WV Press Report
CHARLESTON, W.VA. — West Virginia Press Association each day will share the schedules of West Virginia’s State Senate and House of Delegates on WVPress.org and on Facebook and Twitter at @wvpress.
Monday, March 15 – 34th day of the session
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The Senate will convene at 11 a.m. On the agenda:
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
S. C. R. 25 – McClintic Family Bridge
THIRD READING
Eng. Com. Sub. for S. B. 346 – Authorizing DMV use electronic means when providing notice for licensees and vehicle owners
Eng. Com. Sub. for S. B. 472 – Updating criteria for regulating certain occupations and professions (original similar to HB2909)
Eng. S. B. 523 – Correcting improper code references
Eng. S. B. 529 – Correcting improper citation relating to DMV registration
Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2011 – Eliminating any time requirements for part time personnel to work during a working year – (Com. title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2263 – Update the regulation of pharmacy benefit managers
SECOND READING
Com. Sub. for S. B. 303 – Creating Local Government Labor and Consumer Marketing Regulatory Limitation Act (original similar to HB2907)
Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for S. B. 318 – Relating generally to public notice of unclaimed property held by State Treasurer
Com. Sub. for S. B. 500 – Prohibiting intimidation and retaliation against public officers and employees, jurors, and witnesses
Com. Sub. for S. B. 518 – Relating to grounds for administrative dissolution of certain companies, corporations, and partnerships
Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2006 – Relating to the West Virginia Contractor Licensing Act – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2009 – Relating to limitations on the use of wages and agency shop fees by employers and labor organizations for political activities – (Com. amend. pending)
FIRST READING
Com. Sub. for S. B. 28 – Creating Open and Equal Opportunities in Student Activities Act
Com. Sub. for S. B. 297 – Relating generally to modernizing Board of Treasury Investments
S. B. 391 – Relating to study of child protective services and foster care workforce
Com. Sub. for S. B. 431 – Relating to school attendance notification requirements to DMV
Com. Sub. for S. B. 502 – Providing lifetime hunting, fishing, and trapping license to residents, adopted, and foster children under 15
Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2008 – Amending requirements for licensure relating to elevator mechanics, crane operators, HVAC, electricians, and plumbers – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2013 – Relating to the Hope Scholarship Program
Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2616 – Amend the reporting to the Governor and the Legislature to have information continuously available on the Office of Health Facility Licensure and Certification’s website – (Com. amend. pending)
SCHEDULED COMMITTEE MEETINGS
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BILLS TO BE INTRODUCED
| SB641. By Sen. Phillips and Stollings | Allowing counties to use severance tax proceeds for litter cleanup programs | Government Organization |
| SB642. By Sen. Rucker | Requiring legal advertisements by State Auditor be posted to central website (FN) | Government Organization then Finance |
| SB643. By Sen. Smith | Requiring payment of increased costs to volunteer fire departments and EMS units imposed by legislative rules (FN) | Government Organization then Finance |
| SB644. By Sen. Weld | Exempting certain persons pursing degree in speech pathology and audiology from license requirements | Health and Human Resources |
| SCR26. By Sen. Smith | US Army TEC5 William “Bill” Thurman King Memorial Bridge |
WEST VIRGINIA HOUSE OF DELEGATES:
House will convene at 11 a.m. On the agenda:
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
S. C. R. 25 – McClintic Family Bridge
THIRD READING
Eng. Com. Sub. for S. B. 346 – Authorizing DMV use electronic means when providing notice for licensees and vehicle owners
Eng. Com. Sub. for S. B. 472 – Updating criteria for regulating certain occupations and professions (original similar to HB2909)
Eng. S. B. 523 – Correcting improper code references
Eng. S. B. 529 – Correcting improper citation relating to DMV registration
Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2011 – Eliminating any time requirements for part time personnel to work during a working year – (Com. title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2263 – Update the regulation of pharmacy benefit managers
SECOND READING
Com. Sub. for S. B. 303 – Creating Local Government Labor and Consumer Marketing Regulatory Limitation Act (original similar to HB2907)
Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for S. B. 318 – Relating generally to public notice of unclaimed property held by State Treasurer
Com. Sub. for S. B. 500 – Prohibiting intimidation and retaliation against public officers and employees, jurors, and witnesses
Com. Sub. for S. B. 518 – Relating to grounds for administrative dissolution of certain companies, corporations, and partnerships
Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2006 – Relating to the West Virginia Contractor Licensing Act – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2009 – Relating to limitations on the use of wages and agency shop fees by employers and labor organizations for political activities – (Com. amend. pending)
FIRST READING
Com. Sub. for S. B. 28 – Creating Open and Equal Opportunities in Student Activities Act
Com. Sub. for S. B. 297 – Relating generally to modernizing Board of Treasury Investments
S. B. 391 – Relating to study of child protective services and foster care workforce
Com. Sub. for S. B. 431 – Relating to school attendance notification requirements to DMV
Com. Sub. for S. B. 502 – Providing lifetime hunting, fishing, and trapping license to residents, adopted, and foster children under 15
Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2008 – Amending requirements for licensure relating to elevator mechanics, crane operators, HVAC, electricians, and plumbers – (Com. amend. and title amend. pending)
Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2013 – Relating to the Hope Scholarship Program
Eng. Com. Sub. for H. B. 2616 – Amend the reporting to the Governor and the Legislature to have information continuously available on the Office of Health Facility Licensure and Certification’s website – (Com. amend. pending)
SPECIAL CALENDAR
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
S. C. R. 4 – Recognizing June 19 as Juneteenth Day
H. C. R. 9 – Urging Congress to call a convention of states to limit terms of office of the US House of Representatives
H. C. R. 35 – Requesting the Department of Health and Human Resources to continuously evaluate the child welfare system
H. R. 14 – Resolution on West Virginia’s Energy Future
THIRD READING
Com. Sub. for H. B. 2688 – Allow county political parties to have building funds in a similar manner that state parties are allowed (Capito) (Regular)
Com. Sub. for H. B. 2705 – Authorizing the Department of Health and Human Resources to promulgate a legislative rule relating to food establishments (Steele) (Regular)
Com. Sub. for H. B. 2785 – Relating to public school enrollment for students from out of state (Ellington) (Regular)
Com. Sub. for H. B. 2797 – Declaring certain claims to be moral obligations of the State (Householder) (Regular)
Com. Sub. for H. B. 2834 – Adding the Curator of the West Virginia Division of Arts, Culture and History as an ex officio voting member of the commission (Steele) (Regular)
Com. Sub. for H. B. 2877 – Expand direct health care agreements beyond primary care to include more medical care services (J. Pack) (Regular)
Com. Sub. for H. B. 2891 – Creating minimum statutory standards for law-enforcement officers (Capito) (Regular)
H. B. 2969 – To clarify the procedures for the sale and operation of a municipally owned toll bridge by a private toll transportation facility (Steele) (Regular)
Com. Sub. for H. B. 2972 – Allowing a person to manufacture a stated amount of alcoholic liquor for personal consumption (Capito) (Regular)
SECOND READING
H. B. 2379 – Make criminal invasion of privacy a felony (Capito) (Regular)
H. B. 2493 – Providing valuation limitations for coal property taxation and clarifying the penalties for non-filers (Householder) (Regular)
H. B. 2776 – Creating the Air Ambulance Patient Protection Act (Capito) (Regular) [Judiciary Committee Amendment Pending]
H. B. 2888 – Relating to when contentions can be revived based on forensic scientific evidence that was not available at time of conviction (Capito) (Regular)
FIRST READING
S. B. 404 – Modifying well work permits issued by DEP Office of Oil and Gas (Anderson) (Regular)
Com. Sub. for H. B. 2400 – Authorizing the Division of Highways to promulgate a legislative rule relating to traffic and safety rules (Capito) (Effective From Passage)
Com. Sub. for H. B. 2634 – Coverage for the treatment of chronic pain (J. Pack) (Regular)
Com. Sub. for H. B. 2794 – To extend the Neighborhood Investment Program Act to July 1, 2026 and to increase the allowable tax credit from $3,000,000 to $5,000,000 (Householder) (Regular)
Com. Sub. for H. B. 2817 – Donated Drug Repository Program (J. Pack) (Regular)
H. B. 3078 – Relating to powers and duties of the parole board (Capito) (Regular)
H. B. 3081 – Updating the West Virginia Business Corporations Act (Westfall) (Effective From Passage)
H. B. 3128 – Relating to carrier fees on 911 fee revenues (Capito) (Regular)
H. B. 3131 – Relating to correcting internal code references and citations (Capito) (Regular)
H. B. 3133 – Relating to motor carrier rates (Capito) (Regular)
Committee on Rules — 10:45 a.m. – Room 434 M
Committee on Government Organization — 1 p.m. – Room 215 E
— Consideration of CS for HB 2633, Creating the 2021 Farm Bill.
— Consideration of HB 2742, Providing explicit authority to process and online driver’s license or identification renewal or reissuance when the applicant needs to update the address.
— Consideration of HB 2914, To remove certain ex officio, voting members from the Archives and History Commission and update formatting.
— Consideration of CS for HB 2823, Exempting buildings or structures utilized exclusively for agricultural purposes from the provisions of the State Building Code.
— Consideration of CS for HB 2174, West Virginia Monument and Memorial Protection Act of 2021.
BILLS TO BE INTRODUCED
HB3135. By Del. Pritt – Make gold and silver legal tender in WV – To Banking and Insurance then Finance
HB3136. By Del. Steele, Storch, Householder, Westfall, Clark, Hamrick, Barrett, Foster, Haynes and J. Jeffries – Repeal code relating to wagering or betting on elections – To the Judiciary
HB3137. By Del. Hardy – To accelerate the conversion of the transfer tax on the privilege of transferring real property from a state excise tax to a county excise tax – To Finance
HB3138. By Del. Foster, Riley, Paynter, Phillips, Steele and McGeehan – To update the requirements of the state director of health to quarantine and enforce regulations in a specific place – To Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary
HB3139. By Del. Maynard, Steele, J. Jeffries, Statler, Booth, Sypolt, Holstein, Queen, Dean and Paynter – To allow for full-time paid employees of a Volunteer Fire Company to participate in the West Virginia Public Employee Retirement System. (FN) – To Pensions and Retirement then Finance
HB3140. By Del. Walker, Evans, Thompson, Pushkin, Bates, Rowe, Boggs and Doyle – Allowing disabled persons to operate small electric vehicles on the Greenbrier Trail – To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Government Organization
HB3141. By Del. Rowe, Hansen, Doyle, Walker, Hornbuckle, Pushkin and Fleischauer – Designating February 3 as “Freedom Day,” to memorialize the February 3, 1865 Act by the Legislature that abolished slavery in West Virginia – To Government Organization
HB3142. By Del. Barnhart – Relating to electric bicycles – To Technology and Infrastructure then the Judiciary
HB3143. By Del. Pritt – Prohibit county clerk from charging or prohibiting person from taking pictures of public documents – To the Judiciary
HB3144. By Del. Pritt – Repeal section relating to circuit courts having limited jurisdiction to hear divorce cases – To the Judiciary
HB3145. By Del. Pushkin – Providing certain exemptions from recovery residence standards for group housing facilities of 50 beds or more – To Health and Human Resources
HB3146. By Del. Barnhart, Keaton, G. Ward, Ferrell, McGeehan, Phillips, D. Jeffries and J. Kelly – Relating to the review of certain executive orders issued by the President of the United States – To the Judiciary
HB3147. By Del. Doyle and Evans – Increasing the tax on the privilege of severing natural gas and oil (FN) – To Energy and Manufacturing then Finance
HB3148. By Del. Holstein – To create a renewable 2 year state level grant for foster parent screening (FN) – To Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary
HB3149. By Del. Statler and Kessinger – Revise existing standards and establish the burden of proof imposed on civil litigants seeking to circumvent corporate structure in civil litigation – To the Judiciary
HB3150. By Del. Barrett – To cap the cost of in-state tuition for West Virginia universities and colleges who receive in state funding (FN) – To Education then Finance
HB3151. By Del. Barrett – To phase out magisterial districts in West Virginia by 2024 – To the Judiciary
HB3152. By Del. Riley – Exempt interest payments on deposits held less than 18 months – To the Judiciary
HB3153. By Del. McGeehan – Eliminate the WV Fusion Center (FN) – To Veterans’ Affairs and Homeland Security then Government Organization
HB3154. By Del. Barrett – To restrict what charities candidates may contribute to with excess campaign cash – To the Judiciary
HB3155. By Del. Fast, Householder, Criss, Mazzocchi, Lovejoy, Nestor and Bruce – Provide for a raise for private investigators hired by public defender offices or court appointed panel attorneys (FN) – To Finance
HB3156. By Del. Holstein – To ban The Prevalent and Intrusive Chinese Communist Parties Confucius institutions in West Virginia – To Education then the Judiciary
HB3157. By Del. Kimble, Holstein, Hanna, Keaton, Kessinger, Mazzocchi, Summers, Cooper, McGeehan, Phillips and Horst – The Forming Open and Robust University Minds (FORUM) Act – To Education then the Judiciary
HB3158. By Del. Holstein – To codify applicable sections of President Donald J. Trump’s Executive Order 13798: Promoting Free Speech and Religious Liberty into state code. – To the Judiciary
HB3159. By Del. Hamrick, Howell, Linville, Summers, Kimble, Smith, Ferrell, Reynolds, J. Kelly, Anderson and Steele – Relating to Consumer Data Privacy – To the Judiciary
HB3160. By Del. Young and Griffith – Creating online voters’ guide – To the Judiciary
HB3161. By Del. Young and Griffith – Relating to online privacy protection for minors – To the Judiciary
HB3162. By Del. Young, Hansen and Doyle – Permitting third-party ownership of renewable and alternative energy generating facilities – To Energy and Manufacturing then the Judiciary
HB3163. By Del. Young, Pushkin, Fluharty, Walker and Thompson – Second Look Sentencing Act – To the Judiciary
HB3164. By Del. Young, Thompson, Griffith and Lovejoy – Relating generally to kidnapping – To the Judiciary
HB3165. By Del. Young, Thompson, Diserio and Boggs – Creating personal income tax credit for volunteer firefighters (FN) – To Finance
HB3166. By Del. Young, Pushkin, Garcia, Fluharty, Zukoff, Walker, Thompson and Lovejoy – Prohibit Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation from making inmates pay co-payment for medical or dental service by a doctor or nurse (FN) – To Banking and Insurance then the Judiciary
HB3167. By Del. Young, Pushkin, Fluharty, Zukoff, Walker, Thompson and Lovejoy – Access to Rehabilitation Act – To Finance
HB3168. By Del. Young, Thompson, Barach, Griffith and Lovejoy – Creating small business and minority populations economic and workforce development taskforce (FN) – To Small Business, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development then Government Organization
HB3169. By Del. Young, Thompson, Barach, Griffith and Lovejoy – To provide a new criminal offense of sexual extortion and sexual extortion by a person holding a position of trust, supervisory authority, or disciplinary power over another person (FN) – To the Judiciary
HB3170. By Del. Young, Fleischauer, Bates, Walker, Griffith, Barach, Thompson, Lovejoy and Hansen – Relating to wholesale importation of prescription drugs – To Health and Human Resources
HB3171. By Del. Young, Thompson, Barach, Griffith, Diserio and Boggs – To provide a fifty percent reduction in fees and charges relating to state parks for West Virginia veterans – To Veterans’ Affairs and Homeland Security then Finance
HB3172. By Del. Young, Thompson, Barach, Griffith and Lovejoy – Require every hospital to have someone available to perform forensic exams – To Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary
HB3173. By Del. Young, Thompson, Barach, Griffith and Lovejoy – Relating to the addition of the word stalking (FN) – To the Judiciary
HB3174. By Del. Young – Require Correctional Facilities to provide free feminine hygiene products (FN) – To the Judiciary then Finance
