves. That is not exactly,” said Republican Senator Jason Barrett from Berkeley County. “If you cannot formulate food so as not to poison people, we don’t want to on the shelves anyway. This is the clear message we send. You can offer the same products in Europe without these harmful dyes.”
A law that was adopted in the Senate but failed in the house would have approved religious exceptions to the state’s vaccine requirements for school children.
“There are certainly disappointments,” said Barrett. “I thought the change you passed to restore the religious liberation to the draft law that was collected in the committee was a good place where you could receive the voices for it. You could send them back to us and we would have assigned to these changes.”
The draft law on vaccine exemption is dead, but a draft law that would enable the legislators to monitor the State Education Committee is still alive and is currently in the Senate Justice Committee.
“We had this constitutional change a few years ago. It was change 4,” said Republican Senator Amy Grady from Mason County. “I supported this amendment. I wanted the voters to vote for it, but they voted them. For this reason, I do not support this draft law. I have the feeling that we will handle the voters in this case.”
In the educational committee of the house on Tuesday, the delegates discussed a topic that most legislators agree to and changed the financing of the schools in West Virginia.
“It has to be adjusted, but we cannot do that in a few weeks. From now on it will take to the next session to do it right,” said Mason. “It’s one of these things, we can’t just try things and see if they work. It is one of these bills that we need to be perfect.”
The legislative period ends at midnight on April 12, but a position on X by governor Patrick Morrisey points out that the legislator has to return to Charleston this summer to continue their work.
