Session Hits Midpoint (corrected)

Legislators have introduced 1,676 bills heading into Day 30 of their regular session. The House has sent 31 of its measures to the Senate, while that chamber has replied in kind with 16 bills.

Corrected: One has passed both: House Bill 2517 would ensure that the state Board of Banking and Financial Institutions has "the authority to approve acquisitions of out-of-state banks by West Virginia state banks." The Senate sent the measure to the governor on Wednesday.

By this point last year, the House had passed 14 bills, the Senate 34 and six had been sent to the governor. The overall bill count was also 200 higher than this session's. More than 700 of the bills that failed to make it in 2007 were carried over to this year's session.