West Virginia 2024 Regular Session Status: Passed House Of Delegates 1 R cosponsors

HB 5016 — Allow women to work on inmate road crews

Last action — To Judiciary

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House of Delegates
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has passed the House of Delegates. Introduced January 23, 2024. It now moves to the second chamber.

Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the Senate.

Odds of enactment

Moderate chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a moderate chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Advancing 48% · moderate confidence

  • Passed House of Delegates

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 1 recorded vote so far.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

8 added · 6 removed

Plain-language change summary

The latest changes to Bill HB 5016 include a new requirement that road crews cannot be made up of both men and women. This amendment is significant because it creates a division based on gender in the workforce, which could affect the diversity and inclusivity of road crews in West Virginia. Removing the previous language about how crew members were composed indicates a shift in approach, potentially reflecting new priorities or policies regarding workforce organization.

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WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE FNOTEL REGULAR SESSION Introduced House Bill 5016 By Delegate Martin [Introduced January 23, 2024;
WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION Committee Substitute for House Bill 5016 By Delegate Martin [Originating in the Committee on the Judiciary;
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary] Intr HB 2024R2986 A BILL to amend and reenact §17-5-1 of the Code of West Virginia,1931, as amended, relating to making all inmates, regardless of gender, eligible to work on a state convict road force.
Reported on January 28, 2024] CS for HB 5016 A BILL to amend and reenact §17-5-1 of the Code of West Virginia,1931, as amended, relating to making all inmates, regardless of gender, eligible to work on a state convict road force.
All male persons convicted of a felony and, sentenced to imprisonment or confinement in the penitentiary a correctional facility by any court, or who may hereafter be sentenced for a felony, whether actually sentenced to labor or not, or so many thereof as may be required by the state road commissioner, shall, as incident to such sentence or confinement, constitute the state convict road force and as such may be employed under the supervision of the state road commissioner in building, surfacing and maintaining roads under the supervision of the state road commissioner, including all roads in the state road system, and in and about any quarries, gravel pits, sandbanks, crushers, brick kilns, or other plants and places operated by the state road commission for the manufacture and acquisition of materials for use in the construction, maintenance and repair of such roads.
All male persons convicted of a felony and, sentenced to imprisonment or confinement in the penitentiary a correctional facility by any court, or who may hereafter be sentenced for a felony, whether actually sentenced to labor or not, or so many thereof as may be required by the state road commissioner, shall, as incident to such sentence or confinement, constitute the state convict road force and as such may be employed under the supervision of the state road commissioner in building, surfacing and maintaining roads under the supervision of the state road commissioner, including all roads in the state road system, and in and about any quarries, gravel pits, sandbanks, crushers, brick kilns, or other plants and places operated by the state road commission for the manufacture and acquisition of materials for use in the construction, maintenance and repair of such roads:
Provided, That no road crew assembled under this article shall be composed of both male and female persons.
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Action History

  1. To Judiciary

  2. To Judiciary

  3. Introduced in Senate

  4. Communicated to Senate

  5. Passed House (Roll No. 85)

  6. Read 3rd time

  7. On 3rd reading, Special Calendar

  8. Read 2nd time

  9. On 2nd reading, Special Calendar

  10. Read 1st time

  11. On 1st reading, Special Calendar

  12. By substitute, do pass

  13. To House Judiciary

  14. Introduced in House

  15. To Judiciary

  16. Filed for introduction

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 151 not signed on · 1 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (151)

151 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

PASSAGE

Passed 91 Yea · 1 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 62103
Unaffiliated 22004
Democrat 7001
Total 91108
% of votes cast 91%1%0%8%
How each member voted (100)
Member Party Vote
Rowe — Yea
Kirby — Yea
Kump — Yea
Smith — Yea
Forsht — Yea
Foster — Yea
Linville — Yea
Steele — Yea
Longanacre — Yea
Griffith — Yea
Summers — Yea
Martin — Yea
Hamilton — Yea
Tully — Yea
Warner — Yea
Nestor — Yea
Westfall — Yea
Phillips — Yea
Winzenreid — Yea
Devault — Yea
Jeffries — Yea
Fast — Yea
Householder — Not Voting
Ross — Not Voting
Espinosa — Not Voting
Hardy — Not Voting
Evan Hansen Democrat Yea
Hollis Lewis Democrat Yea
Joey Garcia Democrat Not Voting
John Williams Democrat Yea
Kayla Young Democrat Yea
Mike Pushkin Democrat Yea
Sean Hornbuckle Democrat Yea
Shawn Fluharty Democrat Yea
Adam Burkhammer Republican Yea
Adam Vance Republican Yea
Andy Shamblin Republican Yea
Betsy Kelly Republican Yea
Bill Ridenour Republican Yea
Bob Fehrenbacher Republican Yea
Bryan Ward Republican Yea
Charles Sheedy Republican Not Voting
Christopher W. Toney Republican Yea
Chuck Horst Republican Yea
Clay Riley Republican Yea
D. Rolland Jennings Republican Yea
Dana Ferrell Republican Yea
Darren Thorne Republican Yea
Dave Foggin Republican Yea
David Green Republican Yea
Elias Coop-Gonzalez Republican Yea
Eric Brooks Republican Yea
Erica Moore Republican Yea
Evan Worrell Republican Yea
Gary G. Howell Republican Yea
Geno Chiarelli Republican Yea
George Miller Republican Yea
George Street Republican Yea
Henry Dillon Republican Yea
James Robert "JB" Akers II Republican Yea
Jarred Cannon Republican Yea
Jeff Campbell Republican Yea
Jeffrey Stephens Republican Yea
Jim Butler Republican Yea
Jimmy Willis Republican Yea
Joe Ellington Republican Not Voting
Joe Statler Republican Yea
John Paul Hott Republican Yea
Jonathan Pinson Republican Yea
Jordan Bridges Republican Yea
Jordan Maynor Republican Yea
Josh Holstein Republican Yea
Kathie Hess Crouse Republican Yea
Keith Marple Republican Yea
Laura Kimble Republican Yea
Lori Dittman Republican Yea
Margitta Mazzocchi Republican Yea
Mark Dean Republican Yea
Mark Zatezalo Republican Yea
Marty Gearheart Republican Yea
Matthew Rohrbach Republican Yea
Michael Hite Republican Yea
Michael Hornby Republican Yea
Mickey Petitto Republican Yea
Pat McGeehan Republican Yea
Patrick Lucas Republican Not Voting
Phil Mallow Republican Yea
Rick Hillenbrand Republican Yea
Roger Hanshaw Republican Yea
Roy Cooper Republican Yea
Scot C. Heckert Republican Yea
Stanley Adkins Republican Yea
Trenton Barnhart Republican Yea
Vacant1 Republican Yea
Vacant1 Republican Nay
Vernon Criss Republican Yea
Walter Hall Republican Yea
Wayne Clark Republican Yea
Wayne Clark Republican Yea
William Anderson Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Who sponsors HB 5016?
HB 5016 is sponsored by Carl Martin (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 5016?
This bill has passed the House of Delegates. Introduced January 23, 2024. It now moves to the second chamber.
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