Around the Rotunda: W.Va. Legislative, committee schedule for Wednesday, March 4

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Wednesday, March 4, 2020
57th Day of the Legislative Session

From the Activity Calendar:

From the Activity Calendar: Recovery Community Day, Upper House and Senate Rotundas; Fair Shake Network Ice Cream Social, 1 -5 p.m.; Upper House Rotunda.

STATE SENATE:

The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

• SCR 6: Walter E. Swiger, Jr., Memorial Bridge – (Com. amend. pending)
• SCR 57: Frye Brothers Memorial Bridge
• SR 63: Designating March 4, 2020, as Recovery Community Day
• SR 64: Recognizing efforts of Kanawha State Forest Foundation
• SR 65: Designating WV State Folk Festival as official site of WV State Pepperoni Roll Championship
• Com. Sub. for HCR 33: U.S.A.F. Lt Col Frederick Donald Belknap Memorial Bridge – (Com. amends. pending)

THIRD READING

• Eng. SB 854: Expiring funds to Division of Culture and History from Auditor’s Office, Purchasing Card Administration Fund
• Eng. SB 855: Expiring funds to State Rail Authority, WV Commuter Rail Access Fund from Auditor’s Office, Purchasing Card Administration Fund
• Eng. SB 856: Expiring funds from WV Development Office, Synthetic Fuel, Producing County Fund to Market and Communications Operating Fund
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2892: Including digital and virtual information in the definition of property that can be searched and seized by a warrant – (Com. title amend. pending)
• Eng. HB 4022: Clarifying the qualifications of the Chancellor of the Higher Education Policy Commission
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4099: Eliminating the permit for shampoo assistants
• Eng. HB 4113: Relating to motor fuel excise taxes – (Com. title amend. pending)
• Eng. HB 4396: Relating to reporting suspected governmental fraud
• Eng. HB 4409: Relating to transferring remaining funds from the Volunteer Fire Department Workers’ Compensation Premium Subsidy Fund – (Com. title amend. pending)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4414: Relating to the selection of language and development milestones for the deaf and hard-of-hearing children – (Com. title amend. pending)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4415: Relating to missing and endangered children – (Com. title amend. pending)
• Eng. HB 4417: Relating to permitting professional boards
• Eng. HB 4519: Establishing a summer youth intern pilot program within Department of Commerce
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4546: Relating to tuberculosis testing for school superintendents
• Eng. HB 4551: Relating to subsidized adoption – (Com. title amend. pending)
• Eng. HB 4589: Conducting study for an appropriate memorial for West Virginians killed in the War on Terror – (Com. title amend. pending)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4593: Authorizing the assignment of poll workers to serve more than one precinct under certain circumstances – (Com. title amend. pending)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4621: West Virginia FinTech Regulatory Sandbox Act – (Com. title amend. pending)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4633: Expanding county commissions’ ability to dispose of county or district property
• Eng. HB 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. title amend. pending)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4666: Relating to competitive bids for intergovernmental relations and urban mass transportation
• Eng. HB 4691: Relating to employment in areas of critical need in public education
• Eng. HB 4714: Increasing the monetary threshold for requiring nonprofit organizations to register as a charitable organization
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4780: Permitting county boards to offer elective courses of instruction on the Bible
• Eng. HB 4859: Accounting for state funds distributed to volunteer and part-volunteer fire companies and departments

SECOND READING

·         Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2646: Providing a safe harbor for employers to correct underpayment or nonpayment of wages and benefits due to separated employees – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)

·         Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2775: Requiring each high school student to complete a full credit course of study in personal finance – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)

·         Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2961: Permitting the commissioner to require a water supply system be equipped with a backflow prevention assembly

·         Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2967: Permitting a county to retain the excise taxes for the privilege of transferring title of real estate

·         Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 3049: Improving dissemination of boiled water advisories to affected communities – (Com. amend. pending)

·         Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4001: Creating West Virginia Impact Fund – (Com. title amend. pending)

·         Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4009: Relating to the process for involuntary hospitalization – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)

·         Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4019: Downstream Natural Gas Manufacturing Investment Tax Credit Act of 2020

·         Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4020: Removing authority of municipalities to require occupational licensure if licensure for the occupation is required by the state – (Com. amends. pending)

·         Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4061: Health Benefit Plan Network Access and Adequacy Act – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)

·         Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4069: West Virginia Student Religious Liberties Act – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)

·         Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4088: Disposition of funds from certain oil and natural gas wells due to unknown or unlocatable interest owners – (Com. title amend. pending)

·         Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4094: Continuing the Foster Care Ombudsman – (Com. amend. pending)

·         Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4102: Relating to opioid antagonists – (Com. amend. pending)

·         Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4108: Relating generally to certificates of need for health care services – (Com. amend. pending)

·         Eng. HB 4159: Relating to the manufacture and sale of hard cider

·         Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4165: West Virginia Remembers Program

·         Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4176: West Virginia Intelligence/Fusion Center Act – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)

·         Eng. HB 4178: Requiring calls which are recorded be maintained for a period of five years – (Com. amend. pending)

·         Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4198: Permitting a person to obtain a 12-month supply of contraceptive drugs – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)

·         Eng. HB 4354: Adding nabiximols to the permitted list of distributed and prescribed drugs – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)

·         Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4360: Exempting certain persons from heating, ventilating, and cooling system licensing requirements

·         Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4361: Relating to insurance law violations – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)

·         Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4362: Relating to penalties for neglect, emotional abuse or death caused by a caregiver – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)

·         Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4363: Establishing the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Police Officer Retirement System – (Com. amends. pending)

·         Eng. HB 4375: Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists Compact – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending) (original similar to SB 656)

·         Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4377: The Protection of Vulnerable Adults from Financial Exploitation Act – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)

·         Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4388: Limiting the Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner’s authority to restrict advertising – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)

·         Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4395: Removing the requirement that a veterinarian access and report to the controlled substance monitoring database – (Com. amends. and title amend. pending)

·         Eng. HB 4406: Relating to the reproduction of checks and other records – (Com. title amend. pending)

·         Eng. HB 4410: Permitting directors and executive officers of a banking institution to borrow from a banking institution with which he or she is connected

·         Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4421: Natural Gas Liquids Economic Development Act

·         Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4439: Clarifying the method for calculating the amount of severance tax attributable to the increase in coal production – (Com. title amend. pending)

·         Eng. HB 4447: Creating the shared table initiative for senior citizens who suffer from food insecurity

·         Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4452: Modifying the notice requirements for the redemption of delinquent properties – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)

·         Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4484: Relating to the Hazardous Waste Management Fund

·         Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4497: Requiring an external defibrillator device at any secondary school athlete event – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)

·         Eng. HB 4499: Relating to multicounty trail network authorities – (Com. title amend. pending)

·         Eng. HB 4502: Relating to insurance adjusters – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)

·         Eng. HB 4514: Permitting the use of leashed dogs to track mortally wounded deer or bear – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)

·         Eng. HB 4523: Removing the limitation of number of apprentice hunting and trapping licenses a person may purchase

·         Eng. HB 4524: Making the entire state “wet” or permitting the sale of alcoholic liquors for off-premises consumption – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)

·         Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4535:  Relating to student aide class titles

·         Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4557: Relating to centers and institutions that provide the care and treatment of mentally ill or intellectually disabled individuals – (Com. amends. pending)

·         Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4573: Relating to Medicaid subrogation liens of the Department of Health and Human Resources – (Com. amend. pending)

·         Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4581: Relating to West Virginia Clearance for Access: Registry and Employment Screening – (Com. amends. pending)

·         Eng. HB 4607: Authorizing the operation of mobile shops for hair, nail, cosmetology, and aesthetics services – (Com. amend. pending)

·         Eng. HB 4618: Relating to deadly weapons for sale or hire

·         Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4619: Approving plans proposed by electric utilities to install middle-mile broadband fiber – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)

·         Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4634: Southern West Virginia Lake Development Study Commission Act – (Com. amend. pending)

·         Eng. HB 4665: Reducing the amount of rebate going to the Purchasing Improvement Fund

·         Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4668: Creating the misdemeanor crime of trespass for entering a structure that has been condemned – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)

·         Eng. HB 4737: Clarifying student eligibility for state-sponsored financial aid

·         Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4747: Extending electronic submission of various applications and forms for nonprofit and charitable organizations, professionals and licensees

·         Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4748: Relating to the increase of fees that private nongovernment notary publics may charge for notarial acts

·         Eng. HB 4777: Relating to the right of disposition of remains

·         Eng. HB 4797: Authorizing municipalities to enact ordinances that allow the municipal court to place a structure, dwelling or building into receivership – (Com. amend. pending)

·         Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4803: Relating to certification of electrical inspectors – (Amend. pending)

·         Eng. HB 4804: Relating to comprehensive systems of support for teacher and leader induction and professional growth – (Com. title amend. pending)

·         Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4823: Developing a plan for periodic audits of the expenditure of the fees from the emergency 911 telephone system and wireless enhanced 911

·         Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4892: Reducing personal income tax rates when personal income tax reduction fund is funded at a certain threshold

·         Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4946: Eliminating the requirement that municipal police civil service commissions certify a list of three individuals for every position vacancy – (Com. amend. pending)

·         Eng. HB 4958: Relating to eliminating the ability of a person’s driver license to be suspended for failure to pay court fines and costs – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)

Bills on Senate Rules Committee Calendar

**Bills on the Rules Committee Calendar may be added or removed by majority vote of the Senate Committee on Rules**

THIRD READING

• Eng. HB 4161: Making it illegal to scleral tattoo a person
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4398: Relating to required courses of instruction – (Com. title amend. pending)

SECOND READING

• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4378: Relating to disciplining teachers – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
• Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 4594: Allowing poll workers to be appointed to work in precincts outside their county – (Com. amends. and title amend. pending)
• Eng. HB 4664: Clarifying the offense of driving under the influence of alcohol, controlled substances, or drugs – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
• Eng. HB 4960: Relating to exempting from licensure as an electrician

Scheduled Committee Meetings

9 a.m.: Transportation and Infrastructure (451M)

HB 4017: Establishing country roads accountability and transparency

9:15 a.m.: Senate Committee on Rules (Senate President’s Conference Room)

3 p.m.: Finance

• HB 4543: Relating to insurance coverage for diabetics

** Additional afternoon committee meetings will be announced Wednesday.**

Senate Resolutions to be Introduced:

• SCR 58: Requesting study of sexual violence in WV (Prezioso)
• SCR 59: Rachel Hershey Smith Memorial Shelter (Romano, Facemire)
• SCR 60: Requesting study on nutrition of public school students when schools are closed (Rucker)
• SR 66: Recognizing March as Red Cross Month (Carmichael)
• SR 67: Designating March 5, 2020, as Treatment Court Day (Weld, Maroney)
• SR 68: Recognizing Buckhannon-Upshur 4-H Air Rifle Club (Hamilton, Pitsenbarger)

Committee times and agendas are subject to change. Follow @WVSenClerk on Twitter for updates.

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HOUSE OF DELEGATES: 

SPECIAL CALENDAR

House to convene at 10 a.m. On the agenda:

THIRD READING – For Passage

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 136 – Prohibiting certain misleading lawsuit advertising practices

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 150 – Budget Bill [Amendments Pending] [Right to Amend]

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 490 – Relating to criminal offenses against agricultural facilities

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 578 – Recalculating tax on generating, producing, or selling electricity from solar energy facilities

·         S. B. 600 – Creating special revenue account designated Military Authority Fund

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 614 – Changing method of allocating funding from Safe School Funds

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 662 – Removing restrictions on fiduciary commissioners

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 668 – Enacting Uniform Trust Decanting Act

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 802 – Relating to public utilities generally

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 810 – Implementing federal Affordable Clean Energy rule

SECOND READING – Amendment Stage

·         S. B. 42 – Permitting faith-based electives in classroom drug prevention programs (Education Committee Amendment Pending)

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 130 – Relating to procedure for driver’s license suspension and revocation for DUI

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 175 – Requiring certain agencies maintain website which contains specific information (Finance Committee Amendment Pending)

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 230 – Requiring State Board of Education provide routine education in suicide prevention (Education Committee Amendment Pending)

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 261 – Creating criminal penalties for introducing ransomware into computer with intent to extort (Judiciary Committee Amendment Pending)

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 269 – Establishing advisory council on rare diseases (Health and Human Resources Committee Amendment Pending)

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 275 – Creating Intermediate Court of Appeals (Finance Committee Amendment Pending)

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 288 –  Relating to family planning and child spacing (Health and Human Resources Committee Amendment Pending)

·         S. B. 289 – Creating Green Alert Plan (Finance Committee Amendment Pending)

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 303 – Enacting Students’ Right to Know Act (Education Committee Amendment Pending)

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 308 – Creating criminal penalties for violation of orders issued for protection of victims of financial exploitation

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 312 – Relating to provisional licensure of social workers

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 491 – Relating to Seed Certification Program

·         S. B. 510 – Making permanent land reuse agency or municipal land bank’s right of first refusal on certain tax sale properties

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 530 – Relating to taxation of aircraft (Finance Committee Title Amendment Pending)

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 547 – Relating to employer testing, notice, termination, and forfeiture of unemployment compensation

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 575 – Designating local fire department as safe-surrender site to accept physical custody of certain children from lawful custodian

·         S. B. 641 – Allowing WVCHIP flexibility in rate setting (Health and Human Resources Committee Amendment Pending)

·         S. B. 647 – Permitting physician’s assistants and advanced practice registered nurses issue do-not-resuscitate orders (Health and Human Resources Committee Amendment Pending)

·         S. B. 654 – Allowing certain sheriffs transfer from PERS to Deputy Sheriff Retirement System

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 678 – Waiving fines and fees for completing Getting Over Addicted Lifestyles Successfully Program (Judiciary Committee Amendment Pending)

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 689 – Enacting Requiring Accountable Pharmaceutical Transparency, Oversight, and Reporting Act

·         S. B. 691 – Limiting programs adopted by State Board of Education

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 692 – Clarifying persons indicted or charged jointly for felony offense can move to have separate trial

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 707 – Relating to nursing career pathways (Education Committee Amendment Pending)

·         S. B. 723 – Requiring Department of Education develop plan based on analyzed data on school discipline (Education Committee Amendment Pending)

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 729 – Relating to awards and disability under Deputy Sheriff Retirement Act

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 739 – Authorizing PSC protect consumers of distressed and failing water and wastewater utilities (Judiciary Committee Amendment Pending)

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 746 – Providing contracted managed care companies access to uniform maternal screening tool

·         S. B. 747 – Requiring Bureau for Public Health develop Diabetes Action Plan (Health and Human Resources Committee Amendment Pending)

·         S. B. 748 – Increasing awareness of palliative care services (Health and Human Resources Committee Amendment Pending)

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 749 – Requiring Fatality and Mortality Review Team share data with CDC

·         S. B. 750 – Establishing extended learning opportunities (Education Committee Amendment Pending)

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 760 – Allowing state college or university apply to HEPC for designation as administratively exempt school

·         S. B. 767 – Relating to licensure of hospitals

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 770 – Revising requirements for post-doctoral training

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 785 – Establishing uniform electioneering prohibition area (Judiciary Committee Amendment Pending)

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 793 – Relating to B&O taxes imposed on certain coal-fired electric generating units

·         S. B. 830 – Eliminating special merit-based employment system for health care professionals

·         S. B. 838 – Directing state police establish referral program for substance abuse treatment (Judiciary Committee Amendment Pending)

·         S. B. 839 –  Creating State Advisory Council on Postsecondary Attainment Goals (Education Committee Amendment Pending)

·         S. B. 842 – Requiring Superintendent of Schools establish a Behavior Interventionist Pilot Program in two school districts for five years (Education Committee Amendment Pending)

·         S. B. 846 – Requiring hospital publish notification prior to facility closure regarding patient medical records

·         S. B. 848 – Clarifying persons charged with DUI may not participate in Military Service Members Court

·         S. B. 851 – Requiring Governor’s Committee on Crime, Delinquency, and Correction propose rule in coordination with law enforcement and certain medical boards (Judiciary Committee Amendment Pending)

FIRST READING

·         S. B. 51 – Specifying forms of grandparent visitation

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 120 – Establishing priorities for expenditures for plugging abandoned gas or oil wells

·         S. B. 180 – Relating to Second Chance Driver’s License Program (Judiciary Committee Amendment Pending)

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 193 – Setting forth timeframes for continuing purchases of commodities and services over $1 million (Finance Committee Amendment Pending)

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 195 – Updating powers of personal representatives of deceased person’s estate

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 213 – Relating to administration of trusts

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 253 – Providing for fair pay and maximized employment of disabled persons

·         S. B. 278 – Providing various methods to deal with defendant who becomes incompetent during trial (Judiciary Committee Amendment Pending)

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 291 – Requiring PEIA and health insurance providers provide mental health parity (Finance Committee Amendment Pending)

·         S. B. 322 – Relating to prequalifications for state contract vendors

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 522 – Relating to compensation awards to crime victims

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 551 – Relating to Water and Wastewater Investment and Infrastructure Improvement Act (Finance Committee Amendment Pending)

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 579 – Changing and adding fees to wireless enhanced 911 fee

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 589 – Creating Critical Needs/Failing Systems Sub Account (Finance Committee Amendment Pending)

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 597 – Relating to judicial branch members’ salaries and pensions (Finance Committee Amendment Pending)

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 615 – Declaring certain claims against state as moral obligations of state (Finance Committee Amendment Pending)

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 648 – Providing dental coverage for adult Medicaid recipients (Finance Committee Amendment Pending)

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 660 – Regulating electric bicycles

·         S. B. 664 – Adding physician’s assistant to list of medical professionals capable of determining if individual lacks capacity

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 670 – Amending service of process on nonresident persons or corporate entities

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 690 – Permitting street-legal special purpose vehicles on highways (Government Organization Committee Amendment Pending)

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 710 – Establishing pilot program to evaluate telemedicine health services

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 711 – Relating to juvenile jurisdiction of circuit courts

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 716 – Requiring DHHR pay for tubal ligation without 30-day wait between consent and sterilization (Finance Committee Title Amendment Pending)

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 717 – Relating generally to adult protective services

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 719 – Imposing health care-related provider tax on certain health care organizations

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 722 – Relating to special license plates for public and private nonprofit transit providers (Government Organization Committee Amendment Pending)

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 738 – Creating Flatwater Trail Commission

·         S. B. 740 – Clarifying authorized users of Ron Yost Personal Assistance Services Fund

·         S. B. 765 – Modifying “Habitual Offender” statute (Judiciary Committee Amendment Pending)

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 787 – Providing benefits to pharmacists for rendered care (Finance Committee Amendment Pending)

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 797 – Authorizing governing boards of public and private hospitals employ hospital police officers (Finance Committee Amendment Pending)  

·         S. B. 843 – Supplemental appropriation of funds from Treasury to DHHR Energy Assistance Fund

·         S. B. 844 – Supplemental appropriation from Treasury to DHHR Birth-to-Three Fund

·         Com. Sub. for S. B. 845 – Supplemental appropriation from Treasury to DHHR, Division of Human Services

·         S. B. 852 – Supplemental appropriation of public moneys from Treasury to Department of Education, School Building Fund

·         S. B. 853 – Supplemental appropriation of public moneys from Treasury to Department of Education, School Building Authority

Committee Meetings Scheduled:

Committee on Rules

9:45 a.m. – Behind Chamber

Citation Presentations Scheduled in House Chamber:

• None.