The Legislature: Death Toll

The House and Senate exchanged 378 bills before Wednesday's "crossover" deadline, or less than 1 out of every 5 bills introduced for the session. That's roughly comparable to the volume of bills that survived last year's deadline.

Among the notable failures this session:

* ATVs: The bill to tighten safety rules for the machines appeared doomed Tuesday when the Senate Rules Committee removed it from immediate consideration. There were numerous reports of the measure's official demise, including from The Associated Press, the Register-Herald of Beckley, MetroNews (with audio)

* JAIL FEE RELIEF: The (Huntington) Herald-Dispatch records the death of several bills meant to help counties pay their regional jail costs.

* HPV VACCINE: The House more or less ignored a proposal to mandate that 6th-grader girls are vaccinated against a sexually-transmitted disease linked to cervical cancer. Similar measures enacted in Texas and proposed in other states sparked fierce debates over the implications of such a public policy move.

I also list some other failed bills in this AP glance marking Day 50 of the session, and hope to add to the items above later.