Monday, Feb. 14, 2022
34th day of the Legislative Session
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ACTIVITIES CALENDAR: WV Association of Alcohol & Drug, Upper House & Senate Rotundas; Federal Planning & Design Grants, Lower Rotunda
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
S. R. 25 – Designating February 14, 2022, as National Donor Day
THIRD READING
Eng. Com. Sub. for S. B. 476 – Relating to imposition of minimum severance tax on coal (original similar to HB4411)
Eng. S. B. 478 – Relating to Neighborhood Investment Program (original similar to HB4544)
Eng. Com. Sub. for S. B. 508 – Requiring certain attire for deer hunters with muzzleloaders (original similar to HB4486)
Eng. Com. Sub. for S. B. 509 – Relating to county BOE employee personal leave
Eng. S. B. 526 – Supplementing and amending appropriations to Department of Commerce, Office of Secretary (original similar to HB4527)
Eng. S. B. 527 – Supplementing and amending appropriations to Department of Administration, Office of Technology (original similar to HB4528)
Eng. Com. Sub. for S. B. 528 – Supplementing and amending appropriations to DHHR, Consolidated Medical Services Fund (original similar to HB4529)
Eng. Com. Sub. for S. B. 537 – Providing additional firefighters and security guards for National Guard (original similar to HB4494)
Eng. Com. Sub. for S. B. 560 – Defining Class 2 e-bikes – (With right to amend)
Eng. H. B. 4024 – Creating a cosmetology apprentice program that allows companies to train employees for practical real-world experience
SECOND READING
Com. Sub. for S. B. 33 – Protecting consumers against businesses using automatic renewals without consent
Com. Sub. for S. B. 330 – Authorizing DOT to promulgate legislative rules (original similar to HB4169)
S. B. 531 – Increasing annual salaries of certain state employees (original similar to HB4533)
S. B. 532 – Requiring reports to Joint Committee on Pensions and Retirement every five years on deferred retirement option plans
Eng. H. B. 4097 – To prohibit nonpublic funding sources for election administration and related expenses without prior written approval by the State Election Commission. – (Com. amend. pending)
Eng. H. B. 4312 – Extending the option of electronic absentee ballot transmission to first responders in certain emergency circumstances – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
FIRST READING
Com. Sub. for S. B. 86 – Creating criminal offense of sexual extortion
Com. Sub. for S. B. 146 – Relating to interpretations of school laws
Com. Sub. for S. B. 415 – Capping severance tax collections in general revenue at specified percentage
S. B. 442 – Relating to WV Public Employee Retirement System
Com. Sub. for S. B. 443 – Including police and firefighter as electors of trustees for certain pension funds (original similar to HB4431, HB4539)
Com. Sub. for S. B. 524 – Placing duties and functions of certain boards and commissions under Department of Arts, Culture, and History (original similar to HB4504)
S. B. 542 – Transferring Broadband Enhancement Council from Department of Commerce to Department of Economic Development (original similar to HB4478)
S. B. 570 – Establishing training for law-enforcement in handling individuals with Alzheimer’s and dementias (original similar to HB4521)
Com. Sub. for S. B. 574 – Relating to WV PEIA
S. B. 591 – Relating to process for filling vacancies in state Legislature
SCHEDULED SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS
1 p.m.: Natural Resources (208W)
- SB 554: Transferring functions of WV Solid Waste Management Board to DEP
- SB 562: Creating Adopt-A-Trail volunteer programs for public land under DNR jurisdiction
2 p.m.: Banking and Insurance (451M)
- Com. Sub. for SB 568: Requiring insurance plans to provide underwriting information to insureds
- Presentation: Jason Haught, Interim Director of PEIA
3 p.m.: Finance (451M)
- Com. Sub. for SB 247: Relating to certified community behavioral health clinics
- Com. Sub. for SB 543: Creating Unemployment Compensation Insurance Fraud Unit within Workforce WV
- SB 584: Relating to critical needs and failing systems sub account
- Budget Presentation: West Virginia National Guard
3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)
- SB 536: Clarifying statutes on possessing, manufacturing, importing, and transporting fentanyl in WV
- SB 573: Providing system where magistrates shall preside in certain instances outside normal court hours
- SB 590: Clarifying that tenancy includes persons who reside in sober living home
- SB 593: Allowing Marshall University’s Forensic Analysis Laboratory access and participation in WV DNA database for certain purposes
- HB 4299: To prohibit the intentional interference with election processes and creating associated criminal penalties
- HB 4114: Authorizing certain agencies of the Department of Administration to promulgate legislative rules
o Includes: 158 CSR 06, Use of Office for Private Gain, Including Nepotism (HB 4114); 143 CSR 01, Administrative Rule of the West Virginia Division of Personnel (HB 4115); 163 CSR 02, Chief Information Officer Review (HB 4116); 163 CSR 03, Cyber Reporting (HB 4117)
- Originating Bill 1: Telehealth Alignment Bill
| SB622. By Sen. Smith and Phillips | Establishing requirements for carbon dioxide sequestration (FN) | Energy, Industry, and Mining |
| SB623. By Sen. Baldwin, Beach, Brown, Caputo, Geffert, Hamilton, Jeffries, Lindsay, Maroney, Romano, Stollings, Takubo and Weld | Relating to State Living Donor Protection Act | Banking and Insurance |
| SB624. By Sen. Blair (Mr. President) and Baldwin [By Request of the Executive] | Making supplementary appropriation to DHHR, Division of Health, Laboratory Services | Finance |
| SB625. By Sen. Blair (Mr. President) and Baldwin [By Request of the Executive] | Making supplementary appropriation to DHHR, Division of Health, Vital Statistics Account | Finance |
| SB626. By Sen. Blair (Mr. President) and Baldwin [By Request of the Executive] | Supplementing, amending, and increasing existing items of appropriation from State Road Fund to DOT, DMV | Finance |
| SB627. By Sen. Blair (Mr. President) and Baldwin [By Request of the Executive] | Supplementing, amending, and increasing existing item of appropriation from State Road Fund to DOT, DOH | Finance |
| SB628. By Sen. Blair (Mr. President) and Baldwin [By Request of the Executive] | Supplementing and amending appropriations to Department of Commerce, DNR | Finance |
| SB629. By Sen. Blair (Mr. President) and Baldwin [By Request of the Executive] | Supplementing and amending appropriations to Department of Education, WV BOE, Vocational Division | Finance |
| SB630. By Sen. Blair (Mr. President) and Baldwin [By Request of the Executive] | Supplementing and amending appropriations to Higher Education Policy Commission, Administration – Control Account | Finance |
| SB631. By Sen. Rucker | Allowing WV Professional Charter School Board to vote for its executive director and other employees to participate in Teachers’ Retirement System | Pensions |
| SB632. By Sen. Tarr | Transferring Office of Emergency Medical Services from DHHR to Department of Homeland Security | Government Organization |
| SB633. By Sen. Blair (Mr. President) and Baldwin [By Request of the Executive] | Supplementing and amending appropriations to DHHR, Consolidated Medical Services Fund | Finance |
| SB634. By Sen. Blair (Mr. President) and Baldwin [By Request of the Executive] | Making supplementary appropriation to DHHR, Division of Health – Hospital Services Revenue Account Special Fund Capital Improvement, Renovation and Operations | Finance |
| SCR45. By Sen. Baldwin | US Army CPL John D. Doyle, Sr. Memorial Road |
| SCR46. By Sen. Blair (Mr. President) | Supporting North Central WV aviation and aerospace industries |
| >SR26. By Sen. Grady | Designating month of February, 2022, as Self-Care Awareness month |
| >SR27. By Sen. Jeffries | Recognizing WV Kids Cancer Crusaders on International Childhood Cancer Awareness Day |
WEST VIRGINIA HOUSE OF DELEGATES
The House will convene at 11 a.m.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
H. C. R. 15 – Thomas Brothers Memorial Bridge
H. C. R. 58 – February 14 as National Donor Day
H. C. R. 59 – To name the “Warrant Officer James G. Bosley Memorial Bridge.’
H. C. R. 60 – Fire Chief Lee Thomas Bridge
H. R. 11 – Urging members of the United States Congress to enact federal legislation designating May 4 as Firefighters Day.
THIRD READING
Com. Sub. for H. B. 2257 – Relating to extended supervision for certain drug offenders (Capito) (Regular)
SECOND READING
Com. Sub. for H. B. 2598 – Modifying the inspection requirements and the definition of an above ground storage tank (Anderson) (Regular)
Com. Sub. for H. B. 3122 – Relating to the establishment and operation of regional water, wastewater and stormwater authorities (Steele) (Regular)
Com. Sub. for H. B. 4004 – Relating to limiting an abortion to fifteen week’s gestation (Capito) (Regular)
Com. Sub. for H. B. 4005 – Relating to fetal body parts (Capito) (Regular)
Com. Sub. for H. B. 4008 – Relating to Higher Education Policy Commission funding formula (Householder) (Regular)
Com. Sub. for H. B. 4087 – Allowing variance in state fire code for certain buildings used solely for emergency equipment storage (Steele) (Regular)
Com. Sub. for H. B. 4126 – Authorizing certain agencies of the Department of Health and Human Resources to promulgate legislative rules (Capito) (Effective From Passage)
Com. Sub. for H. B. 4262 – Relating to licensure for polygraph examiners (Steele) (Regular)
Com. Sub. for H. B. 4282 – Relating to establishing next generation 911 services in this state (Steele) (Regular)
H. B. 4307 – Increase some benefits payable from Crime Victims Compensation Fund (Householder) (Regular)
H. B. 4396 – Reducing federal adjusted gross income relating to tolls for travel on West Virginia toll roads paid electronically (Householder) (Regular)
H. B. 4410 – Specifying allocation, apportionment and treatment of income of flow-through entities (Householder) (Regular)
Com. Sub. for H. B. 4418 – Relating to the Small Business Supplier Certification Assistance Program (Steele) (Regular)
Com. Sub. for H. B. 4461 – Relating to the consolidation of all administrative fees collected by the agency into the existing “Tax Administration Services Fund” (Householder) (Regular)
Com. Sub. for H. B. 4484 – Declaring certain claims against agencies of the state to be moral obligations of the state (Householder) (Effective From Passage)
FIRST READING
Com. Sub. for H. B. 4002 – Creating the Certified Sites and Development Readiness Program (Householder) (Regular)
Com. Sub. for H. B. 4025 – Providing exemption to severance tax for severing rare earth elements and other critical minerals (Householder) (Regular)
Com. Sub. for H. B. 4259 – Creating the West Virginia Small Business Jumpstart Act (Householder) (Regular)
Com. Sub. for H. B. 4351 – Relating to the implementation of an acuity-based patient classification system (Rohrbach) (Regular)
H. B. 4352 – Decreasing federal taxable income (Householder) (Regular)
Com. Sub. for H. B. 4426 – Repeal article 33-25G-1 et seq. creating provider sponsored networks (Rohrbach) (Regular)
Com. Sub. for H. B. 4451 – Eliminating the requirement that otherwise qualified investment assets be located or installed at or within 2 miles of a preexisting manufacturing facility (Householder) (Regular)
H. B. 4460 – Relating to authorizing application of the manufacturing investment tax credit and the manufacturing property tax adjustment credit against personal income tax (Householder) (Regular)
Com. Sub. for H. B. 4465 – Relating to the tax credit for apprenticeship training (Householder) (Regular)
Com. Sub. for H. B. 4470 – Relating to consumers sales and service tax and use tax exemption for certain goods to be incorporated into a qualified, new or expanded warehouse or distribution facility (Householder) (Regular)
Com. Sub. for H. B. 4489 – Require counties to post open positions on statewide job bank (Ellington) (Regular)
H. B. 4568 – To allow phased rehabilitations of certified historic structures [Finance Committee Title Amendment Pending] (Householder) (Regular)
Committee on the Judiciary – 9 a.m. – Room 410 M – Agenda
HB4340 – Relating to maximizing the opportunity to recover anatomical gifts for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education
HB2910 – To modify the allowable number of magistrate judges per county
HB4077 – Provide certain classes of property protections from creditor collections
HB4524 – Reducing the rate of interest on delinquent property taxes
HB4583 – Clarifying the definition of incapacity so that incarceration in the penal system or detention outside of the United States may not be inferred as resulting in a lack of capacity to execute a power of attorney
HB4627 – To provide for no more than two licensed laboratories for medical cannabis testing in this state
HB4314 – Exclude Solicitor from the definition of Investment Advisor
HB4498 – Increasing the financial penalties in regard to ransomware attacks
HB4596 – Relating generally to additional persons qualifying for the provisions of the Law-Enforcement Officers Safety Act
HB4559 – Providing for legislative rulemaking relating to the disposition of unidentified and unclaimed remains in the possession of the Chief Medical Examiner
Committee on Rules – 10:45 a.m. – Behind Chamber
Veterans’ Affairs and Homeland Security – 1 p.m. – Room 410 M – Agenda
Technology and Infrastructure – 1 p.m. – Room 215 E – Agenda
Pensions and Retirement – 1 p.m. – Room 462 M – Agenda
Committee on Education – 3 p.m. – Room 434 M – Agenda
Committee on Government Organization – 3 p.m. – Room 215 E – Agenda
Select Committee on Tourism and Economic Diversification – 5 p.m. – Room 462 M – Agenda
Monday, February 14, 2022
HB4660. By Del. Rohrbach – Establishing the status of beds when an intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities closes – To Health and Human Resources
HB4661. By Del. Crouse, Honaker and Booth – Provide for fines for hospitals that do not allow at least one visitor – To Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary
HB4662. By Del. Steele – Relating to licensure of Head Start facilities in this state – To Health and Human Resources
HB4663. By Del. Williams, Lovejoy, Skaff, Garcia, Young, Pushkin and Zukoff – Creating a statutory right to petition circuit and family courts for sibling visitation – To the Judiciary
HB4664. By Del. Evans, Walker, Thompson, Pushkin and Fleischauer – To allow public high schools to have full time athletic trainers – To Education then Finance
HB4665. By Del. Williams – Increasing the minimum wage based upon increases in the consumer price index – To Workforce Development then the Judiciary
HB4666. By Del. Rohrbach, Lovejoy, Worrell, Mandt, Hornbuckle, Linville, Griffith and Booth – Expanding the definition of criminal justice agency to include the Forensic Analysis Laboratory at Marshall University – To the Judiciary
HB4667. By Del. Howell, Hanshaw (Mr. Speaker) and Summers – Prohibition on county, city, or municipality restrictions on advanced air mobility aircraft – To the Judiciary
HB4668. By Del. Capito – Relating to air bag fraud (FN) – To the Judiciary
HB4669. By Del. Boggs and Pethtel – Relating to the voluntary deductions by the Consolidated Public Retirement Board from monthly benefits to retirees to pay association dues and associated mailings – To the Judiciary
HB4670. By Del. Barnhart, G. Ward and Keaton – To create a tax reduction savings fund for municipalities – To Political Subdivisions then Finance
HB4671. By Del. Boggs and Pethtel – Establishing an increase in monthly pension for certain teachers who retired twenty or more years ago by two dollars per month per year of service (FN) – To Pensions and Retirement then Finance
HB4672. By Del. Steele, Pack, Foster, Summers, Barrett, Wamsley, Smith, Maynor, Holstein, Booth and Honaker – Relating to State Trooper Pay Raise – To Finance
HB4673. By Del. Williams, Skaff, Westfall, Zukoff, Walker and Pushkin – Relating to cruelty to animals – To the Judiciary
HB4674. By Del. Rowe, Fleischauer, Pushkin, Lovejoy and Walker – Creating a process to expunge certain criminal charges from someone’s record – To the Judiciary
HB4675. By Del. Riley, Linville, Booth, Reed and Barrett – Relating to autonomous delivery vehicles – To Technology and Infrastructure then the Judiciary
HB4676. By Del. Lovejoy, Brown, Rohrbach, Hornbuckle and Rowe – Allowing retirees in the Public Employment Retirement System to designate a special needs trust as beneficiary – To Pensions and Retirement then Finance
HB4677. By Del. Graves – Clarifying that a hospital located in the same county as an academic medical center may perform any health service – To Health and Human Resources
