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Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020
35th Day of the Legislative Session
From the social and activities calendar: WV Agriculture and Forestry Day, Upper House and Senate Rotundas; WV Parks Day, Lower Rotunda.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
- SR 35: Congratulating Gary Young, WV Outstanding Tree Farmer for 2020
- SR 36: Recognizing 75th birthday of Smokey Bear
THIRD READING
- Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 97: Allowing senior judge to continue receiving per diem compensation beyond annual salary of sitting judge due to delay by Governor in filling vacancy
- Eng. Com. Sub. for SB. 131: Creating Tim Tebow Act
- Eng. Com. Sub. for SB. 208: Protecting consumers from unfair pricing practices during state of emergency
- Eng. Com. Sub. for SB. 517: Creating State Parks and Recreation Endowment Fund (original similar to HB 4505)
- Eng. Com. Sub. for SB. 575: Designating local fire department as safe-surrender site to accept physical custody of certain children from lawful custodian
- Eng. Com. Sub. for SB. 607: Reporting motor vehicle crashes to owners (original similar to HB 4667)
- Eng. SB. 618: Conforming WV law to federal distance requirements for locations of salvage yards
- Eng. SB. 654: Allowing certain sheriffs transfer from PERS to Deputy Sheriff Retirement System
- Eng. Com. Sub. for SB. 657: Allowing designation of tourism development districts
- Eng. HB. 2922: Relating to requirements to obtain a final order of discharge and dismissal for possession of opiates or opioids – (Com. title amend. pending)
- Eng. HB. 3039: Relating to a court’s consideration of the expression of a preference by a child in certain child custody matters – (Com. title amend. pending)
- Eng. HB. 4030: Increasing limit for application for original appointment as a firefighter to 40 years of age for honorably discharged veterans – (Com. title amend. pending)
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB. 4275: Authorizing Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety promulgate legislative rules relating to the Fire Commission – (Com. title amend. pending)
SECOND READING
- Com. Sub. for SB 163: Relating to municipal or county taxation of hotel rooms booked through marketplace facilitator (original similar to HB 555)
- SB 180: Relating to Second Chance Driver’s License Program
- SB 202: Allowing one member of PSD board to be county commissioner
- Com. Sub. for SB 230: Requiring State Board of Education provide routine education in suicide prevention (original similar to HB 4475, HB 4491, HB 4525, HB 4568)
- Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for SB 490: Relating to criminal offenses against agricultural facilities
- SB 545: Authorizing transfer of moneys from Insurance Commission Fund to Workers’ Compensation Old Fund
- Com. Sub. for SB 571: Expiring funds from State Excess Lottery Revenue Fund to various accounts (original similar to HB 4490)
- Com. Sub. for SB 583: Creating program to further development of renewable energy resources (original similar to HB 4562)
- SB 641: Allowing WVCHIP flexibility in rate setting
- SB 647: Permitting physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses issue do-not-resuscitate orders
- Com. Sub. for SB 662: Removing restrictions on fiduciary commissioners
- SB 664: Adding physician’s assistant to list of medical professionals capable of determining if individual lacks capacity
- Com. Sub. for SB 674: Permitting DOH purchase hardware items and equipment from local seller
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2602: Including possession of known stolen property in the offense of receiving or transferring stolen property – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2924: Permitting the West Virginia Tourism Office to decide to contract with the Division of Highways to sell advertising space on the WV511 website
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4129: Relating to adoption
- Eng. HB 4141: Requiring the Department of Administration to publish its comprehensive annual financial report by the end of December – (Com. amend. pending)
- Eng. HB 4179: Recognition of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact (original similar to SB 492)
FIRST READING
- Com. Sub. for SB 232: Removing outdated prohibitions against electronic or mechanical ticket dispensers and readers
- Com. Sub. for SB 288: Relating to family planning and child spacing
- Com. Sub. for SB 638: Creating new private club licenses and requirements
9:30 a.m.: Transportation and Infrastructure (451M)
- SCR 8: US Army 1st Lieutenant Harold H. Frazier Memorial Bridge
- SCR 12: US Army PFC Gary Alcott Birkhimer Memorial Bridge
- Com. Sub. SB 6: Increasing weight limits for vehicles on certain state highways
- Com. Sub. SB 306: Licensing of drivers utilizing bioptic telescopic devices
- SB 589: Relating to critical needs in state water and sewer systems
- SB 626: Authorizing Office of Administrative Hearings hear appeals on suspension or revocation of graduated driver’s license
- SB 660: Regulating electric bicycles
- SB 672: Creating special registration plate recognizing Girl Scouts
- SB 153: Allowing certain motorcycle operators to ride without helmets
10 a.m.: Military (208W)
- SB 704: Allowing disabled purple heart recipients park free at municipal metered parking spaces
- HB 4412: Relating to education benefits to members of the West Virginia Army National Guard and West Virginia Air National Guard
1 p.m.: Energy, Industry and Mining (208W)
- Agenda TBA
1 p.m.: Health and Human Resources (451M)
- SB 716: Requiring DHHR pay for tubal ligation without 30-day wait between consent and sterilization
- SB 719: Imposing health care-related provider tax on certain health care organizations
- SB 229: Requiring Public Health Commissioner create program for reimbursement of adult dental care and free and charitable clinics
- SB 648: Providing dental coverage for adult Medicaid recipients
- SB 111: Relating generally to tobacco usage and e-cigarette restrictions
- SB 746: Providing contracted managed care companies access to uniform maternal screening tool
2 p.m.: Government Organization (208W)
- SB 489: Moving provisions of licensing contractors to chapter 30 of code
- SB 579: Authorizing establishment of enhanced emergency telephone systems
- HB 4353: Creating a rational nexus requirement between prior criminal conduct and initial licensure decision making
- SB 706: Clarifying duties of law-enforcement training and certification subcommittee
2 p.m.: Education (451M)
- SB 702: Designating specific grade levels in which nutrition and physical fitness programs are taught
- SB 703: Increasing earning limit for employees who accept separation incentive
- SB 712: Correcting name of Forensic Analysis Laboratory
3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)
- SB 278: Providing various methods to deal with defendant who becomes incompetent during trial
- SB 279: Requiring dental insurance plans honor assignment made in writing by person covered
- SB 513: Protecting consumers against businesses using automatic renewals without consent
- SB 692: Clarifying persons indicted or charged jointly for felony offense can move to have separate trial
- HB 2497: Relating to the whistle-blower law
- HB 4166: Prohibiting certain sex offenders from being in a supervisory position over children
- HB 4470: Relating to persons 18 years of age or older in the custody of the Bureau of Juvenile Services
- HB 4476: Providing for the timely and efficient collection, submission, testing, retention, and disposition of forensic evidence in sexual assault cases
3 p.m.: Finance (451M)
- SB 265: Authorizing DEP to develop Reclamation of Abandoned and Dilapidated Properties Program
- Com. Sub. for SB 597: Relating to judicial branch members’ salaries and pensions
- HB 4438: Relating to the licensing of advance deposit wagering
Senate Bills to be Introduced Tuesday, February 11, 2020
· SB 747: Requiring Bureau for Public Health develop Diabetes Action Plan (Maroney, Takubo; Health and Human Resources)
· SB 748: Increasing awareness of palliative care services (Maroney, Takubo; Health and Human Resources)
· SB 749: Requiring Fatality and Mortality Review Team share data with CDC (Maroney, Stollings, Takubo; Health and Human Resources)
· SB 750: Establishing extended learning opportunities (Rucker; Education)
· SB 751: Removing certain requirements of municipality annexing property within urban growth boundary (Rucker; Government Organization)
· SR 37: Designating February 12, 2020, as WV Literacy Day (Jeffries)
* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note
* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill
Committee Action on Bills from Monday, February 10, 2020
- Eng. HB 4381: Relating to lifetime hunting, fishing and trapping licenses for adopted children
- House bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass
2 p.m.: Banking and Insurance (451M)
- SB 599: Clarifying when claimant may file cause of action without screening certificate of merit
- Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation it do pass; second reference to Judiciary
- SB 651: Relating to definition of “mortgage loan originator”
- Bill is laid over to next meeting
3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)
- SB 554: Relating to termination, expiration, or cancellation of oil or natural gas leases
- Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass
- SB 732: Authorizing fee payment and expense reimbursement for attorneys who participate on court teams established by Supreme Court of Appeals
- Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass; second reference to Finance
- SB 733: Recognizing political party status
- Bill reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass
- SB 528: Creating Uniform Worker Classification Act
- Bill is laid over to a future committee meeting
3 p.m.: Finance (451M)
- SB 285: Eliminating WV Greyhound Breeding Development Fund
- Committee substitute reported to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass
5 p.m.: Select Committee on Children and Families (208W)
- SB 639: Relating to duties of prosecuting attorney in child abuse and neglect matters
- Committee substitute reported, as amended, to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass; second reference to Judiciary
The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.
Committee times and agendas are subject to change. Follow @WVSenClerk on Twitter for updates.
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Citation Presentations Scheduled in House Chamber:
- 10:00 a.m. – State Parks Day, Delegate Atkinson
- 10:15 a.m. – Elkview Middle School, Delegate D. Jeffries
Special Calendar
THIRD READING – For Passage
· Com. Sub. for S. B. 364 – Authorizing Department of Transportation promulgate legislative rules
· Com. Sub. for H. B. 4069 – West Virginia Student Religious Liberties Act (Amendment Pending)
SECOND READING – Amendment Stage
· Com. Sub. for S. B. 35 – Limiting civil penalty for littering conviction to $2,000
· Com. Sub. for S. B. 449 – Authorizing Department of Commerce promulgate legislative rules
· H. B. 4178 – Requiring calls which are recorded be maintained for a period of five years
· H. B. 4455 – Permitting fees from the Central Abuse Registry to be used for costs relating to information technology support and infrastructure
· Com. Sub. for H. B. 4478 – Creating a lifetime ban for commercial drivers involved in human trafficking
· Com. Sub. for H. B. 4544 – Relating to possession of any controlled substance on the premises of or within 200 feet of a public library
· H. B. 4551 – Relating to subsidized adoption (Health and Human Resources Committee Amendment Pending)
· Com. Sub. for H. B. 4576 – Establishing a procedure for correcting errors in deeds, deeds of trust and mortgages
· H. B. 4647 – Relating to limited video lottery permit holders
FIRST READING
· Com. Sub. for S. B. 16 – Creating Protect Our Right to Unite Act
· Com. Sub. for S. B. 560 – Permitting nursing home use trained individuals administer medication (Health and Human Resources Committee Amendment Pending)
· Com. Sub. for H. B. 4088 – Disposition of funds from certain oil and natural gas wells due to unknown or unlocatable interest owners
· H. B. 4113 – Relating to motor fuel excise taxes (Finance Committee Title Amendment Pending)
· Com. Sub. for H. B. 4158 – Allowing a person to manufacture a stated amount of alcoholic liquor for personal consumption
· Com. Sub. for H. B. 4398 – Relating to required courses of instruction
· H. B. 4437 – Relating to the West Virginia Pay Card program
· Com. Sub. for H. B. 4615 – West Virginia Critical Infrastructure Protection Act
· H. B. 4655 – Permitting military personnel in areas where on-the-job emergency medicine is part of the training to be granted automatic EMS or EMT certification
· Com. Sub. for H. B. 4706 – Relating to reports concerning funds due to unknown or unlocatable interest owners
· H. B. 4790 – Relating to Career Technical Education for middle school students
Committee Meetings Scheduled:
Committee on Education
8:30 a.m. – Room 432 M
· H. B. 4165, West Virginia Remembers Program.
· H. B. 4729, Requiring higher education institutions to use previous versions or editions of instructional materials.
· H. B. 4720, Qualifying not-for-profit private baccalaureate institutions for the Advanced Career Education Programs and the WV Invests Grant Program.
· H. B. 4112, Requiring county school boards to provide adequate mental health evaluations, and counseling services.
· H. B. 4492, West Virginia Children’s Vision Act.
· H. B. 4519, Establishing a summer youth intern pilot program within Department of Commerce.
Committee on the Judiciary
9:00 a.m. – Room 410 M
(***Agenda to be posted.***)
Committee on Finance
9:00 a.m. – Room 460 M
· H. B. (BLANK), Originating Bill, Reducing the cost of the fee for a state license to carry a concealed weapon.
· H. B. 4666, Relating to competitive bids for intergovernmental relations and urban mass transportation
Committee on Rules
10:45 a.m. – Behind Chamber
Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security
2:00 p.m. – Room 215 E
· H.B. 4485, Reorganizing and Redesignating DMAPS as Department of Homeland Security.
· H.B. 4176, West Virginia Intelligence/Fusion Center Act.
· H.B. 2732, Defend the Guard Act.
· H.B. 4608, Relating to the duties of law-enforcement training and certification subcommittee.
· H.B. 4511, Relating to exemptions for the U.S. Dept. of Veteran Affairs medical foster homes.
· H.B. 4589, Conducting study for an appropriate memorial for West Virginians killed in the War on Terror
Pensions and Retirement
2:00 p.m. – Room 460 M
· H. B. 4363, Establishing the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Police Officer Retirement System. (2nd reference to Finance)
· H. B. 4627, Increasing the monthly retirement annuity for certain retirants. (2nd reference to Finance)
Committee on Energy
4:00 p.m. – Room 410 M
· H. B. 4439, Clarifying the method for calculating the amount of severance tax attributable to the increase in coal production.
Health and Human Resources
4:00 p.m. – Room 215 E
· H. B. 4123, Clarifying that 911 telecommunication workers are included in the definition of those individuals who perform “emergency services” during a disaster.
· H. B. 4387, Donated Drug Repository Program.
· H. B. 4546, Relating to tuberculosis testing for school superintendents.
· H. B. 4581, Relating to West Virginia Clearance for Access: Registry and Employment Screening.
· H. B. 4605, Transferring state facilities to comprehensive regional mental health centers.
· H. B. 4620, Redefining definition of “recovery residence”.
· H. B. 4723, Permitting a certified behavioral analyst to be eligible for the student loan repayment program. (2nd reference to Finance)
· Com. Sub. for S. B. 217, Requiring DHHR collaborate with Workforce Development Board and WV Division of Personnel for job placement.
· Com. Sub. for S. B. 544, Authorizing pharmacists and pharmacy interns administer vaccines.
