Thank You for Making It a Success! A HUGE thank you to all the members who joined us in Charleston for our Legislative Reception and Dentistry Day at the Capitol! We were proud to welcome 10 legislators on Wednesday, including: Senate Health Chair Laura Chapman...

Senate Committee Votes Down Hand-Skills Exam Amendment Today, the WV Senate Government Organization Committee rejected an amendment to Senate Bill 458 – Governor’s Universal Licensing Bill that would have required a clinical hand-skills exam for dental and dental...

Senate Bill 458 Scheduled for 9:30 AM Hearing The State Senate Government Organization Committee is scheduled to meet Monday at 9:30 AM to consider Senate Bill 458, Governor Morrisey’s proposed Universal Licensing Bill. As of today, Chairwoman Patricia Rucker has...

Universal Licensing Initiative Announced During his State of the State address, Governor Morrisey announced a universal licensing initiative aimed at ensuring that professionals such as contractors, electricians, and nurses licensed in another state can move to West...

Urgent: Help Get the Dental Hand-Skills Amendment Into SB 458 In order to get our hand-skills amendment into Senate Bill 458 – Universal Licensing tomorrow, another call or text to the committee members is IMPERATIVE! Please reach out – again – to the legislators...

Update on the Universal Licensing Bill (SB 458) This morning, conversations were held with most members of the House Government Organization Committee regarding an amendment to SB 458 – Universal Licensing. Delegates David McCormick (R-Monongalia) and Charles Sheedy...

Why Is This Bill Being Pushed? Many of you have asked, “Why is the Governor pushing this universal licensing bill?” One major influence is Americans for Prosperity (AFP), a group that actively supported his gubernatorial campaign. Here is an older blog from West...