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Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020
22th Day of the Legislative Session
Rotunda and social activities:
From the Activity Calendar: Preston/Monongalia/Taylor County Day, Upper House and Upper Senate Rotunda; Senate President’s Dinner
The Senate will convene at 11 a.m.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
- SCR 13: Ira “Noon” Copley and Marie Copley Memorial Bridge
- SR 20: Designating January 29, 2020, as Preston County Day
- SR 21: Celebrating achievements and contributions of Monongalia County
THIRD READING
- Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 209: Relating to annexation by minor boundary adjustment
- Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 241: Requiring State Board of Education develop method for student transportation costs as stand-alone consideration
- Eng. Com. Sub. for HB 2696: Creating an additional index system for state-owned lands
- Eng. HB 4130: Relating to competitive bidding for government construction contracts arising out of declared states of emergency
SECOND READING
- Com. Sub. for SB 175: Requiring certain agencies maintain website which contains specific information
- Com. Sub. for SB 261: Creating criminal penalties for introducing ransomware into computer with intent to extort
- Com. Sub. for SB 339: Authorizing DHHR promulgate legislative rules
- Eng. HB 4103: Relating to office of drug control policy (Com. amend. pending)
FIRST READING
- Com. Sub. for SB 449: Authorizing Department of Commerce promulgate legislative rules
- SB 508: Removing mandate Board of Risk and Insurance Management purchase liability insurance for Division of Corrections
- Com. Sub. for SB 550: Permitting leashed dogs track mortally wounded deer or bear
- SB 642: Correcting incorrect code citation in WV Consumer Credit and Protection Act
10 a.m.: Workforce (208W)
- SB 76: Limiting Liability of employers in cases where certain crime convictions are expunged
- Presentation: Jeffrey Green, Deputy Executive Director, Workforce West Virginia
10:30 a.m.: Subcommittee for SB 136, Prohibiting certain misleading lawsuit advertising practices
1 p.m.: Economic Development (208W)
- SB 123: Relating generally to pyramid promotional schemes
- SB 521: Creating Tax and Economic Incentives Review Committee
- SB 510: Making permanent land reuse agency or municipal land bank’s right of first refusal on certain tax sale properties
- SB 525: Requiring Secretary of Commerce present certain information to Joint Committee on Government and Finance
2 p.m.: Agriculture and Rural Development (208W)
- Agenda TBA
2 p.m.: Pensions (451M)
- Agenda TBA
3 p.m.: Judiciary (208W)
- SB 240: Relating to food service establishments securing covers for grease traps
- SB 308: Penalizing individuals who violate financial exploitation protective order
- SB 610: Removing resident manager requirement for Alcohol Beverage Control Administration
- SB 620: Authorizing Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation approve home plans for inmates
- SJR 7: Preserving the Separation of Powers Amendment
3 p.m.: Finance (451M)
- SB 300: Updating certain terms in WV Corporation Net Income Tax Act
- Com Sub. for SB 190: Modifying requirement that racetrack participate in WV Thoroughbred Development Fund by certain date
- Budget Presentation: West Virginia Lottery Commission
- Presenting: John A. Myers, Director. In Attendance: Dean Patrick, Deputy Director, Finance and Administration; Paul Barnette, Chief Accountant; Tracy Webb, General Counsel; June Somerville, Counsel; Randy Burnside, Public Relations
- Budget Presentation: West Virginia Department of Revenue
- Presenting: Dave Hardy, Cabinet Secretary, Department of Revenue. In Attendance: Dale Steager, Tax Commissioner; Fred Wooton, ABCA Commissioner; Leon Ramsey, Athletic Commission Chair; Dawn Holstein, DFI Commissioner; Michael Cook, Director, State Budget Office; Jim Dodrill, Insurance Commissioner; Sara Rogers, Municipal Bond Executive Director; A.M. Fenway Pollack, Chief Administrative Law Judge, Office of Tax Appeals
Senate Bills to be Introduced Wednesday, January 29, 2020
· SB 643: Creating Youth Mental Health Protection Act (Maroney, Baldwin, Clements, Ihlenfeld, Lindsay, Stollings, Takubo; Health and Human Resources)
· SB 644: Assessing wildlife impact fee on wind power projects (Smith; Natural Resources then Judiciary)
· SB 645: Protecting albino deer (FN) (Smith; Natural Resources then Judiciary)
· SB 646: Relating to proposals for new occupational regulation (Maynard; Government Organization)
· SB 647: Permitting physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses issue do-not-resuscitate orders (Takubo, Mann, Maroney, Stollings; Health and Human Resources)
· SB 648: Providing dental coverage for adult Medicaid recipients (FN) (Takubo, Mann, Maroney, Prezioso, Stollings, Weld; Health and Human Resources then Finance)
· SB 649: Permitting county emergency phone system directors negotiate contracts for mobile phones (Maynard; Government Organization)
· SB 650: Altering color scheme for county, city, or municipality vehicle registration plates (Maynard; Government Organization)
· SB 651: Relating to definition of “mortgage loan originator” (Azinger; Banking and Insurance)
· SB 652: Authorizing School Building Authority promulgate legislative rules (Rucker; Education)
· SB 653: Increasing number of magistrates in Putnam County (FN) (Carmichael; Judiciary then Finance)
· SB 654: Allowing certain sheriffs transfer from PERS to Deputy Sheriff Retirement System (FN) (Tarr, Hardesty, Pitsenbarger, Prezioso, Smith, Weld; Pensions then Finance)
· SB 655: Relating to valuation of natural resources land property (FN) (Tarr; Energy, Industry, and Mining then Finance)
· SB 656: Facilitating interstate practice of audiology and speech-language pathology (FN) (Tarr; Health and Human Resources)
· SCR 14: Urging Congress declare Equal Rights Amendment to US Constitution (Romano)
· SR 22: Designating January 30, 2020, as Marshall University Day (Woelfel, Plymale)
· SR 23: Congratulating University of Charleston men’s soccer team (Takubo, Palumbo)
* (FN) indicates the bill has a Fiscal Note
* (IB) indicates the bill is an Interim Bill
Special Calendar
Citation Presentations Scheduled in House Chamber:
- 9:15 a.m. – WV Bankers photo
- 10:15 a.m. – Monongalia County Citation, Delegate Hansen
House to convene at 11 a.m. On the agenda:
THIRD READING – For Passage
· Com. Sub. for S. B. 323 – Authorizing Department of Administration promulgate legislative rules
· Com. Sub. for H. B. 2419 – Relating to the authorization to release a defendant or a person arrested upon his or her own recognizance
· Com. Sub. for H. B. 2433 – Modifying the school calendar to begin not earlier than Labor Day and end prior to Memorial Day
· Com. Sub. for H. B. 2877 – Relating to charging a fee for parking in an accessible parking space bearing the international symbol of access
· H. B. 4030 – Increasing limit for application for original appointment as a firefighter to 40 years of age for honorably discharged veterans
· Com. Sub. for H. B. 4094 – Continuing the Foster Care Ombudsman
SECOND READING – Amendment Stage
· Com. Sub. for H. B. 4026 – Exempting businesses transporting scrap tires, waste tires, or other used tires, from certain statutory provisions
· H. B. 4353 – Creating a rational nexus requirement between prior criminal conduct and initial licensure decision making
· H. B. 4476 – Providing for the timely and efficient collection, submission, testing, retention, and disposition of forensic evidence in sexual assault cases
· H. B. 4496 – Removing the specific mandate of the Board of Risk and Insurance Management to purchase liability insurance for the Division of Corrections
· H. B. 4501 – Relating to the ability to refuse offenders for commitment to a jail
· H. B. 4510 – Prohibiting bodily intrusion by an inmate upon any person at any correctional facility
FIRST READING
· Com. Sub. for H. B. 2338 – Allowing the owner of an antique military vehicle to display alternate registration insignia
· H. B. 4179 – Recognition of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact
· H. B. 4359 – Increasing the filing fees for insurers
· H. B. 4381 – Relating to lifetime hunting, fishing and trapping licenses for adopted children
· Com. Sub. for H. B. 4470 – Relating to persons 18 years of age or older in the custody of the Bureau of Juvenile Services
Committee Meetings Scheduled:
Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services
9:00 a.m. – Room 215 E
· H.B. 2586, Providing programs to train firefighters and emergency medical technicians.
· H.B. 4444, Establishing Medals of Valor and Medals for Bravery for emergency medical services, firefighters, and law-enforcement officers.
· H.B. 4156, Reducing the recertification fee for emergency medical services personnel.
· 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. 4178, Requiring calls which are recorded be maintained for a period of five years
Technology and Infrastructure
9:00 a.m. – Room 418 M
· House Bill 4404, Removing the requirement that the Division of Highways read bids aloud
· House Bill 4478, Creating a lifetime ban for commercial drivers involved in human trafficking
· House Bill 4479, Removing the authority of the Commissioner of the Division of Motor Vehicles to set documentary charges
· House Bill 4083, Requiring the West Virginia Parkways Authority to accept the use of credit and debit cards for paying tolls
Committee on Rules
10:45 a.m. – Behind Chamber
Small Business, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development
1:00 p.m. – Room 215 E
· H. B. 4445, Economic Diversification Act of 2020 2nd reference to Finance.
· H. B. 2724, Small Business Tax Credit 2nd reference to Finance.
· Presentations by:
o Bill Woodrum, Director of Entrepreneurship of RCBI
o Tara St. Clair, Educational Lead for the Encova Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
o Dave Hendrickson, Chairman of the Board of Progress of the WV Regional Technology Park
Senior, Children, and Family Issues
3:00 p.m. – Room 215 E
· Presentation by: Jane Marks, State President West Virginia AARP
· H.B. 4362, Relating to penalties for neglect, emotional abuse or death caused by a caregiver
· H.B. 4377, The Protection of Vulnerable Adults from Financial Exploitation Act
Committee on the Judiciary
5:00 p.m. – Room 418 M
III. Com. Sub. for H.B. 4252, Miscellaneous Rules Bundle
a. 1 CSR 01 b. 32 CSR 04 c. 32 CSR 14 d. 32 CSR 15 e. 32 CSR 16 f. 61 CSR 01 g. 61 CSR 10 h. 61 CSR 11B i. 61 CSR 13A j. 61 CSR 15 k. 61 CSR 19 l. 61 CSR 20 m. 61 CSR 24 n. 61 CSR 29 o. 61 CSR 30 p. 61 CSR 34 q. 61 CSR 38 r. 61 CSR 40 s. 2 CSR 01 t. 2 CSR 03 u. 4 CSR 07 v. 4 CSR 08 w. 27 CSR 13 x. 5 CSR 01 y. 5 CSR 08 z. 31 CSR 01 aa. 31 CSR 06 bb. 146 CSR 01 cc. 146 CSR 03 dd. 6 CSR 05 ee. 6 CSR 06 ff. 8 CSR 04 gg. 8 CSR 05 hh. 9 CSR 05 ii. 194 CSR 05 jj. 194 CSR 06 kk. 18 CSR 01 ll. 11 CSR 01B mm. 11 CSR 13 nn. 21 CSR 01 oo. 13 CSR 03 pp. 13 CSR 07 qq. 13 CSR 08 rr. 14 CSR 01 ss. 24 CSR 02 tt. 24 CSR 08 uu. 15 CSR 01 vv. 15 CSR 04 ww. 15 CSR 07 xx. 15 CSR 12 yy. 15 CSR 14 zz. 15 CSR 15 aaa. 15 CSR 16 bbb. 15 CSR 18 ccc. 16 CSR 01 ddd. 16 CSR 04 eee. 16 CSR 05 fff. 16 CSR 06 ggg. 16 CSR 09 hhh. 7 CSR 01 iii. 23 CSR 01 jjj. 17 CSR 07 kkk. 190 CSR 02 lll. 174 CSR 06 mmm. 174 CSR 07 nnn. 19 CSR 03 ooo. 19 CSR 15 ppp. 30 CSR 02 qqq. 30 CSR 09 rrr. 30 CSR 10 sss. 20 CSR 05 ttt. 25 CSR 01 uuu. 25 CSR 03 vvv. 29 CSR 01 www. 29 CSR 04 xxx. 155 CSR 06 yyy. 63 CSR 03 zzz. 26 CSR 01 aaaa. 26 CSR 03 bbbb. 26 CSR 06
IV. Com. Sub. for S. B. 364, Authorizing Department of Transportation promulgate legislative rules,
a. 157 CSR 06 b. 157 CSR 07 c. 157 CSR 13 d. 91 CSR 15 e. 91 CSR 24
Committee on Finance
5:00 p.m. – Room 215 E (**Note Room Change to East Wing**)
Budget Hearing for the Department of Arts, Culture and History
(***Additional Agenda to be Posted.***)
*** Agendas and meeting times subject to change. ***